Product designer · design leader

Design Leader &Product Design

I help companies build products that solve real problems for real people. Currently leading design at Meta.

John MacMenamin

Portfolio

Selected work

All case studies
One source of truth for a sprawling suite

Design systems

One source of truth for a sprawling suite

Pegasus pulled a fractured product family behind a single tokenized, themeable component library — keeping design and engineering moving in lockstep across every surface.

  • Tokenized theming
  • Design-to-dev handoff
  • Adoption & governance
Read the Pegasus story
Fuzzy problems, all the way to shipped

Zero to one

Fuzzy problems, all the way to shipped

Partnering with founders and PMs to take ambiguous, early-stage ideas to real product — research, prototype, test, iterate — on a lean UX loop that keeps momentum without cutting corners.

  • Research → prototype
  • Live prototype testing
  • Lean UX cadence
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Companies I've worked with

Meta
LexisNexis
AIG
Block.One
WM
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Years Experience

Leading UX/Product Design teams across diverse sectors

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Enterprise Projects

Delivering value in complex B2B SaaS environments

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Design Systems

Created to accelerate development and ensure consistency

Kind words

What colleagues say

Working with John for the last few years, he's continued to impress with his depth of knowledge and creativity in designing user first product experiences. He's risen to many unique challenges of our industry from a UX and product perspective making even the most complex concepts simple.

JC

Jay Chang

Product Manager, Google

I was on a design system project that John led at Facebook. John effortlessly brought designers together, fostering a collaborative environment where everyone worked as one cohesive team. His empathy and genuine concern for others create an atmosphere of collaboration and trust.

GK

Grace Kim

Product Designer, Meta

Capabilities

My expertise

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Product Design

Creating intuitive, user-centered digital experiences that solve real problems and drive business results.

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Design Systems

Building scalable design systems that improve consistency, efficiency, and collaboration across products.

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Design Leadership

Mentoring teams, establishing processes, and aligning design strategy with business objectives.