# Joshua Dickens

> Product Designer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joshuadickens

My background is in performance and storytelling, interactive design, and technical wizardry.  Currently: OpenAI; Previously: Humane, Instagram, Apple 

Specialties: origami studio iOS/mobile, web, user interface design, photoshop , keynote, illustration, css, html, javascript, ajax, animation,

## Work Experience
### Member of Design Staff @ OpenAI
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Humane™
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Principal Product Designer @ Humane™
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

### Director, Product Design @ Instagram
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Design lead for Instagram Stories from inception to today. Responsible for key features like Face Filters, Superzoom, GIF stickers, Type mode, & more. Designed and contributed to numerous creative tools, including Layout from Instagram, Boomerang, Instagram Video, and more.

I've also contributed to the design excellence of the company, teaching prototyping skills & tools (primarily Origami Studio) to incoming designers at Facebook, Inc, and taught prototyping as visiting faculty at CIID's interaction design program (Copenhagen).

### Product Designer @ Instagram
Jan 2014 – Jan 2022

### Product Designer @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2006 – Jan 2013
Designed numerous products for iCloud, including iCloud Photos, Find My Friends, iCloud Drive and more.

### Intern, .Mac @ Apple Inc.
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006

### Manager of Technical Services @ Mikey's Hookup
Jan 2001 – Jan 2006

### digital designer @ the way group
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001

### Freelance Reviewer @ HappyPuppy.com
Jan 1997 – Jan 2000

### interactive producer @ CDNOW.com
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000

### Digital Designer @ Grey Interactive
Jan 1999 – Jan 1999


## Education
### New York University

### BFA in Acting
New York University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/j-dickens

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Last updated: 2026-04-13