# Samantha Freedman

> Design at YouTube

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

I'm a product designer at YouTube currently based in San Francisco. I strive to bring delightful and scalable design solutions to consumer products.

Previously, Spotify and Linkedin. I graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Design with a BA in Communication Design and HCI.

## Work Experience
### Lead UX Designer @ YouTube
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Communities (current), Creator Studio Platform

### Senior Product Designer @ Spotify
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
Spotify Ads, Podcast Monetization

### Senior UX Designer @ YouTube
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Zürich, Switzerland

### UX Designer @ YouTube
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Zurich, Switzerland

### Senior User Experience Designer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Consumer content team, LinkedIn Posts

### User Experience Designer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Consumer horizontal team, Navigation

### Associate User Experience Designer @ LinkedIn
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Consumer Identity team, LinkedIn Profile

### User Experience Design Intern @ LinkedIn
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View

### Art Director Intern @ HOOK
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Advertising Design Intern @ Charleston Magazine
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012

### Display Design Coordinator Intern @ Anthropologie
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Design and Visual Communications, General
Carnegie Mellon University

### Junior Fall Semester in CMU Design Student Exchange Program
GBS Gewerbliches Berufs- und Weiterbildungszentrum St. Gallen


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samanthafreedman1
- Portfolio: https://samanthafreedman.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13