# Paulo Melchiori > Sr. Product Design Director, Google DeepMind, Gemini AI Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/paulomelchiori Award-winning creative and design leader, passionate about emerging technologies. Currently leading UX for Gemini, generative AI at Google DeepMind. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Product Design Director at Google DeepMind, Gemini App @ Google Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area As a founding member of the Google Gemini App team, I spearheaded the product design from inception to global launch across Web, Android, and iOS. I supported the multi-platform expansion to 230 countries and 70 languages, and integration with Google products including Workspace and Chrome. Since mid-2025, I have led the UX Growth team, helping scale the application to over 650+ million users and achieving the #1 spot on the App Store. ### Design Director, Alexa Experience @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Led north star vision and emerging experiences for Alexa. ### Sr. Product Design Manager @ Meta Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Led the VR interface team on a mission to build the next immersive computer. Partnered with product and engineering leaders to create a vision for the new VR operating system. Led product designers, 3D artists, and prototypers through design, development, and shipping of core user experience on Meta's top-selling headsets - Quest and Quest 2 - named “The Best VR Headset” by the New York Times (Nov 2020). ### SVP Executive Creative Director @ R/GA Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Transferred to San Francisco to re-establish a presence for R/GA in Silicon Valley. Created a new model of collaboration to serve tech companies such as Google and Airbnb, helped run an accelerator program with 10 start-ups, won several awards including Cannes Lions and D&AD for Product Innovation, and grew the business to become the second largest office in the US. ### VP Executive Creative Director @ R/GA Jan 2009 – Jan 2015 Co-founded R/GA Sao Paulo, one of the most successful offices in the R/GA network. Won several new business, established long-lasting relationships with clients such as MasterCard, TIM, Nike, Google, YouTube, Pepsi and Samsung and won every major award in Latin America including Wave, El Ojo, Effie, Clio and more. ### SVP, Creative Director @ Publicis Modem Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 Drove new business acquisition across the U.S. region, helped the agency win its largest global account, LG electronics, and lead creative globally for the LG Mobile division. ### V.P. Associate Creative Director @ Digitas Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 | Greater New York City Area Lead design for some of the company’s highest-profile site redesigns, such as delta.com, gm.com, aol.com, and pwc.com. ### Head of Creative and Marketing @ Modem Media Brazil Jan 1998 – Jan 2003 Led creative for an office that was recognized as the “Best Interactive Agency” in Brazil (revista Exame, 2001). Helped open new businesses in Sao Paulo, Rio, Brasilia, Mexico City, and Miami for clients such as Intel, HSBC, Oracle, Peugeot and Philips. ## Education ### Master of Business Administration - MBA in Marketing ESPM ### Major in Industrial and Product Design FAAP - Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/paulomelchiori - Portfolio: http://www.paulomelchiori.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/paulomelchiori JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/paulomelchiori/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13