# Olia Birulia > Head of Design @ Movemint | ex-Facebook & Strava | Design advisor to early-stage teams | Angel investor Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/olia Hi! πŸ‘‹ ## Work Experience ### Head of Design @ Movemint Jan 2025 – Present ### Angel Investor @ The Council Jan 2023 – Present I typically invest at the seed. Investments include: Seer, Ruth Health, GoodFin, TeamOut, Remi Labs, WANTD, Ruffo, Iollo, Stralis Aircraft, tennr, Invitris, diliai, kite.video, Movemint, ion design, andy ai, Starlight Charging, Stripe, Discord, SpaceX, Airtable, Mighty Buildings, Joon, SpinLaunch, 3D Bio, Pattern Financial, Safe, Prometheus, Somatic, Badaboom, Flux Auto, Matternet, owner.com, Respell ### Advisor @ Veryfi Jan 2017 – Present | San Mateo ### Co-Founder, Head of Design and Product @ Kiwi Fitness Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area Building personal fitness coaching for the future - https://trainwithkiwi.com/ ### Sr Product Design Lead @ Facebook Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Advisor/Head of Design @ Curated Planet Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ### Sr Product Designer Lead @ Strava Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Sr UX Designer @ Visa Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area ### UI/UX Designer @ Captora Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Produced wireframes and prototypes that contributed to user-centered design efforts for Captora’s Marketing platform. Partnered with other designers, developers and leaders to translate information architecture, navigation and process flows into beautiful and easy-to-use solutions. Completed user research to identify opportunities for improving customer experience. ### UI/UX Designer @ Totspot Inc Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View Led UX design strategy on a ground-breaking mobile app, worked closely with engineering team to define user needs and ensure UI/UX standards as well as current best practices and consistency. Helped to improve information architecture with user interviews, surveys, personas, storyboards, use case scenarios and contextual inquiries to put the end user's needs at the center of the design and development process. ### Design Intern @ Jack Morton Worldwide Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Assisted creative directors in the development of client proposals, visual identity, and pitches involving designing assets for print, web, and environmental. Designed print and digital materials for brand experiences, events and broadcast design with creative team for clients including eBay, TMobile, Schwab. Participated in creation of the new online media kit including research, planning and design. Supported Creative Services Department through tasks of photo research, photoshop and print production. ### Freelance UX Designer @ Freelancer Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ## Education ### Master of Science in Information Design and Strategy Northwestern University ### Interaction Design Specialization Certificate UC San Diego ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Graphic Design San JosΓ© State University ### Web Design and Development Career Certificate Foothill College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/oliabirulia - Portfolio: http://oliabirulia.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/olia JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/olia/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13