Chikezie Ejiasi

Chikezie Ejiasi

Product Design Leader in Bay Area, CA, He/Him

About

People-focused Design Leader with experience building differentiating products and driving 0-1 initiatives using emerging tech. I design with an eye on ethics, a knack for inventing novel interactions, a polished hand in native patterns & code, and a nose for qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Features

2024

Creative director, Visual Design Lead, and Studio UX Manager behind the visual redesign and rebrand of the new Google Shopping experience

2021

A heart-warming TV ad of my design team's incredible work to bring delight to stay-at-home families during the pandemic.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Head of Consumer Shopping Studio at Google
Bay Area, CA

Cohesion and velocity is the name of the game. Leading the design system team to simplify the Consumer Shopping experiences within Search effort and bring fit & finish to the most widely used product in the world.

2018 — 2022
Design Lead of AR & AI in Search at Google
Bay Area, CA

Led the creation of Google Search's first ever AR entry point and 3D/AR Viewer to bring immersive and interactive experiences to Search. Shoppers, students, and everyday curiosity seekers can now see the products theyre shopping for in their space, athletes at scale in their living room, periodic elements in context, and life-sized dinosaurs in their own backyards — to name a few.

Led the effort to bring AI generated content and capabilities to Google Shopping on Search.

2018 — 2018
Design Lead on Playground at Google
Bay Area, CA

Led the Product and UI Design for the Google Playground App, the Pixel-exclusive AR stickers experience that launched embedded in the core Camera experience.

2018 — 2018
AR Measure at Google
Bay Area

Led the design for Google's AR Measure app, to revitalize the app rating from (2.9 to 4.1 in four months!) and rebuild trust between the Design and Engineering team.

2016 — 2018
Design Lead of Daydream Home at Google Daydream
Bay Area, CA

Led the UI design for the Daydream Home Guide experience to create a welcoming experience for new players, a guide for regular Daydream users, and designed the experience for saving and sharing photos and videos in Daydream.

2014 — 2016
Design Lead of Nest Protect at Nest/Google
Palo Alto, CA

Led the App UI launch for the 2nd generation Nest Protect, revitalizing the trust in the smoke detector after the troubled first launch. Led multiple Nest efforts and launches to deliver on the connected Nest ecosystem

2012 — 2014
Senior Designer on Google+ at Google
Bay Area, CA

Design multiple Google+ initiatives including Sharing and Consumption

2012 — 2012
Senior Product Designer at Cuban Council
Portland / Bay Area

Designed and developed experiences for CC clients, primarily Google+

2009 — 2012
Senior Web Designer & Developer at Oakley
Foothill Ranch, CA

Designed and developed Oakley and Ray-Ban experience and campaigns

2006 — 2012
Owner at Nine Lion Design
Freelance

Founded a freelance design firm to design and build websites and apps for investors and startups

Volunteering

2016 — 2022
HBCU Design Outreach Lead & Sponsor at Google
Bay Area, CA

Created Champions Initiative in 2016 to bring awareness and education for design careers to HBCUs via design thinking & career planning workshops. Currently sponsoring, advising, and building new HBCU outreach programs

Education

2000 — 2005
Computer Science and Graphic Design at University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

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