Collin Olan

Collin Olan

Bird watcher, meadow enthusiast in California

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2023 — Now
2022 — 2023
Product Designer at Self-employed
Remote
2021 — 2022
San Francisco

Led the design of features across both reader and writer surfaces. I contributed to team management with a formal onboarding process for new design hires, and was a key member of the design system working group.

2019 — 2021
San Francisco

Instrumental to the public release of Projector, a collaborative design tool, by leading design of all experiences across the platform and the conception of new products for presenting work created in Projector to a live audience.

2016 — 2019
San Francisco

Led the Product Design Standards team to evolve, elevate and maintain our design system while extending its utility and use throughout Pinterest. Previously led the Partner Experience team to redesign our Ads Manager product and other experience upgrades to various features and surfaces across Pinterest's suite of business tools.

2015 — 2016
2014 — 2015
New York

Led the design of real-time analytics products that help the publishing industry make strategic content decisions. Advocated—and got buy-in—for the formation of a formal design team and unified our products with a beautiful and functional design system.

2013 — 2014
New York

UXA (Material Design) was a team focused on creating a single design language and UI framework to transform all of Google’s apps into a beautiful, consistent, mature and accessible platform for its users. The work we did grew into what became Material Design and the team grew to become the Google Design Team.

2009 — 2013
New York

Instrumental in expanding the company from offering print and branding services to also include digital strategy, web and mobile design and development. Led the design and development of device independent web sites and mobile applications for small to large businesses.

2006 — 2009
New York

As a technologist I prototyped and developed user interface for many enterprise scale companies such as General Electric, NBC, American Express, Sprint and Virgin Mobile. My team’s focus was on new technologies and techniques for increasing experience quality and accessibility.

For GE, we won the Communication Arts Interactive Information Design: GE.com, AIGA Corporate Communications Design 2008: GE.com, and Nielsen Norman Group 2010 Ten Best Intranets: insideGE awards.

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