# Rose Shannon

> Staff Product Designer at Handshake AI

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/roseshannon

I’m a Bay Area–based freelance designer currently leading design at Embra.

Previously, I was a Product Designer at Wave, where I owned the end-to-end design of the Payments product on mobile, including a redesigned dashboard that better served over 55K monetized users. Before that, I worked as a Design Strategist at AKQA in San Francisco, partnering with Fortune 500 companies on digital product, experience, and brand strategy initiatives.

My work blends strategic and systems thinking with hands-on product design. I have experience across user research, service design, and usability testing, and I thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments.

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer, Handshake AI @ Handshake
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer, Handshake AI @ Handshake
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, CA

### Freelance Product Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Product Designer - Handshake AI
Product Designer - Freed
Product Designer - Embra
Senior Product Strategist - RocketAir
Brand Designer - Outset Capital

### Founding Product Designer @ Embra
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Embra
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Wave HQ
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Strategist @ AKQA
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Associate Strategist @ AKQA
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States
Clients: Adobe, Facebook, Oculus, PayPal, Block.one, Stanley Brothers

### Cognitive Science Researcher @ The University of British Columbia
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Visual Performance & Oculomotor Mobility Lab
Visual Science Lab


## Education
### Double Major: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Cognitive Science: Cognitive Psychology, Double Major with Sociology
The University of British Columbia

### Wind River Wilderness Expedition
NOLS


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/roseshannon
- Portfolio: http://roseshannon.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13