Misha Wilcockson

Product Manager

Los Angeles, California, United States11 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led Worldcoin's marketing through $100M Series B and $115M Series C.
  • Grew Instagram account from 100K to over 2M followers.
  • Designed Runna's App Store visuals, increasing ARR by over $3M.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Designer with strong expertise in SaaS and social media marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignUser Experience (ux)Investment ManagementCreative DirectionSocial Media ManagementProduct MarketingProduct ManagementPhotography

Other Skills

Mobile DesignWeb DesignMobile Web DesignFigma (Software)Adobe PhotoshopIT Investment ManagementRisk ManagementEquity TradingOptions TradingSocial MediaAdobe LightroomData VisualizationAdobe InDesignCommunicationsCorporate Communications

About

Misha is product designer with over 8 years of experience leading and building product and design teams at consumer-facing companies. He currently works as a Staff Product Designer at Runna (acq. Strava), the world's most popular running coaching app. Formerly the Head of Product Marketing & Design at Worldcoin, joining just after $25M Series A (a16z, Coinbase Ventures, etc.) was raised, Misha led the Marketing & Comms team through Series B ($100M; a16z, Khosla Ventures, etc.) and Series C ($115M; a16z, Bain Capital Crypto, etc.), during which time the company launched in over 25 countries across 5 continents and grew from 10K to over 1M users. Prior to Worldcoin, Misha worked as a Director of Photography for National Geographic. Misha is a Stanford alum and a keen athlete, having rowed for Great Britain at the World Rowing Junior Championships.

Experience

Strava

Staff Product Designer

Jun 2025Present · 9 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Work across all teams at Runna (acq. Strava), the world's most popular running coaching app.
Product DesignMobile DesignWeb DesignMobile Web DesignFigma (Software)Adobe Photoshop+1

Runna

2 roles

Staff Product Designer

Jan 2025May 2025 · 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Worked across the App, Growth and Race Discovery teams. My work included redesigning Runna's App Store visuals (led to an increase in ARR by over $3M), designing the company's first post-acquisition integration with Strava, and designing a brand-new race discovery platform (still in production). Following the acquisition, I became a Strava employee, but continue to work on Runna.
Product DesignMobile DesignWeb DesignMobile Web DesignData VisualizationFigma (Software)+2

Senior Product Designer

Oct 2024Jan 2025 · 3 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Worked across the App, Growth and Race Discovery teams. My work included redesigning sharing flows and visuals (led to a 1,000x increase in social sharing) and designing Runna's first web onboarding flows (increased LTV by over 2%). In 2024, Runna was one of three finalists for Apple's iPhone App of the Year.
Product DesignMobile DesignMobile Web DesignData VisualizationFigma (Software)Adobe Photoshop+1

Odyssey

Co-Founder & Head of Product

Jan 2023Oct 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

  • Founded and designed Odyssey, a new social platform built around photo albums. Managed development and beta launch. Onboarded users with a combined reach of over 50M across socials.
Product DesignProduct ManagementCreative DirectionProduct MarketingFigma (Software)Adobe Photoshop+2

World

2 roles

Head of Product Marketing & Design

Jul 2021Feb 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Led the product marketing and design team globally through Series B ($100M; a16z, Khosla Ventures, etc.) and Series C ($115M; a16z, Bain Capital Crypto, etc.). Managed everything from product marketing and product design (website, logo, etc.) to content creation (photo, video, etc.) and influencer marketing.
Product MarketingProduct DesignProduct ManagementCreative DirectionAdobe PhotoshopFigma (Software)+4

Product Marketing Manager

Apr 2021Jul 2021 · 3 mos

  • Spearheaded early development of the company’s marketing and communications strategy. Ran the influencer marketing team and helped manage the communications team.
Product MarketingProduct DesignProduct ManagementCreative DirectionFigma (Software)Social Media+1

Chet

Head of Product Marketing & Design

Mar 2021Jul 2021 · 4 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Led product marketing, design and business development. Grew the company's user base by over 50% per month, quadrupling MAUs during my time at the company. Established strategic partnerships with Dartmouth, Berkeley & Georgetown. Helped secure the company seed funding.
Product MarketingProduct DesignProduct ManagementCreative DirectionFigma (Software)Social Media+1

The berkford group

General Partner

Sep 2020Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Lead and manage investments for the fund. In our first five years, we made 708.7% (51.9% annualized). Over the same period, the S&P returned 91.6% (13.9% annualized).
IT Investment ManagementRisk ManagementEquity TradingOptions TradingInvestment Management

