# Manuel Sainsily

Manuel Sainsily is a Creative Director who designs, teaches, and speaks about the intersection of art, technology, and culture, with a focus on world-building and storytelling. Born in Guadeloupe and based in Montreal, he has spent more than 15 years building products and emerging technologies at IBM, Immersion, Unity, and Adobe, where his work spans artificial intelligence, XR, haptics, and design systems.

A TED speaker and guest lecturer at Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia, McGill, and other leading universities, Manuel co-created MasterClass's first Generative AI course in 2024, now among the platform's five most-watched courses. His work exploring cultural heritage preservation, real-time 3D, and brain-computer interfaces has reached more than 20 million people through immersive exhibitions, films, and interactive experiences.

Recognized with the Mozilla Rise25 Award, Manuel advises organizations and audiences worldwide on designing a more human-centered future.

## Focus

- Education: making complexity feel clear through lectures, workshops, and learning experiences.
- Inspiration: speaking in front of large audiences about human-centered emerging technology.
- Creative direction: creating immersive experiences across AI, XR, real-time 3D, BCI, and haptics.

## Impact

- 20M+ people inspired, online and in person.
- 25K+ exhibition visitors across the USA, Spain, and Canada.
- 150+ talks and workshops, from keynotes to classrooms.
- 97.1% speaking CSAT across nine university lectures.

## Selected exhibitions

- ARTECHOUSE, New York City — 2025 to present.
- Sónar+D, Barcelona — 2025.
- VIFF, Vancouver — 2024.
- OpenAI Sora Selects, New York City — 2024 to 2025.
- OpenAI x CaFu, Montreal — 2022.
- Meta SparkAR, New York City — 2022.

## Teaching

Guest lectures and workshops include Harvard University, MIT, Oxford University, Stanford d.school, Columbia University, UC San Diego, OCAD University, UMass Boston, and McGill University.

## Career

- Adobe — Senior Creative Technologist, 2026 to present.
- Unity — XR Design Lead and Senior Advocate, 2021 to 2026.
- Immersion — UX Design Lead, Haptics, 2019 to 2021.
- IBM iX — XR Design Lead, Canada, 2017 to 2019.
- Independent foundation in UI/UX and product design, 2009 to 2017.

## Contact

- Email: hello@manu.vision
- Portfolio: https://manu.vision/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuvision