# Lisa Takehana

> AI Product Designer, Gemini

Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lisatakehana

## Work Experience
### AI Product Designer, Gemini @ Google DeepMind
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### UX / Game Design Lead @ Google
Jan 2016 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
2021 - present // Bard, Gemini, LaMDA
○ Led efforts for Generative UI and Extensions in Bard, partnering
with DeepMind and AI teams
○ Managed a UX team for unannounced LLM-based mobile game
(character-based chatbots for GenZ)

2016 - 2023 // Google Assistant
○ Go-to product leader in game development across Google,
establishing the Google Design Language in voice game design
○ Launched the first fully-immersive Google Assistant Smart
Display product
○ Collaborated with internal and external partners to develop
voice and multimodal games and delightful experiences on
Google Assistant

2019 - 2020 // Google Doodles

### Manager of Game Design @ Storm8
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
● Grew the game design department to a healthy team in 1 year
● Managed 20 designers; reported to CEO
● Partnered with leadership on growth and revenue strategy weekly
● Pitched new products and led pre-production of new titles
● Managed liveops teams for a library of games

### Lead Game Designer @ Jam City
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
● Architected the economy and systems designs for pre-production games
● Led liveops teams and calibrated designs to fit dynamic business needs

### Game Design Consultant @ Various
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Greater Boston

### Senior Game Designer @ Zynga
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA

### Product Manager @ Tencent
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Game Designer @ The Walt Disney Company
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Los Angeles, California, United States

### Game Designer @ Konami Digital Entertainment
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

### Game Designer @ Nexon America
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Game Design, Communication Design, Fine Arts
University of Southern California

### High School Diploma
Asahi Gakuen Japanese School


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-05