Michael Tsirakis
Lead AI Product Designer at Netflix.
I turn complex AI into tools people can understand, shape, and trust.
A decade at Google, LinkedIn, Apple, and eBay.
Product vision, made tangible through interaction.
2025 to NowStory Hub · Lead AI Product Designer
I led AI experience design from vision through launch, connecting screenplay context, evidence, and creative control.
Weeks → hours for screenplay coverage in a 12‑title pilot.
2021 to 2025Mandala · Senior Interaction Designer
I shaped a connected AI experience for Google Marketing, making the strategy behind each recommendation easier to inspect.
60% faster campaign workflows in the pilot.
2019 to 2021Hiring · Product Designer
I designed applicant review and outreach around the short, interrupted moments of running a small business.
+185% reported improvement in response rate.
Apple2018 to 2019ATLAS · UX Designer
I restructured a global learning experience and its design system so people could find a clear next step.
+69% reported increase in course completion.
An eye for color. A better conversation. A little daily ritual. When an idea keeps coming back, I tend to build it.
Find your eye for color.
Be part of the conversation.
A little art. Every day.
Look. Remember. Go.
The world is your vocabulary.
Try a different you.
I’m Michael. My career has taken me through eBay, Apple, LinkedIn, and Google to leading AI design at Netflix. The thread: making complex things feel useful, understandable, and human.
Outside design, I love basketball, photography, traveling, and trying new foods. I also build apps of my own. Making things is part of how I think.
The longer versionI share what I’m learning through talks on AI and design, and mentor SCAD and UC Berkeley students on portfolios, case studies, and storytelling.
Speaking & mentoringWorking with Michael has been one of the most collaborative partnerships I’ve experienced. He shares his thinking openly, welcomes pushback, and treats every project as a team effort.
