Erez Kikin-Gil
Director of Product Design, Microsoft Copilot
- Role
- Director of Product Design, Microsoft Office Copilot at Microsoft
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Erez Kikin-Gil
Design executive with 20+ years leading product design at Microsoft across Office, Copilot, Word, Whiteboard, OneNote, and emerging AI experiences. Currently Director of Product Design for Microsoft Copilot, shaping large scale human AI interactions used by millions.Known for turning complex systems into simple, intuitive products that drive adoption, trust, and long term platform strategy. Proven leader of globally distributed design organizations; trusted partner to GM, CVP, and C suite leaders; frequent creator of vision artifacts that align teams, unlock investment, and accelerate execution.Inventor on 70+ patents across voice, ink, interaction, and intelligent assistance. Focused on clarity, scale, and impact—not novelty.
Experience
Director of Product Design, Microsoft Office Copilot
Jun 2024 — Present
Lead product design for Copilot Create and visual generation experiences across Microsoft 365, shaping how users ideate, create, and iterate with AI at scale.• Drove significant improvements in engagement and retention through iterative design of OmniPrompt, Catalyst, and Create experiences.• Improved retention and habit forming signals across Create and image generation workflows: Sessions/User +30%, Days Active/User +41%.• Increased engagement and depth of use via clearer interaction models and reduced cognitive friction: Active User Rate +42.5%, Core Actions/User +20.8%, Generations/User +42.8%.• Led hands on design for core experiences including Create Homepage, OmniPrompt evolution, Catalyst, and 4o adaptations, acting as quality bar and design backstop.• Partnered closely with PM, engineering, and research to integrate customer insights, run experiments, and evolve designs from V1 to GA, aligning leadership on long term Create strategy through vision artifacts and executive share outs.
Education
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Masters, Interaction design, Service Design, Physical Computing
2003 — 2005
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design | Jerusalem, Israel
Bachelor's Degree, Art, Video, Photography, and Computerized simulations department
1991 — 1995
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