Facebook & Instagram Contact Points Growth

Facebook & Instagram Contact Points Growth

As the lead Product Designer for mobile number and email across Meta, I led a global growth initiative to close the contact info gap on Facebook and Instagram (iOS & Android). The goal was to prompt users to add, update, or confirm their mobile number and email to strengthen account recovery, security, ads targeting, and more.

As the lead Product Designer for mobile number and email across Meta, I led a global growth initiative to close the contact info gap on Facebook and Instagram (iOS & Android). The goal was to prompt users to add, update, or confirm their mobile number and email to strengthen account recovery, security, ads targeting, and more.

As the lead Product Designer for mobile number and email across Meta, I led a global growth initiative to close the contact info gap on Facebook and Instagram (iOS & Android). The goal was to prompt users to add, update, or confirm their mobile number and email to strengthen account recovery, security, ads targeting, and more.

To mitigate retention and monetization risks — with ~18% of users lacking a verified phone and ~28% without a verified email — I introduced phased, sentiment-aware targeting and seamless in-app prompts. Launched to 200M+ users, the effort drove the collection of 140M+ mobile numbers and 85M+ emails, strengthening account security, recovery, and ad performance across both platforms.

To mitigate retention and monetization risks — with ~18% of users lacking a verified phone and ~28% without a verified email — I introduced phased, sentiment-aware targeting and seamless in-app prompts. Launched to 200M+ users, the effort drove the collection of 140M+ mobile numbers and 85M+ emails, strengthening account security, recovery, and ad performance across both platforms.

To mitigate retention and monetization risks — with ~18% of users lacking a verified phone and ~28% without a verified email — I introduced phased, sentiment-aware targeting and seamless in-app prompts. Launched to 200M+ users, the effort drove the collection of 140M+ mobile numbers and 85M+ emails, strengthening account security, recovery, and ad performance across both platforms.

Note: Data altered for NDA purposes.

Note: Data altered for NDA purposes.

Note: Data altered for NDA purposes.

Company

Meta

Project Type

Growth

My Role

Product Design, Strategy, Research

Year

2023

Users Impacted

200M+

iPhone on a fabric seat showing a Facebook prompt to add an email address

Contact Points

uses targeted in-app prompts for mobile & email acquisition


Helping Instagram & Facebook increase verified contact coverage for login help, security alerts, product communication and more.

Contact Points

uses targeted in-app prompts for mobile & email acquisition


Helping Instagram & Facebook increase verified contact coverage for login help, security alerts, product communication and more.

Instagram add-a-mobile-number flow, six screens: profile prompt, enter number, number entered, invalid number, confirmation code, confirmed on Profile
6 screensInstagram · Add a mobile number · Click a screen to zoom in

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© 2026 Umar Butt. All rights reserved.