Design Strategy Lead, Facebook
San Francisco Bay Area
67
connections
Aaron Sittig’s Summary
I like building things that make people's lives easier. The most leveraged industry today, to my mind, is the consumer internet, so I ply my trade there.
Aaron Sittig’s Specialties:
designing, building, thinking, planning
Aaron Sittig’s Experience
-
Design Strategy Lead
Facebook
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Oversee a small team of crack-shot designers to roll out new products on short schedules. We hire designers that love building product with a focus on quality craft.
-
Mac Engineer
Napster
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NAPS; Internet industry)
January 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 5 months)
Developed the Mac version of Napster, for a while as Macster by Blackhole Media and later as Napster for the Mac. Worked in a small team with Dustin Mierau and Jason Toffaletti. Built a native client for OS X but never shipped it since we couldn't secure licenses from the music industry.
-
Owner
Blackhole Media
(Design industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Built several desktop apps for the Mac, including Macster which was sold to Napster in January 2000.
Aaron Sittig’s Education
-
University of California, Berkeley
BA , Philosophy , 1998 — 2005
