Charlie Hart
Design Director at Square
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlie Hart is a Design Director with 13 years of experience blending product design, interaction design, and strategic leadership to build ethically minded, accessible digital products. Currently leading design at Square after progressing from Product Designer to Design Manager and Director, Charlie has driven cross-disciplinary teams on social impact work at Facebook and wellbeing products at Headspace. Known for championing diversity, inclusion, and research-led decisions, they translate user insights into scalable design systems for mobile and web. Their background spans agency and in-house roles for clients like Apple, Hulu, and Toyota, giving them a pragmatic mix of creative storytelling and measurable UX outcomes. Based in Los Angeles with a BA in Film and Media Studies, Charlie brings a cinematic sense of narrative to product experiences — often surfacing subtle behavioral patterns that inform long-term strategy.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Web/Graphic/Interactive Design, Web/Graphic/Interactive Design at UCLA ExtensionB.A. Film and Media Studies, B.A. Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (67)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sandersch/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Jan 2025
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years 2 months
sandersch/homelab
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:323 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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