# Thano Sipsis

> Design at Meta

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/thano

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

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Present | 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

### Product Designer @ Daybreak Studio
Jan 2020 – Jan 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

### Product Designer @ Facebook
Jan 2020 – Jan 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

### Designer @ York University Student Centre
Jan 2018 – Jan 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

### Product Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Toronto, Canada Area
Worked with clients in developing designs for products, brands identities, web designs, and product strategies.

### Digital Designer/Part-Time Employee @ Milton Lighting
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Milton, Ontario Canada
Worked on web design, increased online growth by 500%, SEO, brand assets, and marketed products. Worked at the physical storefront assisting customers with sales.


## Education
### Bachelor of Design - BDes in Graphic Design
York University/Sheridan College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor of Design - BDes in Graphic Design
York University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Bachelor of Design - BDes in Graphic Design
Sheridan College
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021

### Graphic Design
Seneca Polytechnic
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017

### Ontario College Certificate in Art Fundamentals
Sheridan College
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016

### High School
Garth Webb Secondary School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thano-sipsis
- Portfolio: https://thano.net

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Last updated: 2026-03-30