Product Design & Design Systems

Ashlie
Ford

Photo of ashlie in a black dress

Fancy seeing you here

I'm Ashlie Ford – a designer who designs products and systems at Instagram. You can check out my Tweets, but I’ll warn you, they are probably just about cats, Nebraska football, public transit, TV series, or design systems.

 

design Experience

Instagram, Director product design

June 2022 - Present

Twitter, principal product designer

November 2021 - June 2022

Twitter, Senior staff product designer

June 2020 - November 2021

Twitter, staff product designer

November 2018 - May 2020

twitter, senior product designer

June 2015 - November 2018

Twitter, Product Designer

March 2015 - May 2015

apple, senior designer

April 2014 - March 2015

apple, designer

November 2012 - March 2014

Subatomic systems, Digital content production designer

May 2012 - November 2012
Clients such as Sony, Cirque du Soleil, and Google

New media center, designer

July 2011 - July 2012

peerless worksite, designer

Jan 2011 - June 2011

 

Knowledge

Systems Design
Product Design
Typography
Specification Documentation
Creative Team Management
Brand Positioning
Creative Strategy
User-focused Design
Design Thinking
Digital Asset Production

 

Publications

Navigating to the new Twitter.com

August 2019 – Twitter Blog


Make your Twitter truly yours

August 2018 – Twitter Blog


Looking to Horizon: Why We Built A Design System

December 2017 – Twitter Design & Research Blog

 

Education

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Masters of Science in Architecture
Emphasis in Design & Branding

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Bachelor of Science in Design
College of Architecture

 

activities

Design & Research Mentorship Program Lead – Twitter

User Experience Advisory Committee - Ad Council

Contact

twitter: @ashlie

Instagram:
@ashlieford

pinterest:
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Linkedin:
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