# Naheel Jawaid

> Founder & Product Designer

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

Exploring new roles in 2026.

Naheel is a product designer building new AI products. Currently consulting at Youtube and working on building an incubator for top design talent on the side.

He uses rapid, high fidelity prototyping as a superpower to build 0-1 products in the XR, AI Video, and AI Agents space.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ YouTube
Jan 2025 – Present | Remote
Designing and prototyping agentic experiences for mobile & web

### Founder @ Silicon Valley School of Design
Jan 2024 – Present
Incubator for the next gen of 1% design talent.

### Product Designer (New AI Products) @ Google
Jan 2017 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
• AI Creation Tools For Video
• Maps on AR Glasses
• Pixel phone hardware strategy
• Input for AR Glasses
• AR Glasses Product Direction
• Exploring PMF for range of XR Headsets
• Google For Startups, Atlanta-Based Startups Mentorship
• Area 120, New Music Product Acquired by Youtube (Rodeo)
• Google Maps, Mobile AR Foundational Design
• Google For Education, AR/VR Prototyping & Product Launch
• Google Arts & Culture, AR Prototyping

### Advisor @ Kids Take Over
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | Worldwide
Kids Take Over is a hip hop media startup creating content and products with rap artists like Juice WRLD, Soulja Boy, Pi'erre Bourne, Cole Bennett and more.

When I'm not at Google, I'm building design systems, filming content, and developing new business streams.

### Product Designer @ Google
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Seattle Area
I worked on rapid prototyping for AR/VR projects.

### Designer (Special Projects) @ 72andSunny
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Chosen to be in a 6-person incubator working on designing a public space in LA.

Also spent time doing design work for the Sonos & Google teams.

### Product Designer @ OneMethod
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Toronto, Canada Area
Visual design and user experience work for a range of global clients. Also worked on new product ideas within the company's in-house product incubator.

### Founder & Design Lead @ Relive Wedding Cinematography
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Vancouver, Canada Area
As the head of design, I built decks to pitch to new clients, created a user experience to onboard customers, shot/edit our videos, and scaled the team.

### Co-President @ UBC Marketing Association
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Vancouver, BC
Managed a team of 14 to develop 5 events in the year in partnership with top tier marketing companies in Vancouver. Events ranged from intimate networking events to a 300+ person conference.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Join Major: Business + Design
Simon Fraser University

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering (Dropped out mid-degree)
University of Waterloo


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/naheeljawaid
- Portfolio: http://www.naheeljawaid.com
- Portfolio: https://cargocollective.com/naheeljawaid
- Portfolio: https://motionpprocessblog.tumblr.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30