Jonah Becker

Head of Design

San Francisco, California, United States29 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led design teams across multiple continents.
  • Established a thriving design culture at Fitbit.
  • Expert in user experience and industrial design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Health and Fitness design, specializing in user experience and industrial design.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design ManagementUser Experience DesignIndustrial Design

Other Skills

Budget ManagementUX ResearchDesign OperationsContent DesignTeam DevelopmentDesign StrategyDesign CultureCreative DirectionIdea GenerationStrategic DesignUser InterfaceSolidworks3DProduct InnovationUsability Testing

About

I fell in love with building things when I was a kid, and it's still what I love to do today. I build great teams, great design cultures, great products, great experiences, and great brands.

Experience

29 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Google

Design Director, Wearables

Feb 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Budget ManagementDesign ManagementUser Experience Design

Fitbit

3 roles

SVP of Design

Mar 2019Feb 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I lead Fitbit's team of 75 designers across the US, Europe, and Asia to deliver on our mission of making everyone in the world healthier. As a member of the CEO executive staff, my team is responsible for all our hardware and software experiences and spans Industrial Design, UX (devices & mobile), UX Research, and Design Operations.
Budget ManagementDesign ManagementUser Experience Design

VP of Design

Promoted

Apr 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I lead Fitbit's team of 75 designers across the US, Europe, and Asia to deliver on our mission of making everyone in the world healthier. As a member of the CEO executive staff, my team is responsible for all our hardware and software experiences and spans Industrial Design, UX (devices & mobile), UX Research, Content Design, and Design Operations.
Budget ManagementDesign ManagementUser Experience Design

VP of Industrial Design

Feb 2015Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • With a personal passion for the health and fitness space, I joined Fitbit reporting into our CEO with the charter to build a world-class Industrial Design team from scratch. I hired and developed talented leaders during Fitbit's transition from private to public company, creating a thriving design culture that creates delightful, motivating, award-winning health and fitness wearables.
Budget ManagementIndustrial DesignDesign Management

Htc

Associate Vice President of Industrial Design

Oct 2013Feb 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco

California college of the arts

2 roles

Senior Lecturer

Jan 2013Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Lecturer

Jan 1999Jan 2000 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

One & co

President

May 1998Sep 2013 · 15 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco, CA

Budget Management

Microtalk (later telespree communications)

Design Manager

Jan 1998Jan 1999 · 1 yr · San Francisco, CA

Frog

Industrial Designer

Jan 1997Jan 1998 · 1 yr · Sunnyvale, CA

Praxis product design

Industrial Design Intern

Jan 1996Jan 1996 · 0 mo · San Mateo, CA

Interim office of architecture

Design Intern

Jan 1996Jan 1996 · 0 mo · San Francisco, CA

Education

University of California, Berkeley

B.A.

Jan 1990Jan 1994

California College of the Arts

B.F.A. — Industrial Design

Jan 1994Jan 1997

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