Maggie Murphy

Maggie Murphy

Product Design in San Francisco, She/her

About

A product designer who has spent the past eight years untangling ambiguous design problems for large tech companies, including Instagram and GE.

Currently taking a creative sabbatical in Southeast Asia and believe in an open-minded, collaborative, and curious approach to design.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Product Designer at Instagram
San Francisco, CA

Instagram Business Opportunities Design Team; lead designer for Instagram boost, a lightweight ads product (boost) that enabled small businesses to grow on Instagram by turning their organic content into an ad. This product accounted for ~10% of all Instagram revenue.

Established product design principles to transition the team from a growth team to a mature product guide team with a high craft bar, while navigating industry challenges such as implementing Apple’s in-app payment system.

2019 — 2022
Product Designer at Facebook
Menlo Park, CA

Business Design Systems; product designer on Business Design Systems, a team that supported over 200 mobile and web product teams across the Ads and Business Organization.

Owned complex, highly collaborative design system spaces including Data Table, Data Visualization, and Navigation systems. This work ensured cohesive, scalable design solutions across an ever-evolving ecosystem.

2017 — 2019
UX Designer at GE Aviation
Austin, TX

GE Aviation Digital, UX designer and design strategist for the GE Aviation Services team and FlightPulse app.

Ran design workshops and created high-fidelity prototypes that helped clients customize their out-of-the-box data products to fit their unique use cases. Also worked closely with Qantas Airlines to improve GE Aviation’s FlightPulse App, which empowered pilots to make better decisions through data.

2016 — 2016
2016 — 2016
2015 — 2015
2014 — 2014

Speaking

2024
Typography 101
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Hosted and organized a 2 hour lecture and hands-on workshop about typography and graphic design in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Collaborated with local businesses AZAHAR Yoga and Bong Bonlai in order to organize and publicize this event.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Design at University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Cincinnati, OH

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