đź‘‹ I’m Kyle Waldrop, a product designer based in Los Angeles and I’ve spent the past 15 years crafting products that people know and love. Most recently Design Lead at .
Instagram Music & Audio Platform
Led design for audio initiatives focused on enhancing the discovery of trending sounds, streamlining audio creation tools to reduce barriers to video production, and crafting unique experiences that connect artists with fans.
2024 – 2025
ROLE: PD LEAD
Instagram Differentiated Video Experiences
Supported strategic workstreams focused on launching unique, Instagram-first video experiences. Efforts ranged from developing innovative formats that foster co-creation between creators and teens to designing AI powered tools that unlock entirely new ways to create with video.
2022 – 2025
ROLE: PD LEAD
Instagram Election 2020
Led design for Instagram’s engagement and integrity experiences for the 2020 Election that helped register over 4.4 million new voters.
2019 – 2020
ROLE: PD LEAD
Instagram COVID-19 Response
I oversaw the product experience for Instagram’s COVID-19 response campaign and illustrated the iconic “Stay Home” sticker, which encouraged sheltering in place at the beginning of the pandemic. It appeared in over 32.2m stories and generated more than 6.3b impressions.
2020
ROLE: PD LEAD, ILLUSTRATION
Facebook Marketplace B2C Verticals
Supported the design strategy for Facebook Marketplace with a focus on expanding business-to-consumer (B2C) verticals. I led the development of product experiences like live shopping and new group buying features to improving the overarching design system that supports Marketplace at scale.
2017
ROLE: PD LEAD
Box Design System
I played a key role in the end-to-end redesign of Box’s design system, unifying visual language and interaction patterns across the entire product ecosystem. This evolution improved accessibility, consistency, and modernized system components to work better at scale.
2016 – 2017
ROLE: PD
