Karen Ni

Karen Ni

Designer and Educator in San Francisco, she/her

About

I design interfaces and teach design. I'm dedicated to building thoughtful and intuitive systems for all.

Got a project or looking for a designer? Say hi ☺️

Contact

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Work Experience

2024 — Now
Lead Product Designer at Google X

Leading design on distribution and transmission grid product suite to visualize grid assets and plan large-scale grid simulation

2022 — Now
Freelance Designer at Karen Ni

Designing and advising for early-stage projects and startups and small businesses. Clients include Coactive AI, Elad Gil, Paper Son Coffee

2024 — 2024

Redesigned generative AI avatar video creation, core navigation, and workspace invites, improving usability for 1.5 million monthly users

2023 — 2024

Led core product experience on active learning and multimodal platform to expand data search, query, and training for enterprises — See work below ⤵

2022 — 2023

Taught and developed courses in experience design and communications within the Master of Design Interaction Design program

2021 — 2023

Joined pre-product as the Founding Designer and grew the product and team leading to 500+ insurance businesses using our financial infrastructure — See work below ⤵

2019 — 2021

Designed buyer experiences for partnerships and Atlassian's company-wide shift to Cloud deployment

Education

BA Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley

Highest Honors, Magna Cum Laude