# Julianne Sombat

> Senior Manager, Design Systems at Spotify

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/juliannesombat

I'm a design leader currently deep in the world of cross-platform design systems at Spotify, and prior to that, I built an industry leading cross-brand design system at Conde Nast.

## Work Experience
### Senior Manager, Design Systems @ Spotify
Jan 2026 – Present
General Manager and strategy lead overseeing product, design and program management for the Encore design system, accessibility and design tooling

### Design Manager @ Spotify
Jan 2021 – Jan 2026 | NYC

### Staff Product Designer @ Spotify
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | NYC

### Design Lead @ Condé Nast
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area

### Senior Designer @ Condé Nast
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area

### Designer @ Condé Nast
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Senior Product Designer @ Savant Systems
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
UX designer for smart home software and hardware- gathering product requirements, UX research, storyboarding and prototyping. Launched the Savant Remote, the companies first mass-market product.

### Lead UX Designer @ VICE Media, Inc.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Brooklyn
Led UX direction for the web development team. Responsibilities include
defining and creating an executive analytics application, and rethinking
and redesigning an internal web product for video production and ad sales.

### Mobile Interaction Designer @ Citymaps
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | New York
Part of the core UX team that created a social mapping app for iOS and
Android. Distilled business and user objectives to provide UX and designs
from early sketches to prototyping and production.

### Consultant @ Freelance
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | NYC
UX and UI Design consulting for clients including Fast Company and Inc., Pearson Education, and a handful of mobile and web start-ups.

### UX + Design Lead @ NYC Dev Shop
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | NYC
Led product strategy and designed MVP web apps for early-stage startups.
Created and executed all projects from pitch to launch working closely with the
development team, clients and company stakeholders.


## Education
### BFA in Graphic Design
Rhode Island School of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/julianne-sombat
- Portfolio: https://julisombat.persona.co/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30