Adam Glynn-Finnegan

Design Manager

Los Angeles, California, United States18 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 20 years of design industry experience.
  • Led design teams at Airbnb and Evernote.
  • Expert in AI applications in design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a design leader in the SaaS industry with a focus on user experience and product design.

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Creative DirectionArt DirectionInteraction DesignUser Interface DesignUser Experience (UX)Web DesignBranding & IdentityVisual ConceptsGraphic DesignIllustrationTypographyMotion GraphicsLogo DesignVideo ProductionCorporate Identity

About

A passionate design leader with 20 years of design industry experience across technology, brand and business. I've lead design teams and created design systems at early growth stage companies like Evernote and Airbnb. I've built consumer apps, enterprise software and productivity tools used by hundreds of millions of people. Currently exploring creative uses of AI and implementing practical uses in post production tools. Investing and advising Seed and Series A companies.

Experience

18 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Netflix

3 roles

Design Manager

Sep 2025Present · 7 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • I lead the localization design team. Helping to make Netflix feel immersive no matter what language you speak.

Staff Product Designer

Apr 2024Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Netflix Studio | Localization
  • Authoring tools for subtitle and dubbing creation
  • Logistics and Localization tools
  • AI and LLM UX systems

Staff Product Designer

Apr 2021Apr 2024 · 3 yrs · Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Netflix Studio: Designing a suite of enterprise products for content studios.
  • AI, Personalization & Content Discovery (2022-2024)
  • Launched new Ads business (2023)
  • Launched new Games business (2021)

Academy of television arts & sciences

Member

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

Duke university

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

Aug 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Created design syllabus for International Product Management course, partnering with Upgrad

Airangels

Investor (LP)

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Flux

Head Of Design

Feb 2020Apr 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Acquired by Beamery (2022)

Google

Design Director, Pointy

Aug 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Pointy was acquired by Google, 2020.
  • Design Leadership, GTM Strategy, Advisor to CEO.

Airbnb

3 roles

Design Manager

Feb 2018Feb 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Platform Tools (Customer Support, Payments, DS)
  • Led the Design System (Lunar)

Staff Product Designer

Jan 2017Feb 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • - Trust & Safety Group: Identity and Verification, Profiles, Reviews, Payments, Fraud

Product Design Lead

Oct 2015Jan 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Airbnb's first Design System
  • Airbnb App (Android, iOS)
  • Search & Discovery

Evernote

2 roles

Principal Product Designer

Oct 2013Oct 2015 · 2 yrs

  • Design for Evernote's 200 Million users.
  • Evernote Android (Google Design Award)
  • Scannable iOS (App Store #1 Scanning app)

Principal Designer, Global Brand

Nov 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Employee #1 in Europe. Led design for all marketing and web from 2011- 2014. From 5 Million - 150 Million users in 3 years.
  • Evernote Global Brand, Evernote China
  • Evernote.com (22 languages)
  • Design System
  • Conference branding and materials
  • Partnerships

Arm

Motion Designer

May 2011Aug 2011 · 3 mos · Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ginetta cars

Creative Director

Apr 2010Mar 2011 · 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Title collective

Creative Director, Founder

Dec 2008Dec 2011 · 3 yrs

  • Digital experiences for Sony, T-Mobile, Paramount, PING, Mars, Wagamama

New black design

Web Designer

Dec 2008Apr 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

Magnitude

Graphic Designer

Nov 2007Dec 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo · United Kingdom

  • Won 2 Webby Awards for work on Wagamama

Education

Leeds Beckett University

BA (Honours) Design Graphic Media Communication

Jan 2005Jan 2008

St Andrew's College, Dublin

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