Larkin Brown is Senior Director of Product Research at Pinterest, where she leads global research initiatives that shape growth, engagement and creator experiences. Over more than a decade at Pinterest, she has built and led mixed-methods research teams, guided product strategy across Core, Growth, Content and Monetisation, and delivered insights that have defined the company’s evolution.
Larkin’s background spans qualitative research, behavioural insights and strategic storytelling, with earlier roles at Google and Northwestern University’s SONIC Lab.
Upcoming Talks
13 May 2026
As AI reshapes how we search, shop, and create, Pinterest’s design-led teams are redefining what it means to stay human in the loop. Larkin Brown shares how UX research and design leadership at Pinterest anchor innovation in user empathy while harnessing generative AI to amplify, not replace, human understanding.
Outcomes:
- Learn how to integrate generative AI into design workflows without losing connection to real users
- Discover collaborative practices that unite research, design, and engineering around shared insights
- Explore case studies from Pinterest Assistant and visual search innovation
- Gain strategies to navigate ethical and practical challenges in human-AI interaction