# Linh Martinez > Product Design Lead | Ex-Google | Conversation AI Design Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/linhmartinez • San Francisco based product design lead with 15+ years experience across interaction and visual design disciplines • Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in corporate, startup and agency settings • Passionate about using prototyping as a strategic tool to help foster dialogue and bring ideas to life ## Work Experience ### Principal Product Designer @ Salesforce Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Senior Interaction Designer @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, CA • Played a key role in designing Google’s first Business Messages product from its inception to launch contributing to growth of 10M users monthly • Spearheaded design of new and existing Business Message entry points, allowing the program to scale via messaging traffic (10x increase) and brand adoption (14x growth) • Developed new templated conversation design system that streamlined and automated critical user journeys for large businesses. This resulted in prioritization on the product roadmap, engineering buy-in, and resource allocation for its development • Led the design of Google’s proprietary Ad Sales CRM mobile app, supporting complex sales hierarchy structures, multi-user views & rich dashboard visualizations for tracking of sales targets ### User Experience Design Manager @ The Hunt (acquired by Pinterest) Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area • Managed product design team and oversaw all interaction and visual design across iOS and Android platforms • Revamped internal design processes which significantly increased efficiency in workflows, improved feedback loops, and integration of multi-disciplinary team members for increased collaboration • Crafted and coded high fidelity interactive prototypes to explore design concepts and get early feedback from users • Produced user journey maps to identify user frustrations across multiple touch points, UX debt, and opportunities for improvement • Worked in tandem with Lead PM to brainstorm, define, and prioritize new features for product roadmap • Facilitated workshops to establish design principles for product team • Created product vision prototypes to unify singular features into a cohesive ecosystem to communicate larger strategy to senior team ### Lead Interaction Designer @ LivingSocial Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 Led all UX for LivingSocial's Merchant Center platform and was responsible for complete rehaul of Merchant Center iOS app with new features and improved flows ### Senior Interaction Designer @ R/GA Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | New York, New York, United States Clients: Verizon, Ameriprise, Weil, HP McCormick, Microsoft, Nike UX design lead for first Microsoft Surface product launch website and support site ### Freelance Graphic/Web Designer @ Independent Freelancer Jan 2003 – Jan 2011 ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Fotolog Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | New York, NY Photo blogging social network with over 20 million users worldwide ### Adjunct Professor @ Parsons School of Design Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | New York, NY Intro to Web Design course instruction for undergraduate and continuing education department for Parsons School of Design. ## Education ### MFA in Design & Technology Parsons School of Design - The New School ### BA in Graphic Design, Marketing California State University, Long Beach ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/linhmartinez --- Source: https://flows.cv/linhmartinez JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/linhmartinez/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13