# Sam Wander

> Senior Staff Product Designer

Profile: https://flows.cv/sam

Product Design at Patreon. Helping creators grow on Patreon, including zero-to-one inception of discovery strategy. Previously led design efforts for News Feed at Meta/Facebook with an audience of 2+ billion people.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Patreon
Jan 2023 – Invalid Date | New York, United States
Helping creators grow on Patreon, including zero-to-one inception of discovery strategy.

### Co-Founder @ Different Puzzles
Jan 2020 – Invalid Date | New York, United States

### Co-Founder @ Game of Phones
Jan 2014 – Invalid Date | New York, United States

### Staff Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2015 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
Led design efforts for News Feed, Facebook's primary surface with an audience of 2+ billion people. Shipped numerous features including improvements to Facebook's feedback system and notifications. Drove strategy and long-term bets that shaped the team's roadmap, and collaborated extensively across the many orgs and teams touched by such a central piece of the Facebook experience.

### Faculty Member @ School of Visual Arts
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
Taught "Entrepreneurial Design" as part of SVA's Interaction Design MFA program.

### User Experience Practitioner @ Albion London
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | London, United Kingdom

### Producer @ Albion London
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | London, United Kingdom

### Digital Project Manager @ Corporate Edge
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | London, United Kingdom

### Producer @ Cogapp
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | London, United Kingdom


## Education
### MFA
School of Visual Arts
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### BA
University of Sussex
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006

### Bachelor of Technology
London Metropolitan University
Jan 2002 – Jan 2003


## Contact & Social
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samwander/
- Portfolio: https://www.samwander.com/
- Email: mailto:sam@placeholder.flows.cv

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Last updated: 2026-01-30