<aside> 💜 hi, I’m Elaine, an AI product designer based in the bay area~
I’m an AI design leader, mentor, community builder, and creator of convofolios, the only public resource to discover conversation design portfolios.
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AI Product Designer @ Meta Reality Labs for the past 3+ years
Biography:
Elaine Anzaldo is an AI Product Designer and Conversation Design leader with 7+ years shaping AI consumer tech. As a Senior Product Designer for Wearables, her role lies at the intersection of AI, voice, and multimodal design. Before Meta, Elaine supported Conversational AI products such as: Siri, voice UIs for travel clients like United Airlines, B2B2C chatbots and IVRs, and more. As more of the world’s products adopt AI, Elaine hopes to advance AI UX practices and generate awareness about ethical AI design.
To learn more, please reach out to me directly on LinkedIn.
(written by Elaine A.)
Jun 2025
I don’t feel like a conversation designer anymore.
Jan 2025
2025 List of UX + AI Design Conferences
Oct 2024
How to Find and Become a Conversation Design Mentor
Aug 2024
Growing as a conversation designer
Mar 2024
Not all conversation designers
Jan 2024
UX + AI Design Conferences in 2024
Dec 2023
The Ultimate Conversation Design Course Guide
Nov 2023
Aug 2023
Becoming a senior conversation designer: how to tell when you’ve ✨made✨ it
May 2023
How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 3
Mar 2023
Confessions of a conversation designer
Nov 2022
Everyday Speech: Examples of TTS out in the wild
Sep 2022
Jun 2022
Level up your conversation design portfolio
Feb 2022
How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 2
Reflecting on 1 year as a full-time conversation designer
Jan 2022
2021 was kind to me: a year in review
Think A ‘Bot’ It: Conversational AI, XR, and Fashion
Oct 2021
Hey Facebook, What Can You Do?
Aug 2021
6 months of Conversation Design
Jul 2021
How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 1
Apr 2021
Hey Spotify, What Can I Ask You?
Feb 2021
My Journey into Conversation Design
(featuring Elaine A.)
Dec 2024
Answering your design questions
Jul 2023
Bot Jobs | Conversational Chronicles: 20 Questions With... Elaine Anzaldo
Oct 2022
Expanding the definition of conversation design | Voiceflow
Sep 2022
How to structure your conversation design portfolio | Voiceflow
Jun 2022
8 Conversation Designers Share EXACTLY How They Broke Into the Industry
Mar 2022
Personal Branding: Finding Your Voice as a Conversation Designer
Voice This! Podcast: Bonus Episode with elaineinthebay
Women Voice AI Influencers Discuss Breaking the Bias for International Women’s Day 2022
Dec 2021
Podcast Ep6 – Life Of A Multimodal Conversation Designer
Aug 2021
Elaine and Cecilia Talk Conversation Design
Jul 2021
https://nlx.ai/news/finding-conversational-solutions-for-banking
Jun 2021
5 tips for better multimodal design | Pathways
May 2021