# Sarah Machicado > Product Designer creating playful, accessible, and socially impactful experiences for emerging technologies. Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sarahmachicado I am a product designer specializing in design systems with over 9 years of experience in Visual Design and Brand Design. I am passionate about user-centered design for emerging technologies, social impact, and education. I recently ended my contract role at Meta, where I was creating a design system for the Meta Wearables mobile companion app. In 2020, I was on my creative sabbatical where I took a year off to learn new technical skills, such as front-end coding and prototyping with Unity, and 3D Modeling with Cinema 4D. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Intuitive Jan 2023 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States SimNow app is a virtual reality simulation of training exercises designed to teach surgeons how to use Intuitive's DaVinci robots for minimally invasive robot-assisted surgeries. • Defined new and expand existing Intuitive design system visual/interaction patterns and Figma component library for the DaVinci robot platform. • Work closely with cross-functional teams to create an MVP prototype for leadership approval. ### Company Owner @ Dippy Fun Jan 2023 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States Dippy Fun is a art and design gift shop in the Ballard Seattle neighborhood that offers unique artist-made merch from around the world. I curate various genres of art, such as Japanese kawaii, lowbrow, surrealism and psychedelic art. Visit www.dippy.fun IG: dippy.fun ### Product Designer @ Meta Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 Meta Wearables app is a mobile companion app for the next generation of Meta's smart glasses and wearable device ecosystem. • Helped define the foundation of MWA design system to incorporate the new Meta brand principles and participated in a company-wide task force to help determine the Meta company design system. • Created a high-fidelity use case scenario prototype with cross-departmental teams of a multi-product ecosystem for Meta Leadership approval. • Visual design support for MWA features: Out-of-the-box Experience, Creative Formats, Settings, Gallery, and Education features. (Contracted through Teksystems) ### UX Designer @ Tangible AI Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Blank Page™ is Conversational A.I. designed to help high school students develop critical thinking and prewriting skills for writing education. • Conducted extensive user research to solve the critical pain points for one of the Blank Page™ users, the teacher. • Brainstormed and designed Blank Page™ product features. • Collaborated closely with other UX designers to deliver wireframe prototypes at the end of a one-month project. ### Interactive Visual Designer @ Magic Leap Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Plantation, Florida, United States Magic Leap is a spatial computing digital technology company based in Fort. Lauderdale, Florida. Magic Leap aims to change how we connect, play, and work through seamless mixed reality immersive technology that blends the digital and the real world. With over 2.6 billion raised in venture funding, Magic Leap launched its first wearable spatial computing headset in 2018 called the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap currently has a variety of core apps, games, co-branded experiences, and over 100 developed apps available in the Magic Leap app store. Interactive visual designer for the user experience team within the product department at Magic Leap collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement a consistent visual design language for mixed reality and screen-based applications and experiences. • Visual design lead for Magic Leap’s 20 branded emoji family, developer tools suite, and over 200 system icons. • Art directed 3D artists and contractor Buck to deliver emoji 3D models and animation assets. • Designed LED UX patterns design system for accessibility. • Created a UI toolkit for screen-based applications and worked closely with software engineers to update and reskin UI. • Visual design support for various core apps and experiences projects: screens, helio, social, Magic Leap One packaging, out-of-the-box experience, and mobile companion app. ### Visual Brand Designer @ Magic Leap Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Plantation, Florida, United States In-house visual brand designer for the visual branding team within the design department during Magic Leap’s early fast-paced start-up years. • Creative lead for various in-house brand projects, environmental graphics, logos, swag, marketing assets, t-shirt design, package design concepts, and graphics for Magic Leap Studios ### Junior Visual Brand Designer @ Magic Leap Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Dania, Florida, United States • Designed secondary and special use case logos for the Magic Leap brand. • Created Magic Leap’s first logo implementation guide. • Managed the employee business card design, production, and distribution. ### Graphic Designer Intern @ P'kolino Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States P'kolino is a high-end modern children's toy and furniture design company based in Miami, Florida. • Creative lead for "Messy Eaters" social media ad campaign. • Designed package label for P'kolino and Britto jigsaw puzzle set. • Created a stop motion video ad for "Messy Eater" Target stores launch. • Designed and image edited product photography content for the P'kolino website. ### Creative Intern @ FriendsWithYou Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Miami, Florida, United States Friendswithyou is an artist collective of Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III. They are known for immersive installation and interactive artworks in various mediums, including sculpture, animation, virtual reality, and large-scale art installation. • Created installation concepts for the "Happy Rainbow" solo exhibit in Hong Kong. • Illustrated character concept art for "The Pee-wee Herman Cartoon" pitch proposal. • Illustrated concepts for various installation playground experiences. • Designed package label for a perfume brand. • Designed t-shirts, logos, and business cards for Best Buddies nonprofit. • Designed t-shirts and art prints for the Friendswithyou store. ### Graphic Design Intern @ Mission Media, LLC. Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States Mission Media is an independent advertising agency headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Mission Media specializes in branding, web design, and app development. • Designed t-shirts and posters for STX sporting goods • Designed logos for various clients. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Double Major in Graphic Design and Illustration Maryland Institute College of Art ### UX Design Certificate Springboard ### Full Stack Development 4Geeks Academy ### Study Abroad at La Paz in Bolivia, Humanitarian Architecture Design and Build Temple University ### Foundation Year NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS PTSA ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sarahmachicado - Website: http://www.sarahmachicado.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/sarahmachicado JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sarahmachicado/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23