Raymond Xian

Raymond Xian

Product Designer in Vancouver

About

Experienced in designing delightful internal management tools with B2B and B2C clients. Overall creativity nut.

The future is design-led.

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Contact

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Projects

2022

Won first runners-up out of 200+ students in the BrainStation x Shopify Hackathon by working cross-collaboratively in a team of data scientists, web developers and product designers using planning and prioritization skills to develop an integrated marketing assistant that leverages merchant needs and goals with Figma and Illustrator within 24 hours.

2022

Utilized user research, sketching, wireframing, testing and prototyping to independently develop an end-to-end collaboration experience for creative freelancers and their clients that focuses on flexibility, education and mutual accountability using Figma and InVision.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Vancouver, BC

Designing products that help inspire a more disciplined and sustainable future.

2019 — 2022
Assistant Manager at Gamestop Canada
Vancouver,BC

● Supervised a team of 10 managers and associates to ensure the smooth processing of new product releases in order to greatly increase sales margins by 15% compared to past years by demonstrating strong teamwork, collaboration and work ethic.

● Provided on-site training and mentoring to 10 current and incoming sales associates in leadership, task/time management and proactive risk taking by analyzing behaviours and providing empathy-driven feedback.

2019 — 2019
Graphic and Web Designer/Marketer at Brightenvantage International Business Consulting Inc.
Vancouver,BC

● Composed and refined over 5 company visual branding guidelines including logos, marketing collateral and trade show graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in preparation for the Saskatchewan GTEC Trade Show featuring over 150 companies.

● Collaborated and incorporated feedback from over 10 company clients and customer service representatives to build stylish and responsive websites using a human-centric design approach to Wix.

2019 — 2019
Designer at Lo Studio Architecture-Sanford Design
Richmond, BC

● Drafted and modeled over 100 units for multi-housing, and industrial projects using AutoCAD and Revit for projects located in Delta, Surrey and Coquitlam; set to begin construction in 2020.

Education

2022 — 2022
Remote

Attended a 12 week intensive UX/UI Design Bootcamp that focuses on building product design skills through user research, information architecture, sketching, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, visual branding and development handoff.

2014 — 2018
Vancouver, BC

Bachelor's of Environmental Design Honours

Awards

2014
Outstanding Interrnational Student Award from University of British Columbia

Acquired the Outstanding International Student award and scholarship during entrance into UBC.