# Mike Fortress

> Senior Product Designer on Developer Ecosystems for AI and Wearables at Meta

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/mikefortress

I’m a designer with over 15 years of experience building products, websites, and design systems. Multidisciplinary at heart, I bring together various types of design: product/UX, graphic/visual, web, typeface, prototype, and 3D. I thrive on smaller teams building zero-to-one products, where I can pathfind, uphold craft, and help drive inclusion. To date, I’m proudest of my work founding the Oculus design systems team and defining accessibility (AX/a11y) strategy for VR.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer | Wearables, Developer Platform & AI @ Meta
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Product Designer | Horizon, Creator Team @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Product Designer | Oculus, Design Systems @ Meta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Product Designer | Oculus, PC Team @ Meta
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Product Designer | Instagram @ Meta
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### Senior Product Designer @ Oculus VR
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022

### Product Designer @ Instagram
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Menlo Park, California

### Co-founder @ Symbolset
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015

### Partner and Designer @ Oak Studios LLC
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 | Brooklyn, NY

### Junior Art Director @ Energy BBDO
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011


## Education
### Certificate in Fashion/Apparel Design
Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Certificate in Typeface Design
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

### Design
Chicago Portfolio School
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010

### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Graphic Technology
Purdue University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2008


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mike-fortress-5a6b93a6
- Portfolio: https://fortress.design

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Last updated: 2026-03-30