About
Designing crafts to bridge online and offline life. I have been interested in improving off-screen experiences like consumer electronics, transportation and IoT.
I care about user behavior - detailed interactions that happen between humans and tech.
Work Experience
2021 — 2022
Product Designer at NIO
Shanghai, China
- Steered user research for user insights across NIO’s mobile product lineup. Promoted 10+ design iteration by leveraging data and user/expert validations
- Defined, and prototyped for the NIO’s User Digital Product, including vehicle control, info flow, maintenance and aftersale services
- Strategized new service design solutions and provided strategic planning for emerging experience design
2021 — 2021
UX Designer at xCurrency
Zhuhai, China
- Crafted design iterations across more than 5 product categories, including foreign exchange, currency market tool, mobile OS widget, and cryptocurrency
- Designed and conducted research and testing for 3 major product updates
- Participated in design system define, building, and maintaining
2020 — 2021
UX/UI Designer at Megaputer Intelligence
Bloomington, IN & remote
- Facilitated data analysis feature iterations of the flagship software as design owner
- Worked closely with developers and data analysts to conduct user research to understand user behaviors and needs
- Provided graphics supports of design iterations
2020 — 2020
Undergraduate Instructor at Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
- Mentored over 60 students by providing interaction and user experience design advice and guidance to teams of 3-4 throughout the design process
- Provided design critique and grading to in-class projects throughout the semester
2019 — 2019
Interaction Design Intern at Tencent
Shenzhen, China
- Participated in 4 projects promoting design solutions for product version updates, internationalization, and user research. Finalized products are facing more than 40,000 employees in both China and overseas
- Curated with more than 20 user interviews and delivered user research reports. Research insights facilitated more than 10 feature updates
- Individually designed the user interface of one of the internal-use products
Volunteering
2015 — 2016
Curator at TEDxShinan
Qingdao, China
- Assisted guest speakers with presentation preparation and slide design
- Planned and promoted marketing copy (30+ documents) to attract local communities
- Communicated with 8 local sponsors to form a sponsorship plan
- Promoted event information by communicating with 10 local partners (NGOs, universities, high schools) and managing TEDxShinan’s social media account
Education
2022 — Now
2021 — Now
Master of Communication in Digital Media at University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Paused
2016 — 2020
B.S. in Informatics (HCI) at Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
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