# Tavares Antonio R > Product Designer, Ex-Meta Ex-Linkedin 🧑‍🎨 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tavares Builder and problem solver. ## Work Experience ### Founder & Design Engineer @ CoHost - Plans with friends Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States • Founded CoHost, a social planning platform enabling friends to connect, plan events, and share experiences. • Designed and implemented the product using SwiftUI and Supabase, refining the concept through iterative development. • Developed core features such as real-time chat, invitations, and social graph functionalities to enhance user engagement. ### Lead Product Designer (CW) @ Starbucks Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 Used Artificial intelligence (Ai) and ML to design delightful experiences for internal partners @ Starbucks. • I owned the design for a social internal tool for DMs in Starbucks stores worldwide. • Created UX Briefs, Helped conduct research with the researcher, and Aligned goals with PM. • Collaborated with Stakeholders to increase communication, profits, and goals. ### Independent Product Lead @ Freelance Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Led 0→1 and redesign initiatives for enterprise AI and fintech products, partnering with PM and engineering leadership to define product strategy, ship end-to-end experiences, and establish scalable UX systems. Selected engagements: • Workday — Reimagined the ML-driven internal mobility platform, defining the application flow, recommendation logic, and product parity across multiple teams. • Wells Fargo — Established UX foundations for an AI chatbot platform, creating design guidelines, research workflows, and production-ready UI for engineering. Brought in to align product vision, accelerate delivery, and solve high-ambiguity problems. ### Senior Product Designer (CW) @ LinkedIn Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area • Worked on The Feed, Profile & The Design System ( Spec & Logic). • Collaborated with Eng, DL, PM, and other cross-functional teams. • Created and delivered pixel-perfect mockups to engineers and the team. • Contributed to design critiques & gave product feedback. 
 • Gave feedback to other designers & Eng. ### Senior Product Designer (CW) @ Meta Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Menlo Park Data Ai & ML organization internally at Meta • Improved the accuracy of internal tools that support over a billion people. • Collaborated with Eng, DS, DE for people research, design sprints & testing. • Created and delivered pixel-perfect mockups to engineers and the team. • Helped organize & design marketing material for internal events. • Contributed to design critiques & gave product feedback. ### Senior Product Designer @ Biomarker Labs, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area A mobile app leveraging Ai, ML, and wearable technology! • Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and executive teams. • Give and solicit feedback from other designers in order to continually raise our bar for quality • Partner with Product Managers, engineers, researchers, and content strategists to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch. ### Lead Product Designer @ Splash Labs Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Mateo, CA At Splash Labs, we build beautiful mobile and web interfaces. Starting off with the core idea right down to each pixel. We curate the branding and go to market strategy. Building great products is not just an idea, it's a journey. - Created IOS wireframes, user flows, mockups and prototypes. - Conducted user research (including interviews, design sprints, testing, etc). - Connected creative ideas to business strategies. - Sold ideas at high levels to internal and external teams. - Delivered pixel-perfect assets and comprehensive specs to engineers. ### Founder & Lead Product Designer @ Heychat Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Sunnyvale I make things work! Heychat is the fastest way to discover what your friends are doing in the moment. That was on the App Store only! - Conducted research to understand user workflows, defined project scope. - Tested proof of concept constantly to get feedback and improve usability. - Defined the workflow and main features of the IOS app with UX team. ### Campus Manager Ambassador & Design (contract) @ Lyft Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Sunnyvale Recruited college students to be Lyft Ambassadors. Closed a partnership deal with Lyft. Masterminded a better system for Lyft to print out codes easily with a new custom dashboard for each Ambassador. Designed custom-made marketing materials for students. - Designed custom-made marketing materials for students. - Recruited college students to be Lyft Ambassadors to over 10 schools. - Contributed team brainstorms and critiques throughout the design process. - Closed a partnership deal with Lyft. ### Founder, Product Manager & Business Developer @ Moofaces Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Moofaces was an online social network for entertainment professionals to connect. That also housed Moofaces TV, which was used and requested by Hollywood elites. - Web development and design for the website. - Created marketing and branding concepts with the team. - Designed (including red carpet backdrops, flyers, mic flags, logos etc). - Managed Partnership deal with MTV & other companies. We have worked with some of the largest companies, public figures & celebrities in the world. For example, MTV, 500 Startups, Tony Hsieh, Jamie Foxx Productions, Nick Cannon's Ncredible, Interscope Records just to name a few. We also have the privilege of having such great founders like Yammer's, CEO David Sacks, 500 Startups, Christine Tsai & Dave McClure. Moofaces was invited to Techcrunch Disrupt 2013. ### Founder & Product Designer @ Moofaces Records Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | Greater Los Angeles Area - Raising capital for distribution. - Getting 50 artist in nationwide stores (Best Buy). - Designing products in stores (including cd covers, flyers, logos etc). - Finding corporate sponsors example (Reebok). - Distribution & partnership with Itunes. Download the compilation CD https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/compilation-vol-1/id390570085 ## Education ### Stanford Stanford University Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 ### Web Development & Design (scripting) and Film in Computer Science Pierce College Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tavares12 - Portfolio: http://tavaresantonio.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/tavares JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tavares/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25