Nettle

Founder & Head of Product

Aug 2020Mar 2021 · 7 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Founded, designed and ran Nettle, a financial services company that planned to originate, buy and sell financial derivatives (put and call options) on residential real estate.
Product ManagementProduct DesignProduct MarketingCreative Direction

National geographic

Director of Photography

Feb 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hoedspruit, Limpopo, South Africa

  • Worked as a cinematographer on projects for National Geographic, including filming three parts (lions, cheetahs, wild dogs) of a six-part series on baby animals. Documentaries I worked on were also released on Apple TV+, Arte, FOX, Love Nature, Netflix, Sky TV and ZDF.
PhotographyCreative DirectionAdobe LightroomAdobe Photoshop

Vest

Head of Product & Operations

Mar 2018Feb 2019 · 11 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • First hire. Successfully negotiated an $80M acquisition offer one month into the job (turned down in favour of Series A). Led the company through its $10M Series A (Polychain Capital, a16z, Coinbase Ventures, 1confirmation). Grew the company from 1 to 15 employees. Managed all non-engineering staff and responsibilities.
Product MarketingProduct ManagementProduct DesignCreative Direction

Traveler media

Executive Creative Director

Oct 2017Sep 2025 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Ran @traveler on Instagram. Grew the account from 100K to over 2M followers. Worked with over 50 hotels, NGOs, clothing brands and travel companies all around the world (Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, South Africa, Tanzania, French Polynesia, United States, etc.), creating, shooting and sharing photo and video campaigns.
Creative DirectionSocial MediaPhotographyAdobe LightroomAdobe PhotoshopFigma (Software)+1

Deutsche bank

Global Markets Intern

Jun 2017Aug 2017 · 2 mos · New York, New York, United States

  • Worked on Credit Structuring and Securitized Product Sales desks during the rotational summer intern program.

Earth media

Associate Creative Director

Mar 2017Mar 2018 · 1 yr · Stanford, California, United States

  • Helped grow @earth on Instagram from 400K to 900K followers in under a year. Ran the @earth handle on Twitter. Led paid partnership outreach and execution. Organised and executed campaigns with NGOs like Charity: Water and Pencils of Promise.
Creative DirectionSocial MediaAdobe LightroomAdobe Photoshop

Cardinal education

Private Tutor

Jun 2016Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

  • Tutored local high school students, providing one-on-one sessions that aimed to improve students' test scores and class rank.

Peninsula humane society & spca

Volunteer

Jun 2016Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Stanford, California, United States

  • Fostered five kittens.

Eb5 affiliate network

Intern

Jan 2016Mar 2016 · 2 mos · Stanford, California, United States

  • Assisted with administration and marketing, covering predominantly Chinese investments in the United States.

Gainsight

Intern

Aug 2015Sep 2015 · 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Developed outreach programs to assist with plans for expansion into Europe. Helped sort and analyse data. Wrote the weekly newsletter.

Taylor morris eyewear

Promoter

Jun 2015Jul 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Promoted the company via social media and word of mouth.

Geronimo inns

Waiter

Jun 2014Aug 2014 · 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Waited tables.

The duchess of cambridge

Bartender & Waiter

Apr 2014Jun 2014 · 2 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Waited tables and served drinks.

Sauber promotions

Sales Representative

Oct 2013Jan 2014 · 3 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Raised over $20,000 per week on behalf of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation: the largest cancer research centre in the Southern Hemisphere.

Melbourne high school

Rowing Coach

Oct 2013Oct 2013 · 0 mo · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Taught beginners, in their first year at high school, how to row.

Banks rowing club

Rowing Coach

Oct 2013Oct 2013 · 0 mo · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Coached groups of all ages and abilities.

Longview partners llp

Intern

Aug 2012Aug 2012 · 0 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Shadowed portfolio managers with high-net-worth clients.

British rowing

Junior National Team Member

Jul 2012Aug 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Caversham, England, United Kingdom

  • Rowed for Great Britain at three international regattas: 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships (6th, 4+), 2013 Munich Junior International Regatta (Gold, 8+) and 2012 Coupe de la Jeunesse (Bronze, 2-).

Aon benfield

Intern

Jul 2011Jul 2011 · 0 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Shadowed marine reinsurance brokers.

Watkins syndicate singapore pte. limited

Intern

Jul 2011Jul 2011 · 0 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Shadowed body part insurance underwriters working in the Lloyd's building.

Education

Stanford University

Bachelor of Science (with Distinction) — Mathematics

Jan 2014Jan 2018

St Paul's School

High School Diploma

Jan 2008Jan 2013

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