Laura Javier

Senior Product Design Director


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Education

Washington University in St. Louis

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

BFA, Summa Cum Laude

Communication Design Major

Art History Minor

St. Louis, MO, 2007 – 2011

The Florence Center

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Study Abroad Program

Florence, Italy, Spring 2009

Design Positions

Instagram

Senior Product Design Director (IC)

Instagram Home

San Francisco, CA, 2022 – 2023

Instagram

Product Design Director (IC)

Shopping

San Francisco, CA, 2019 – 2022

Instagram

Product Designer

Design Systems, Shopping

Menlo Park, CA, 2017 – 2019

Facebook

Product Designer

Camera, Moments, Photos, Status Updates, Privacy, Platform, Pages

Menlo Park, CA, 2011 – 2017

Creative Activity & Research Grant

Research Assistant for Ken Botnick

St. Louis, MO, Spring 2011

Flok, LLC

Lead Designer

Austin, TX, Summer 2010 – Fall 2011

Sibley/Peteet Design Austin

Branding Design Intern

Austin, TX, Summer 2010

Mark Chen Photography

Album Designer

Houston, TX, 2005 – 2010

Academic Honors

Dean's List

Fall 2007 – Spring 2011

Mary Louise Stone Scholarship

2007 – 2011

Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship

2007

Recognition

Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2016

Summer 2016

Jayne Ball Rousseau Graphic Communication Scholar

Spring 2011

AIGA St. Louis Show Best of Student Award

Spring 2011

AIGA St. Louis Show Student Merit Awards

2 Pieces, Spring 2011

AIGA St. Louis Show Student Merit Awards

2 Pieces, Spring 2010