# Manuel Gonzalez

> Lead Growth Product Designer

Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/manuel

As a seasoned designer with over a decade of experience in the digital space, I have honed my skills in crafting meticulously designed user experiences. I am passionate about the art of storytelling and believe that good design can solve real-world problems. My expertise spans across multiple industries including social media, healthcare, oil and gas, life sciences, automotive, and retail. Through my work, I have gained valuable insight into how to simplify complex systems to deliver impactful solutions for both users and organizations.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Lead Growth Product Designer @ Noom
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

### Staff Product Designer - Growth @ Reddit, Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
As the Staff Product Designer on the team, my responsibilities were to contextualize all the different initiatives within the Growth team into a cohesive design vision, ensure high-quality output from the Design team, and mentor the junior designers on our team.

I was responsible for implementing various features and improvements, such as onboarding flow, targeted upsells, user activation, streamlining the authentication process, providing in-product education, notification enablement, and creating a virtuous cycle through sharing flows.

### Principal Product Designer - Design System @ H-E-B
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
At H-E-B Digital, I was tasked with visualizing the future of their e-commerce grocery retail experience, crafting a design language system, and putting H-E-B Digital on the map for top national talent.

### Senior Product Designer @ H-E-B
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Austin, Texas Area
I led the implementation of motion and animation into the H-E-B digital experience by crafting micro-interactions that express meaning, build continuity, and create unexpected moments of delight.

### Senior Visual Designer @ Fjord
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
At Fjord I was given the opportunity to work in dozens of industries, creating stunning designs for fortune 500 companies like Exxon Mobile, Wholefoods, and Walmart.

### Visual Designer @ Fjord
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas

### Visual Designer @ Idean
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Austin, Texas Area
At Idean, I was fortunate to work with world-renowned companies like Intel and IBM to create functional and beautiful designs where I was able to flex my interaction and motion design skills.

### Visual Designer @ retr.io
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
At Retr.io I helped launch the design team and tackled complex user experience problems for local clients.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design
The Art Institute of Austin


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manuel-gonzalez-designs

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Source: https://flows.cv/manuel
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/manuel/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-02-23