Woodmere resident Avi Muchnick hired by Shutterstock

Avi Muchnick, of Woodmere, was hired as chief product officer at Shutterstock Inc. as part of the Manhattan-based company’s expansion of its leadership team.

Muchnick is responsible for furthering the company’s product vision by enhancing and creating products to meet the evolving needs of current and future customers. Shutterstock is a provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music and editing tools.

Previously, Muchnick held the same position at Shapways, a 3D printing fulfillment platform and marketplace. He was also director of products at Adobe. Muchnick co-founded and served as the chief product officer and executive chairman for Aviary, where he built a collaborative creation platform for multimedia design tools and photo-editing app.

"Avi’s background in design, engineering and operations, couple eith his experience as both a product leader and entrepreneur will be instrumental in elevating Shutterstock’s suite of products  …,” Stan Pavlovsky, Shutterstock’s chief operating officer, said in a news release.