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Michal Simkovic

Designer, Advisor & Accidental Investor

San Francisco Bay Area

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Education

Work Experience

2024

  • Head of Design

    2024

2018 - 2024

  • Head of Design

    2020 - 2024

    Around was acquired by Miro in 2022. https://www.businessinsider.com/miro-acquired-startup-video-conferencing-app-zoom-2022-10

  • Design Advisor

    2018 - 2020

2017 - 2020

  • Director of Design

    2017 - 2020

    * Built the design org ground up (product & brand) * Led and managed designers on-site and remotely across 2 continents * Established design processes for product & marketing org * Helped grow the developer love brand (10M+ developer community)

  • Design Lead

    2015 - 2017

    * Founding designer of AWS Design System team * AWS Enterprise Applications (UX, UI, Brand)

  • Head Of Design

    2011 - 2014

    * YC W11 company (a16z, SVangel, Naval Ravikant, Scott Cook) * Circle became #1 most downloaded app in App Store and Google Play (12M+ downloads)

2009 - 2010

  • Art Director

    2009 - 2010

    * Top digital agency in Slovakia (part of Ogilvy Group) * Clients include Microsoft, T-mobile, Peugeot

  • Senior Product Designer

    2008 - 2009

    * Designer on various large scale digital projects * Clients include VUB bank, TV JOJ, Orange

  • Product Designer

    2006 - 2008

2004 - 2006

  • Webdesigner

    2004 - 2006