Hi I’m Anisa Bashiri, a product designer based in Oakland, CA and I’ve spent the last 9+ years crafting products that reach and resonate with billions. Currently at Figma.
Growing up in the suburbs of San Francisco, I spent my childhood loving to draw and paint. It wasn't until adulthood that I discovered design and how it provided a way to channel all my curiosities about the world. Design unifies the things I hold close: crafting beautiful experiences, understanding people, and finding ways to serve them.
These days I take a prototype-first approach to my work. Getting to a tangible experience early, something others can actually see and feel, is how I build conviction in a concept and bring others along the way. Prototyping helps us know whether we're truly addressing the problem at hand, and that we're doing so with utmost craft and consideration.
What excites me most right now is designing and building with the rapid advancements of AI, alongside people who bring different perspectives and push ideas further than any one of us could do alone.
These days I take a prototype-first approach to my work. Getting to a tangible experience early, something others can actually see and feel, is how I build conviction in a concept and bring others along the way. Prototyping helps us know whether we're truly addressing the problem at hand, and that we're doing so with utmost craft and consideration.
What excites me most right now is designing and building with the rapid advancements of AI, alongside people who bring different perspectives and push ideas further than any one of us could do alone.
EXPERIENCE
Aug ’26 - Present
Staff Product Designer — Figma
Sep ’22 - Jul ‘26
Senior Product Designer — Instagram
Nov ’21 - Aug ’22
Senior Product Designer — Shipt (Target)
Sep ’19 - Nov ’21
Product Designer — Shipt (Target)
May ’18 - Aug ’19
Mar ’17 - Mar ’18
Data Quality Specialist, Research — Snap
Sep ’16 - Mar ’17
Interactive Design Intern — Use All Five
Jun - Aug ’16
Design Intern — VICE Media
May - Jul ’15
Digital Marketing Intern — Fraenkel Gallery
SKILLS
Design to demos and decks
Product design (0→1)
Advanced prototyping
Creative vision & strategy
UI & UX app/web/voice
Design system creation
Vibe coding
Front-end development
Advanced prototyping
Creative vision & strategy
UI & UX app/web/voice
Design system creation
Vibe coding
Front-end development
TOOLS
Floating between
Figma
Origami
Rotato
Adobe Creative Suite
Cursor, Xcode, VS Code
HTML, CSS
Origami
Rotato
Adobe Creative Suite
Cursor, Xcode, VS Code
HTML, CSS
EDUCATION
2017
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. Design | Media Arts
Magna Cum Laude
B.A. Design | Media Arts
Magna Cum Laude
AWARDS
2017
Senior Scholarship Recipient, UCLA Design | Media Arts
2016
Junior Scholarship Recipient, UCLA Design | Media Arts
2016
Winner of the DroOoOoOol UCLA Design | Media Arts Exhibition
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Unsolicited Airdrop @ UCLA Broad Art Center EDA
2017
Machinic Unconcious, New Wight Gallery
2016
DroOoOoOol, New Wight Gallery
2015
Motion, UCLA Broad Art Center EDA
2015
Deep Web Roach Queen, UCLA Broad Art Center