Hi, I’m Colby
I’m a product designer with 10+ years of experience designing across mobile and desktop. Most recently, I worked on AI productivity tools at Meta.
Bringing AI assistance into existing workflows
I integrated Metamate, Meta’s internal AI assistant, into the core communication platform at Meta. With this assistant at their fingertips, users could cut through the noise of daily work. Users adopted it and we saw a 25% increase in weekly-active-users of the Metamate Chrome extension.
Verifying Users on Grindr While Protecting Privacy
Half of all users on the dating app Grindr don’t have any photos, and even more don’t have any face photos (73%). To establish who they are, users send photos in direct messages, but these photos can easily be stolen, outdated, or edited. In this project, I designed a solution for building trust between users through verified photos.
Redesigning Muze as a Chat App
Muze was originally designed for collaging. However, the team observed that users who adopted it for chat used it more frequently. I was brought on to simplify the functionality and interactions of the app while still supporting the expressiveness that made it viral.
Making it easier and more rewarding to share Tweets
As the lead designer, I worked with cross-functional partners to advocate for and build out the Tweet-sharing experience. In doing so, we increased shared Tweets by 350K per day.
