MY HEART LIVES IN SEATTLE, BUT THE WORLD IS MY OFFICE
Marin Van Schaik is a
Lead Product & UI Designer
CURRENTLY IN SEATTLE | WORKING AT META (FACEBOOK)
Hello there, I'm Marin. I'm a Product/UI Designer focused on building design driven digital products and teams. I have over 15 years experience leading high impact design teams, overseeing design strategy, drawing beautiful UIs, and bring digital products to market at companies like Meta, Microsoft and Starbucks. I've also served as the founding or first-hire designer at numerous startups across the globe, bringing napkin ideas to fruition and acquisition.
I am currently a Lead Product Designer at Meta and occasionally do some fun freelance projects on the side so, if you’ve got a project and think we might be a good fit, reach out!
An integrated employee Experience
2023 | Lead Product Designer
These days, more than ever, people are at the core of work. And just as our offices have evolved to stretch far beyond their walls, so should the way we grow together, learn together, support each other and connect across people and teams. It was from the seedling of this idea that I crafted the idea for “Me@” - a full service employee experience portal and platform that supports employees at all stages of their journey - from recruiting and hiring to career growth, performance, goal setting and managing distributed teams. I lead the early vision for this product, stood up the team, delivered the MVP and oversaw the ongoing growth of the product and team as we brought it to market.
Internal Tools, Consolidation, Productivity
Enabling Effective teams.
2024 | Lead Product Designer
At Meta, we embarked on a transformative project aimed at increasing our team’s effectiveness. Our goals were to enhance collaboration and productivity. By integrating tools, streamlining workflows, and consolidating resources, we aimed to create a cohesive work environment that aligns with company objectives. The initiative addressed key challenges faced by teams and provided org leaders with valuable insights for informed decision-making. It fostered a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement at Meta.
Internal Tools, Consolidation, Productivity
Making Teams personal.
2018 | Interaction Designer
I worked as an Interaction Designer on Microsoft Teams – a collaboration platform in Office365. I saw the product through public launch on the People and Presence team, designing the experience of users across the product. Following that, I worked on the Extensibility Team with the primary goal of designing integration opportunities between Microsoft Teams and the industry’s leading tools.
o-1 Product, Collaboration Products
Injecting rich content into the conversation.
As an Interaction Designer on the Extensibility Team our primary goal was designing integration opportunities between Microsoft Teams and the industry’s leading tools. During my time there, we defined and designed the five key building block plugins of the platform: tabs, bots, connectors, messaging extensions, and personal apps. I personally lead the design and successful public launch of the Messaging Extensions functionality through the full feature lifecycle.
o-1 Product, Collaboration Products
The connection
between man & beast.
2015 | Founder & CDO
The bond between a human and pet is a strong one, and Jogs for Dogs needed an app & website that connected the two every step of the way.
Start-up, Marketplaces
The end of line, for lines.
2017 | Lead Designer
I joined SpeedETab when they were in beta. Dedicated to keeping you from standing in line, SpeedETab knows the value of user’s time and seeks to synthesize it’s brand, app and website to get people what they want, faster.
Start-up, Marketplace
Re-energizing a legacy of realizing potential.
2015 | Digital Products Designer
A company focused on helping organizations & individuals realize their potential stretches its own comfort zones to embrace a refreshed brand, a global audience and expand the reach of their offerings into new technologies..
Learning Management System
Designing for a smarter ad network.
2016 | UI Designer
Working alongside a team of designers to launch Facebook’s Audience Network — a new way for advertisers to extend their campaigns beyond Facebook and into other mobile apps.
Connecting THE things you have with people that want them.
I first joined on with Tradelist when they perfecting their pitch. At that stage, I helped turn a napkin idea into a product with a shareable story through presentation mocks and some light branding. When it was time to create a beta, I worked alongside the founder and a UX designer to distill the core competencies of the product. From there came wireframes and then my heavy lifting began - turning these wireframes into deliverable high-fidelity UIs for desktop and mobile.
Tradelist is still in stealth mode, upon request I can share insights into my design process for the project but not product details.
