Dan Linsky

There’s a good chance you’ve already seen my work.

30+ years designing the front door for global platforms and top brands.

Currently leading product design teams with data-informed strategy, clear product sense, and a high bar for quality.

Previous

  1. Senior Product Design Manager, Growth & Safety

    Discord

    February 2026 – July 2026

  2. Senior Design Manager, Identity

    Adobe

    February 2017 – February 2026

  3. Design Lead, HMI UX

    Lucid Motors

    June 2015 – February 2017

  4. UX Design Director

    AKQA

    February 2009 – June 2015

  5. Design Co-Founder

    The Hunt

    April 2011 – December 2012

  6. Full Resume

About Me

Design leadership across agencies, startups, and in-house platform teams.

I led platform design at Adobe for nearly a decade, most recently growth and safety design at Discord, and before that built Lucid Motors’ in-vehicle experience from zero. I’ve also co-founded two companies, one acquired by Pinterest.

I focus on outcomes, not outputs. I lead with a clear vision but stay grounded in systems, data, and constraints, and I’m comfortable moving between deep design work and executive storytelling.

My strongest skill is building teams: spotting talent and creating the conditions where good designers do their best work.

I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas but I have been in the Bay Area for 20 years. I live in Berkeley, CA with my family. Outside work I’m a hobbyist woodworker and digital fabricator.

Dan Linsky

Friends

Designers whose work is represented here.

I did almost none of this work myself. This was done with a team of world-class talent and I can still call all of them my friends.