Therese Mushock is a product design leader, writer and strategist based in California.
My earliest memory of being creative was experimenting with watercolors with my grandfather, long before I even knew what design was. Growing up with two entrepreneurial parents gave me something design school doesn't — product instinct — and I’ll never forget stumbling across a game design editor with my brother as a child, where we figured out how code worked through trial and error, fascinated by its secret language. Later, studying journalism in college taught me to ask sharp questions. Finally, an MFA in graphic design ignited enthusiasm for all creative disciplines — gaming, industrial, architectural, furniture, packaging, and fashion.
My career is defined by bringing business, tech and creative curiosity together into meaningful product work. At Meta I've led design for a $650M VR commerce platform, search systems for Quest’s spatial computing OS, navigation for Facebook’s three billion users, and a dating product that grew from zero to 21.5 million. Before Meta, I designed award-winning watch and mobile apps and consulted with Fortune 500 companies. In addition to shipping singular products, I mastermind quality systems that make great design repeatable, and build teams with a mission of paying forward the passion for design my background instilled. In 2025, I earned 99% manager favorability as rated by my direct reports — top 1% of org leaders at Meta.
Design is what transforms technology from simple capability into incredible magic. We're in the early days of an extraordinary convergence — AI, spatial computing, robotics, and new interaction paradigms — and I think the designers who thrive will be the ones who can set vision, define quality, and build culture. I’m convinced experience design will become the focus of the future.
Outside of work, you'll find me lifting, running, gaming, cooking, tinkering and reading. Intelligent conversation is my favorite thing! Please reach out.