# Julian Varanda

> Senior Product Designer at Microsoft

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/julianvaranda

Seattle-based product designer. I love technology and the creative process of designing thoughtful user experiences.

Collective 10+ years of design experience working on AI, search, consumer web services and more. 
Design experience includes large scale consumer and enterprise products used by millions, design experimentation at scale, end-to-end product design thinking, prototyping and usability.

Currently working on Microsoft Edge and reinventing the browser for the AI.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2025 – Present | Redmond, Washington, United States
Product designer focusing on Copilot in the Browser. Crafting intuitive, user-led AI experiences in the browser, making AI feel like an adaptable and trustworthy companion

### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
Product designer on Microsoft Edge focusing on Enterprise and Edge Identity framework.

Responsibilities include cross-org collaboration, driving design strategy, storytelling and end-to-end product design.

### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | United States
Product designer focused on design and product incubation for web experiences inside Microsoft products (Windows, Bing, Edge and Office).

Responsibilities include cross-org collaboration, driving design strategy, storytelling and end-to-end product design.

### Product Designer 2 @ Microsoft
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Bellevue, WA
Product designer focused on Search and Feeds in Windows Shell. Also have experience in various feature areas throughout Bing product. 

Responsibilities include: Cross-org partnerships and collaboration, prototyping, usability, A/B testing designs at scale and end-to-end product design. Contributed to the release of News and Interests on Taskbar and Search on Windows 10/11

### Product Designer (contract) @ Microsoft
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Bellevue, WA
As a Product designer at Bing (via Aquent) I worked on a number of product areas including Whole Page search results and relevance, Ads,  Auto suggest, and Bing Answers/Entities experiences.

Experience includes designing for products used by millions of users as well as user testing, prototyping and experimentation.

### UI Developer - Windows Mobile Phone @ Microsoft
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Redmond, WA
Front end development using proprietary XML-based language. Building interactive prototypes, and communicating between design and development ensuring proper design specifications and functionality are being used. (vendor role)

### Visual Designer / Front End Developer @ Bizango.com
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Seattle, WA
Visual and interactive designer. Creating visual designs and moodboards based on new or existing style guides. Also built html markup using latest web technologies. Html5, CSS3, jQuery and PHP


## Education
### Web Design & Development
Seattle Central College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012

### Graphic Design
The Art Institute of Seattle
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009

### Franklin High School
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/julian-varanda-76143046
- Portfolio: http://www.julianvaranda.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30