Apple’s head of UI design is leaving for Meta

Alan Day, who has led Apple’s UI design team since 2015, is leaving to join Meta as chief design officer. Bloomberg Reports. He will join Meta on December 31. Meta will open a design studio and give Dye oversight of the design of “hardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces,” according to Dye’s website. Bloomberg. Day will report to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth.

The company confirmed that designer Steve Lemay will replace Dye at Apple Bloomberg. “Steve Lemay has played a key role in designing every major interface for Apple since 1999,” said CEO Tim Cook. Bloomberg In a statement. “He has always set extremely high standards for excellence and embodies Apple’s culture of collaboration and creativity.” After recent retirement Former Chief Operating Officer Jeff WilliamsApple design team now Reports to Tim Cook.

Apple and Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Dai’s departure is the latest leadership change at Apple, and another of its kind Many senior designers have left the company In the past few years. Williams has officially left Apple In NovemberThe company announced earlier this week that its head of artificial intelligence, John Gianandrea He will step down. Bloomberg It was also reported that chip leader Johnny Srouji is evaluating his future at the company.