15+ years
$B+ in GMV influenced
Product & AI design

Creation got
easier. Discernment
did not.

AI-first is our reality. When anyone can create, the edge belongs to those who can edit — who know what to keep, what to cut, and when to push.

Square AI
Square AI
Portfolio
v2026
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SpotifySpotify for ArtistsTikTokCash AppSquareSpotifySpotify for ArtistsTikTokCash AppSquare

The good stuff

A few projects worth skimming
AI-first design
Square · 2025–2026

Managerbot: the AI COO layer

TikTok Shop The social commerce layer
TikTok · 2023–2024

Launching TikTok Shop in the US

Live Artist Rooms Zero to one
Spotify · 2021–2023

Artist and fan connection

Spotify for Artists Personalized stats
Spotify · 2019

Redesigning Spotify for Artists

All case studies

A few things I keep getting hired for

i · AI-first

Designing for our new reality

I spent the last 2 years building AI-native experiences before teams had a framework to even speak about it. I define foundational design logic for agentic surfaces and the context pipeline behind them.

ii · 0 → 1

Making something from nothing

My entire career has focused at the intersection of what is and what could be. I'm very comfortable at the edges and love guiding a team towards exciting and uncharted territory.

iii · Leadership

Leading dynamic design teams

I've led product design teams consisting of UX designers, content designers, model designers and visual designers. I focus on the intersection of craft and perspective rather than hierarchy.

iv · Cross-functional

Moving fluidly across disciplines and layers

I've spent my career partnering with product, eng, research, and gotten very comfortable working with people of all types of backgrounds and perspectives.

About me

The brief version

I'm Amanda, a design lead with over 15 years experience.

I prefer the spaces that are undefined.

An AI agent for small business owners. A commerce platform inside a social app. A monetization product for artists who'd never been paid by a streaming service. Every role I've taken has started with "we don't know what this is yet" and ended with something millions of people use.

I've led design teams at Spotify, TikTok, Square and Cash App. I also taught design strategy classes at Parsons. Across all of it, I've been most drawn to the places where design turns the undefined into our future reality.

Amanda Lasnik
Coming soon

Beyond the portfolio

Taste · discernment · the house · music · fashion

Let's chat

Currently exploring design leadership and principal IC roles. Most interested in creator, commerce, and anything that looks like a zero-to-one.

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