# Sean Finn

> Senior Product Designer at CLEAR

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/seanfinn

A designer with 12 years of experience designing for brands, products, and web.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ CLEAR
Jan 2026 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Focusing on leveraging identity and trust to remove friction from the digital travel experience, making complex real-world interactions simple and human.

### Lead Designer @ Finrez
Jan 2023 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Founder and design lead of Finrez, a consultancy helping early-stage startups shape their brands and products. Partner with founders to build identities, scalable systems, and digital experiences spanning strategy, design, and implementation.

### Product Designer IV @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Designed and enhanced XR experiences in Reality Labs, focusing on VR accessibility, simulation tools, and AI-driven interfaces.

- Redefined accessibility for VR device localization, increasing ease of use for visually impaired users.

- Designed XR Simulator, enabling developers to prototype Meta Quest features at the API level.

- Standardized UI/UX systems for internal AR/VR training tools, improving team efficiency by 38%.

-Developed AI-powered earbud use-case experiences, informing product exploration and development.

-Led design for the Codec Avatar R&D platform, streamlining the debugging of generative 3D models.

### Product Designer @ RECUR
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Miami, Florida, United States
Joined as the second product designer and led key contributions to the RECUR platform’s core UI/UX. I scaled and adapted the design system to deliver bespoke brand experiences for partner launches, and led product design for the Challenges feature, introducing gamified experiences across the platform.

### Product Designer @ VICE Media
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Role expanded to take on new ad product development, in addition to cross-functional product design;  coordinating with various stakeholders on product strategy and innovation.

Design responsibilities range from interactive ad and content experiences to web-based platforms and mobile app design.

### Design Manager, Ad Products @ VICE Media
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Promoted to the Ad Studio’s Strategy and Creative Design Lead, after less than a year for exceptional organizational skills, the ability to drive visually impactful solutions, and increasing global KPI benchmarks, helping propel the studio to an average of $5MM in revenue per year.

Led design programs from both a strategic and execution lens while managing the creative process from initial exploration and developing concepts through final design deliverables.

Provided direction, mentorship, and guidance and managed the workloads and output for a growing and diverse team of 5 designers, in various timezones, and defined best practices for the design team.

Coordinated with internal stakeholders and clients in ensuring the delivery of numerous projects, facilitating project needs, requirements, and timelines.

### Senior Interactive Designer, Ad Products @ VICE Media
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
Oversaw all custom display ad experiences across VICE’s owned and operated websites, created VICE Media Group’s Ad Studio, an in-house interactive ad design team, and spearheaded digital storytelling across all customer touchpoints; ensuring brand and message consistency throughout the consumer experience.

Proactively developed processes and efficiencies for seamless creation of custom ad experiences, which resulted in driving over $7MM in revenue since 2018, improved cross-team collaboration and project outcomes.

Provided weekly creative insights reports to the media strategy team on live and completed campaigns and recommended optimizations, A/B testing, or asset overhaul based on performance, as well as campaign post-mortem findings.

### Designer @ Merkley + Partners
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York, United States
Planned and produced digital and print executions for a variety of clients across multiple industries including: AC/Pro, BiC, Flexion, Mercedes-Benz, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and White Castle.

Designed the chosen concept and executed the 2019 brand creative campaign for Mercedes-Benz.

### Digital Designer @ McCann Humancare
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | New York, New York, United States
Wireframed and designed a suite of websites for Bayer’s Essure Mirena, Kyleena, and Skyla IUD products which were the main educational resource for both consumers and healthcare professionals.

Designed and developed rich media assets for brands such as on Entresto, Cervadil and Stelara.

### Art Director @ Havas Life
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | New York, New York, United States
Art director on brands that include: Afrezza, All Free Clear,  Dupilumab, Tecfidera, Tysabri, and Wyeth Nutrition.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Advertising
Boston University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/seanpfinn
- Portfolio: https://www.seanpfinn.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30