Janet Longhurst

Janet Longhurst

Product Designer, She/Her

Work Experience

2020 — 2024
Redmond, WA

Product design for both mobile and desktop platforms. On web, I led the OneDrive Home experience and the creation of new templates, enhancing user engagement and usability. For mobile, I spearheaded the iOS feature and toolkit system, streamlining design processes and improving functionality.

2019 — 2020
Redmond, WA

I led a team of designers to help create the new Fluent system icons used across mobile platforms. These icons went on to be used for web, desktop and Windows applications.

2015 — 2019
Redmond, WA

Responsible for first run experience and increasing retention of SharePoint TeamSites. Driving the branding and theming experience.

2015 — 2015
Redmond, WA

Led the natural language Q&A, Cortana and Quick Insights feature. Worked with research and engineering teams to conduct user studies, build user stories, flows and prototypes.

2014 — 2015
Design Consultant at Freelance

Worked with clients to develop branding and product design. Freelance clients include Naya Health and Owlet Care.

2010 — 2014

Designed and collaborated with teams from NatGeo, ABC, YouTube and Google to create branding & interactive design projects.

2007

I studied under Dietmar Winkler. He was first educated in design in Hamburg, Germany, and is now a professor emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Education

Bachelor of Arts at California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

Multimedia Design, Spanish

Master of Fine Arts at California State University Northridge
Northridge, California

Visual Communication