Abbe Cohen is a product management leader specializing in video technology and design systems, with a proven track record of launching successful products at companies like Zendesk, Adobe, and BuzzFeed.

Abbe Cohen
Abbe Cohen
Denver, CO
Abbe Cohen
Abbe Cohen
Denver, CO
Experience
Projects
2022 – Current
Zendesk
2022 – Current
Senior Product Manager

Product Lead for Zendesk's Design System & UI Platform.
Manage Product Managers on Admin Center.

Principal Product Manager

- Oversee the design system
- Drove the new global navigation to consolidate all product areas and acqusitions of Zendesk
- Spearheaded the UI Modernization initiative resulting in a reorg and focus towards frontend architecture
- Designed UX for new AI pricing model

2021 – 2022
Adobe
2021 – 2022
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Dark Mode

Principal Product Manager

Fastest adopted product at Zendesk
60K+ agents using dark mode
2025
for Zendesk
Senior Product Manager

Core product lead of video (and other asset) playback and collaboration tooling (focused on Commenting), and app Navigation for Frame.io (acquired by Adobe).

2020 – 2021
Frame.io
2020 – 2021
Senior Product Manager

Led the two Core product development teams with a focus on Upload assets (primarily video), organize assets, playback and collaborate with team through commenting tools; Navigation UX. Primarily focused on shaping & designing the new version of Frame.io.

Build and led a guild to focus on FluidUI which is Frame.io's focus on execution & design for web development

Member of DE&I core team

2018 – 2020
Splash
2018 – 2020
Senior Product Manager

Shipped new products to drive business for larger scaled events like Sessions and refactored contact layer. Managed all mobile products, and led a redesign of the design CMS.

Product Manager

Managed all mobile product and shipped Sessions

2015 – 2018
BuzzFeed
2015 – 2018
Sr. Manager, Ad Solutions

Created the new simplified go-to-market custom video product, pricing and workflow, and led adoption across the entire creative and business organization of 600+ people. Scaled to 6 international markets.

Chief of Staff

Brought Tasty business to profit. Built a $30MM foundational revenue stream. Drove $200M in ad sales revenue across all BuzzFeed lifestyle brands within 2.5 years.

Built US and international video custom content advertising products.

Was part of direct team that merged BuzzFeed Motion Pictures team with BuzzFeed.

2011 – 2014
Live Nation
2011 – 2014
Associate Director, Business Development

Designed a new Live Nation revenue model that enabled advertisers to invest in emerging artists through paid support for national touring and marketing.

Created custom solutions which resulted in $2M+ of new business for SMB.

Sales Coordinator

Managed advertising partner relationships from pre-sale solutions,

Managed execution at all New York Live Nation event venues and festivals, as well as emerging-artist tours.

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Zendesk Navigation

Senior Product Manager

WIP
Project
2025
for Zendesk
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Web Video Player

Senior Product Manager

TTF
200ms to 20ms
2022
for Frame.io (Adobe)
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Anchor Based Commenting

Senior Project Manager

NAB 2024
Product of the year
2022
for Frame.io (Adobe)
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Tasty Product Placement

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Generated $30M
in ad revenue for alpha product
2015
for BuzzFeed