A designer's résumé
Marcus
Thompson.
Senior Product Designer · 10 Yrs Experience
Senior product designer who moves fluently between the craft of the pixel and the architecture of a system. Over the last decade I've shipped consumer products used by millions at Google and Airbnb — leading design on flagship mobile experiences, guiding small teams through ambiguous problems, and advocating for research that actually changes the roadmap. I care about clarity, about typography, and about the quiet details that make software feel considered.
Experience
'22present
Senior Product Designer, Experiences
Airbnb · San Francisco · 3 years
- Led end-to-end redesign of the Experiences booking flow, lifting conversion by +23% and reducing checkout drop-off by 18% across web and native.
- Built the Experiences design system from first principles — 140+ components now shared across 4 product surfaces and 3 platform teams.
- Partnered with research to run a 6-country generative study that reshaped the 2024 host onboarding roadmap.
- Mentor three mid-level designers through weekly crit and portfolio reviews.
'152022
Product Designer → Staff, Google Maps
Google · Mountain View · 7 years
- Design lead on the Google Maps mobile redesign, directing a team of six designers from discovery through global launch across iOS and Android.
- Defined the visual language and interaction patterns for Explore, shipping to 1B+ monthly users.
- Established the Maps design critique practice and quarterly craft reviews still in use today.
- Collaborated across PM, engineering, and research org-wide to unify the transit and driving experiences.
Education
MFA, Interaction Design
School of Visual Arts, New York
graduated 2015
BA, Design | Media Arts
University of California, Los Angeles
graduated 2013