Jay Stakelon
Director, Product Design at Instagram
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJay Stakelon is a product design leader with 14 years of experience shaping consumer and creator-facing products across tech and media, currently directing product design at Instagram in San Francisco. He has led cross-functional teams at Dropbox, Facebook, Oculus and Fullscreen, shipping initiatives from AI-powered search (Dropbox Dash) to VR system experiences and large-scale video platforms. A founder at heart, Jay has built product and design practices from scratch, scaled teams to 30+, and guided startups through acquisition. He blends strategic design thinking with hands-on prototyping and UX engineering, often moving between high-level strategy and detailed interaction work. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions quickly (“makes things in fits and starts”), he pairs creative grit with an appetite for new platforms and formats. His eclectic education and early agency roots reveal a long pattern of translating cultural insight into delightful digital experiences.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at ArtCenter College of DesignB.A. Sociology, B.A. Sociology at Vassar CollegeUniversity of California, Los AngelesEconomics & Cultural Studies, Economics & Cultural Studies at McGill University
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Github Skills (57)
ipad10
chrome-extension10
chromeless10
apple-tv10
tvos10
chrome10
iphone10
watchos10
swiftui10
react-native9
ios9
browser9
framer9
prototypes9
flutter9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
stakes/Daybar
Sep 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:2 releases, 36 commits, 27 pushes in 8 months
stakes/Snapbar
Sep 2020 - May 2021
Your last 5 screenshots in your macOS menu bar.
Contributions:2 releases, 76 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
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