Sam Horner

Head of Design

Los Angeles, California, United States18 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led UX for Google Play impacting 2 billion users.
Built Google One UX team from 1 to 15 members.
Innovated Netflix TV product design strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C Product Design Leader with extensive UX expertise.

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User ExperienceDesign StrategyProduct Design

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CommunicationUser ResearchTeam ManagementUI DesignProduct StrategyManagementCareer DevelopmentBusiness StrategyPublic SpeakingHosting EventsInteraction DesignUser-centered DesignService DesignDesign ThinkingInformation Architecture

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Product design leadership and strategy

Experience

18 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Google

Head of Apps UX at Google Play

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Mountain View · Remote

Head of Apps UX at Google Play
Lead and manage a multi-functional UX team (design, research, content strategy, design-ops), defining the user experience for Apps on Google Play, a 2 billion monthly users product generating over $40 billion in annual revenue.
[Previous]
Led design strategy for Google Play, a small team of design strategists focusing on 0-1 product development for new & key business objectives for Play
Led UX for Play Better Together, responsible for a 20+ UX team delivering Play on multiple form-factors (Tablet, Web, Car, Watch, Foldable, and Chromebooks). Lead UX team towards the launch of Google Play for Pixel Watch, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet.
UX Lead for Google One. UXer #1, built the team from 1 to 15 of multi-functional (design, research, content strategy, design-ops) UXers to launch and deliver Google One. Google One now has over 1 billion downloads and generates over $1 billion dollars in annual revenue.

CommunicationDesign StrategyUser Experience

Netflix

Lead Product Designer

Dec 2013 – Dec 2017 · 4 yrs · Los Gatos · On-site

Leading design projects for TV product innovation for Netflix.
Led the development of future TV vision for the organization.
Developed strategy around recommendation input systems, including development of thumbs up/down system, removal of 5 star system, and design and development (including patent) for % match.
Partnered in the early development of the Netflix "N" icon.
Developed new design and product strategy around continue watching on Netflix TV experiences.
External speaker for Netflix, sharing knowledge and Netflix culture within the design community.

UI DesignDesign StrategyProduct Design

Red interactive agency

Lead User Experience Designer

Jul 2012 – Dec 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos · Santa Monica, CA

Working closely with clients, and internal projects to provide research, product strategy and an overall user centered brand experience. Adidas, BMW, ESPN, BBC, Facebook
RED is a creative agency based in Santa Monica, California.

Heavenspot

User Experience Strategist

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · Silverlake, CA

Leading User experience strategy projects. Working closely with clients, pitch work and creative. Blizzard, Disney, Mattel, Lionsgate, Warner Bros
Heavenspot is a creative agency based in Silverlake, California.

Bbc

User Experience Designer - Service Design & Delivery

Jun 2007 – Sep 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

Working across the User Experience, Interface design and Development for BBC Service Design & UX&D. This includes Web, IPTV, Mobile and Radio products across all of the BBC's output through various broadcasting methods.
I worked across the BBC's core products such as iPlayer, Red Button, Learning, Knowledge, Switch, Radio 1, 1Xtra, CBBC, and Service Design. This has included Interaction, User Experience, Visual, Commercial and Prototyping Design.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters are at Broadcasting House in Westminster, London, and it is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation.