Ryan Brownhill is a Director of Product Design based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building consumer products and design systems at scale. Currently leading Instagram’s Core Experience Design Team, he oversees navigation, Feed, Reels, Explore, Profiles, creators surfaces, and cross-cutting design systems that support billions of users. He has progressed from hands-on product design roles at Meta and IBM to management and director-level work, blending craft-driven interaction and motion design with strategic system thinking. As co-founder and CEO of Hus Collective, he keeps a founder’s mentality that informs product and team leadership. He maintains sharp design skills through side projects, viewing craft and curiosity as essential to effective leadership. Colleagues value him for translating complex product needs into scalable, elegant design systems that accelerate teams.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts Motion Media Design, with emphasis on Interaction and Industrial Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts Motion Media Design, with emphasis on Interaction and Industrial Design at Savannah College of Art and Design
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