# Rocky Jacob > Director of Product Design at Meta | Ex-Google | Ex-Nest Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/rockyjacob ## Work Experience ### Director of Product Design @ Meta Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States Leading product design for robotics at Meta. Working on physical AI. ### Guest Lecturer @ ArtCenter College of Design Jan 2024 – Present | Pasadena, California, United States ### Advisor @ Mill Jan 2024 – Present ### Founding Team & Head of Design @ Mill Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States Founding team building a climate tech company from 0 to 1. Mill is outsmarting food waste by taking the food you can’t eat at home, conserving the nutrients, and sending it back to farms as feed. Key responsibilities: Industrial Design, Product Development, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Creative Direction. Time Magazine product of the year 2023. Fast Company's Design Company of the Year Finalist 2023. Winner in the 2023 Good Design Awards. Time Magazine 2024 best inventions. Forbes Vetted ‘Best Kitchen Newcomer Award 2025. ### Director of Design @ Lyft Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Build Lyft's first internal interaction design and industrial design team. We developed a design language for the physical manifestation of the brand and the digital experience for the micro-mobility section of the core Lyft app. Strong focus on electric micro mobility and key urban infrastructure products and their experience design. Our team also supported the autonomous vehicle design efforts and the in-car experience. First product we launched is Lyft's new E-bike that made it on to Time magazines best inventions of 2021 list. ### Chief Product Officer at Rimowa @ LVMH Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Germany Responsible for the product portfolio and design strategy at Rimowa an LVMH house / maison. Managing the innovation pipeline and ensure it's successful implementation by leading the product marketing, mechanical engineering, R&D and Industrial Design teams. Key advocate for design excellence and innovation at the company. Part of the executive team integrating Rimowa successfully in to the larger LVMH family. Worked on collaborations with global brands such as Fendi, Supreme, Off-white and Bang & Olufsen. ### Head of Design at Nest @ Google Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto We built a world class ID, UX and interaction design team from scratch, established an innovation focused design culture and all the relevant processes to successfully bring mission critical conntected products to market at scale. Key lead in the transformation of Nest from a one product start up to a well established global company with a brought product portfolio. Successful change management of integrating Nest in to Google / Alphabet. ### Lead Designer @ HTC Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco Bay Area Part of the team that helped HTC transition from an ODM manufacturer to an established consumer electronic brand. Worked on smart phones, wearables, audio products and various accessories. Industrial design, user interface design and interaction design. ### Principal Designer @ Rocky Jacob Design Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | Greater New York City Area Independent design studio working with clients such as Microsoft, Dell and Steelcase. ### Freelance Industrial Designer @ IDEO Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Munich Area, Germany Worked with clients such as BASF, LG, Siemens and P&G. ### Product Designer @ IDENT Technology AG Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Munich Area, Germany A start-up that invented a technology to transfer data over the skin. Worked with them on medical products such as a mobile EKG and safety gear for heavy duty task. User experience design and hardware industrial design. ## Education ### German equivalent to a Master in product design in Product design University of Art and Design Offenbach ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rocky-jacob-05945723 --- Source: https://flows.cv/rockyjacob JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rockyjacob/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05