# Seth Olshfski > VP, Product & Design Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/setholshfski I have 19 years experience managing designers, and 17 years experience managing managers, ranging in size from tight knit teams of 5 to sprawling design orgs of 55+. I am a people-first manager with a track record of growing my teams' careers; my reports have grown quickly in their careers, and have gone on to lead teams at MAANG companies, head design at startups, and even found their own companies. I've led design on category-leading consumer products, from the biggest consumer facing edTech site in the US, to the highest rated console game of all time, to the highest selling PC franchise of all time. I've launched over a dozen zero-to-one products. Specialties: Leadership · Storytelling · Managing managers · Experience Design · Growing & Leading Diverse Teams · Zero-to-One Products ## Work Experience ### VP, Product & Design @ Lennar Jan 2023 – Present Building software that helps build homes ### Sr Director, Product & Design @ Lennar Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 ### Director Of UX & Product Design @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Director of Design, managing all Product Designers and Managers across all 6 products in CZI's Education division. Org size: 16 || Responsible for 6 products || Manager of managers and ICs • Led zero-to-one product thinking across four different products • Standardized Design Process across all 6 product teams to increase mobility and communication between teams • Restructured team-wide Product Development Process in order to support strategic shift to new products ### Interim Director, UX & Product Design @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Redwood City, California, United States Managed all design disciplines in CZI Education; Product Design, User Experience Research, Brand/Comms, Content Strategy, and Design Systems Org size: 35 || Responsible for 3 products || Manager of managers and ICs • Led design roadmap across all design disciplines in CZI's Education teams • Restructured and centralized User Experience Research, significantly increasing both speed and quality of work ### Senior Manager, UX & Product Design @ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Redwood City, CA Led Central Design and Along teams, managing managers across an org of Product Designers, User Experience Researchers, and Brand Designers Org size: 10 || Responsible for 2 products || Manager of managers and ICs • Led and directly managed cross functional Design team for CZI Education's first zero-to-one product: Along • A year after launch, Along has 60% retention after 100 days • Created CZI Education's first ever consumer-facing Brand/Comms team, and our first consumer facing product • Helped Central Design's Design System "Paper" get off the ground with standardized fonts, colors, and a first set of shared components ### Senior Manager, International Content Design @ Khan Academy Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Led Khan Academy's International Content Design Team Org size: 18 || Responsible for 190 countries || Manager of managers and ICs • Grew international reach from 32 languages to 43; reaching 190 countries and over 48 million registered users • Founded and staffed Khan's Brazil office, leading to 300% increase in usage in Brazil over 2 years • Led project to align all international content to local curricular standards ### Senior Manager, Product Design @ Khan Academy Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Manager of managers, leading all 5 Khan design teams across 2 consumer products, the central design team, and the marketing design team Org size: 13 || Responsible for 4 products || Manager of managers • Relaunched Personalized SAT Test Prep product raising user test scores by 110 points after 20 hours of use • Rolled out Design System, increasing engineering productivity by about 20% • Created Marketing Design function • Led product org in transition from a homegrown Product Development Process to a more efficient and standardized Agile process. ### Founder, Head of Design @ Silver Spoon Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Staff Product Designer @ DeNA Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA ### Staff Product Designer @ Callaway Digital Arts Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, CA ### Producer @ 2K Games Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | Novato, CA ### Senior Designer @ Nickelodeon Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco, CA ### Senior Design Manager @ Sony Online Entertainment Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | San Francisco, CA ### Assistant Producer @ Maxis / Electronic Arts Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 | Walnut Creek, CA ### Software Engineer @ BizGenics Inc Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 | San Mateo, CA ## Education ### B.A. with honors in Theatre and Computer Science Swarthmore College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/setholshfski --- Source: https://flows.cv/setholshfski JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/setholshfski/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13