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I’m Zoe Minikes. I believe in people, and I like to dance. I’m a designer oriented toward care for people and planet. I combine rigor and spirit to create products, brands, and experiences that are full of life and exquisitely detailed.

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Deep Strengths

User experience design
AI-assisted prototyping
AI-assisted design workflows
Cross-platform product design
Design direction
Strategy
Team leadership
Design & brand systems
Service design
Environmental & spatial design
Research
Publishing systems
Print & collateral
Systems thinking
Program design
Facilitation & consensus building
Community engagement
Social practice
Writing (creative and technical)
Illustration


Areas of Interest

Friendship
Equitable technology
Mental health
Accessibility
Music
Griefwork
Climate resilience
Elder care
Public policy
Affordable housing
Arts & culture
Food justice
AI safety
Education
Early childhood development
Nightlife studies


Selected Experience

Eames Institute
Design Lead, Digital Product
2025 - present

Inzovu
Senior UX Consultant
2024 - 2025

Flower Press

Founder
2019 - present

Bandcamp
Design Director
2021 - 2023
Head of Design
2020 - 2021
Senior Designer
2017 - 2020

Google
User Experience Designer
2014 - 2016

Airbnb
Brand Designer
2013 - 2014

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