Mattias Johansson

Mattias Johansson is a Staff Product Designer at Spotify, based in Gothenburg, Sweden.26 He currently focuses on designing for the mobile consumer app and Spotify's design system called Encore.35

Career at Spotify

Johansson has been with Spotify for several years, progressing through different roles:

• He joined Spotify's product design team full-time in 2018 as a Senior Product Designer in the DLS (Design Language System) team.7
• He later became a Senior Product Designer for the Experience team, working on the holistic experience of Spotify's consumer mobile app.1
• Currently, he holds the position of Staff Product Designer.6

Responsibilities and Focus Areas

In his role, Mattias Johansson works on two main objectives:

1. Continuously evolving the user experience of Spotify's mobile app to ensure it's usable, coherent, and delightful for end users.
2. Maintaining and evolving a useful mobile system for internal users at Spotify.1

Recently, Johansson worked on designing new menus for the Spotify app, which were released for both iOS and Android in 2024.4

Personal Interests and Social Media

Mattias is passionate about product design, UI, and the overall user experience.34 He maintains a presence on several social media platforms:

• LinkedIn: His username is mattiasjo
• Twitter: @mattiasjo
• Instagram: @mattiasjo

He also creates playlists on Spotify for those interested in his musical tastes.1