Hi, I'm Thano! I’m a San Francisco based product designer with a passion for building consumer facing products.

2021 — NowMetaSenior Product Designer

2021 — Now

San Francisco, California, United States

Working on the family of apps, across Feed, Stories, and Reels.

Facebook GenAI Creation

Facebook Feed & Stories

Messenger Stories

Facebook Lite Stories

Instagram to Facebook Sharing

2020 — 2021Daybreak StudioProduct Designer

2020 — 2021

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Worked in a tightknit design team building products and brands for startups. My work at Daybreak spanned across social media platforms and emerging technology and I worked with partners such as Microsoft, Pokerstars, Snapchat, and more. Highlights of my time at Daybreak include:

Worked within fast-paced social media incubators

Built Web3 decentralized finance platforms

Created cryptocurrency exchanges, NFT marketplaces, and apps

Designing and prototyping AR experiences for Microsoft HoloLens 2 with Unity

Conceptualizing and building brands for startups

2020 — 2020FacebookProduct Designer

2020 — 2020

Menlo Park, California, United States

Worked on the Product Foundation org creating designs, animations, systems, UXR prototypes, and experiences. Worked in a horizontal cross-functional team in creating solutions for FB product teams, designers, and 3+ billion Facebook users.

Proposed and created a new experience for Facebook App to solve user and business problems

Worked in collaboration with UX researchers in user-testing prototypes

Collaborated with engineers in designing and developing components for Facebook App teams

Created designs and solutions for Facebook navigation & interaction systems

Contributed to the Facebook Design System and Facebook App darkmode

Created and animated motion designs for navigation interactions

2018 — 2020York University Student CentreDesigner

2018 — 2020

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked in a multidisciplinary design team in designing for company brands, marketing design, and internal materials. Collaborated with different teams to serve over 50,000 students and faculty on the York University campus.

Led and created campus restaurant and meal plan websites

Worked in creating three campus brands (York University Student Centre, Campus Meal Club, The Break Room)

Motion design for promo videos, reels, and social outreach

Designing for public spaces (Large scale vinyl's & banners)

Market design for campus campaigns and social media

Developed internal reports and documents

2014 — 2020FreelanceProduct Designer

2014 — 2020

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked with clients in developing designs for products, brands identities, web designs, and product strategies.

Education

2017 — 2021

York University/Sheridan College

Bachelor of Design - BDes

2017 — 2021

York University

Bachelor of Design - BDes

2017 — 2021

Sheridan College

Bachelor of Design - BDes

2017 — 2021

2016 — 2017

Seneca Polytechnic

Graphic Design

2016 — 2017

2015 — 2016

Sheridan College

Ontario College Certificate

2015 — 2016

2012 — 2015

Garth Webb Secondary School

High School

2012 — 2015

Experience+

Education

Bachelor of Design - BDes

Bachelor of Design - BDes

Bachelor of Design - BDes

Graphic Design

Ontario College Certificate

High School