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Ario Jafarzadeh

Ario Jafarzadeh

Product design leader focused on AI/ML, games, and consumer products

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Redwood City, California
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Seasoned design leader who scales and shapes product design organizations across consumer platforms (search, games, robotics, and AI). Ario moves between startup agility and large-company complexity, focusing on product/UX strategy, hiring, and aligning design with product and engineering outcomes. wearemosaic+2
Cross-disciplinary practitioner: background spans software engineering and program management to senior UX roles at Google and Amazon and later design leadership at Postmates, Roblox, and Neeva — giving him both technical fluency and craft-level design experience. washington+2
Public-facing educator and communicator: frequently speaks and writes about product design (university speaker series, Medium posts, CreativeMornings talk) and shares hiring and org-health advice publicly. washington+2
Active creator and curator of an online personal brand (link-in-bio, X/Twitter, Instagram) used to share design thinking, music interests, and civic views — which he leverages to recruit, advise, and consult. beacons+2

Work

Education

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Writing

Joining Roblox!

September 29, 2020

Personal Medium post describing the rationale for joining Roblox as head of design for core app experience and reflections on platform design for children and cross‑platform constraints.

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Priority Inbox (CreativeMornings talk)

January 1, 2013

Recorded CreativeMornings talk covering experience design work on Priority Inbox / Gmail-era design thinking and process.

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Hobbies

Music (avid listener/collector) and general interest in audio design and vintage audio devices. x

Gaming and game‑adjacent product interests (design for kids and platform experiences). medium

Civic / cultural interest in Iran (public posts reference support for a free Iran). x

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Nov 19, 2025