# Shantanu Salgaonkar

> Product Design Lead @ Meta

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shantanusalgaonkar

Product design lead at Meta. Previously worked at Amazon. Won 2 Webbys and a Patent for Search product designed for AWS. Portfolio website nominated for Awwwards SOTD in 2019. Currently working on the ADs and Monetisation team across Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2024 – Present
Monetization AI

### Staff Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Facebook and Instagram's In App Browser

### UX Designer, Buy with Prime @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### UX Designer, AWS @ Amazon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Palo Alto, California

### UX Designer @ Intuit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California

### Art Director & Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked with various firms, brands and startups. Performed various roles like Art Direction, UX design, branding and design strategy.

### Art Director @ Communication Arts
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Project Lead @ Itu Chaudhuri Design
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New Delhi Area, India
• Conducted discovery sessions, by doing field research and interviewing internal and external stakeholders for strategy formulation.
• Led creative teams to deliver branding and communication solutions: Identity, publication, packaging & interface.
• Advised clients for content and copy solutions for annual reports and other corporate communication.
Ran a fortnightly initiative that encourages intellectual discourse by organizing field visits, film screenings, and speaker events.

### Senior Designer @ Itu Chaudhuri Design
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | New Delhi Area, India

### Junior Designer @ Itu Chaudhuri Design
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | New Delhi Area, India

### Diploma Student @ Itu Chaudhuri Design
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | New Delhi Area, India

### Intern (Web Design) @ Quick Brown Fox Design
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Designed a portfolio website for the firm for my classroom project.

### Intern @ Codesign Brand Consultants Pvt Ltd
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
Helped in branding projects. Learnt about form refinement and typography by working in a very talented and driven team.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design
National Institute of Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shantanusalgaonkar
- Portfolio: http://shantanuyes.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13