# Matthew Ström-Awn

> Founding Designer for Hire

Profile: https://flows.cv/mattstromawn

I'm a design leader based in NYC.

## Work Experience
### Founder @ mu.design
Jan 2025 – Invalid Date | NYC

### Expert @ Primary Venture Partners
Jan 2024 – Invalid Date | New York, United States
As an Expert, I provide strategic advice and guidance to the investment team and founders within the Primary portfolio and broader network.

### Head of Design @ Copilot Money
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Brooklyn, New York

### Design Manager @ Stripe
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

### Head of Design @ Simple Health
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Senior Product Design Lead @ Bitly
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Design Director, wsj.com @ Dow Jones
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area

### Senior Product Design Lead @ SoundCloud
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area

### Founder, Partner @ Planetary
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | NYC
Planetary is a digital product design & development studio. Clients range from large and storied (GE, Alphabet, PepsiCo) to brand-new and growing startups.


## Education
### BA
Washington University in St. Louis
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


## Projects
### Copilot Money
Setting the quality bar and shipping a powerful new feature. Overhauled branding, built a design system from scratch, hired designers, and designed Goals from the ground up.
Technologies: Figma, Design Systems, Branding, Product Design
Link: https://mattstromawn.com/projects/copilotmoney/

### Stripe Merchant Dashboard
Sweating the details of Stripe's most-used product. Led design system migration, responsive redesign, dark mode, and accessibility for 1.4M+ users generating $4B+ in SaaS revenue.
Technologies: Design Systems, Accessibility, Responsive Design, Theming
Link: https://mattstromawn.com/projects/stripe-dashboard/

### Stripe Mobile App
Enabling millions of merchants to run their business from their phone. Added tap-to-pay and payment links, growing MAU from 372k to 517k (2x) and payment volume from $32M to $130M (4x).
Technologies: Mobile Design, iOS, Product Strategy, Payment UX
Link: https://mattstromawn.com/projects/stripe-mobile/


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattstromawn/
- Portfolio: https://mattstromawn.com
- Email: mailto:mattstromawn@placeholder.flows.cv

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Last updated: 2026-04-03