A visual-turned-product designer

  • https://www.zhexiao.work
  • Seattle, WA
  • sean.xiaozhe@gmail.com
  • (650)-787-5769
  • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • HARMAN International at Samsung
  • Senior UIUX Designer - HK New Website / 2024
    Sole UI/UX Designer and product owner in an AI innovative web product design for harman kardon new website.
  • Senior UIUX Designer - Ignite Store / 2022 - 2023
    Focusing on enhancing the HMI system within vehicles. Improved the in-car experience and usability for more than 50M automobiles on the road.
    -Led design with the Ignite Develop Portal project from Mar 2023 to Sep 2023. Enhanced the web portal experience makes it easy for developers to adapt their content and services for automotive. Built the payment system from scratch. Revamp the onboarding experience of monetization.
    -Solved the problem for the OEMs and modified the design system. Built in-car experiences with over 20 apps. Improved retention rate by 18%. Including integration with platforms like Zoom and Webex.
  • Sr UIUX Designer - Harman Internal External Client / 2021 - 2022
    -Spearheaded the design of innovative AR applications, surpassing clientexpectations and receiving positive feedback􏰀
  • Sr UIUX Designer - Global Tuning Tool / 2017 -2019
    Led UIUX design for Harman Global Tuning Tools(GTT), which won Harman's internal best product. Launched at the 2018/2019 CES and was featured at the HARMAN Showcase at CES 2018. 

    -Built the design system for Global Tuning Tools laptop application from scratch. Conducted the DSP library, DSP flow designer, improving clickthrough rate by 50%.
    -Improved information architecture and revamped the user experience and visual style, increasing revenue by 40%.
  • Sr UIUX Designer - Harman Kardon and JBL lifestyle product / 2017 - 2018
    -Led research of human center design for harman/kardon and JBL portable speakers and headphone products.
  • Misfit at Fossil Group
  • As a core designer, I collaborated with founders to launch the second generation device, "Misfit Shine 2". I collaborated with the engineering team to build and deliver the Misfit Flagship app(2.0) from zero to one. It was conducted prior to the company's acquisition.

    Product Designer - Misfit flagship app /
    2016 - 2017
    -Led UI Design features for Misfit flagship app. Iteratively made functions, such as Link Function, ProductStore, In-App Purchase, Onboarding Device change features. Results improved App rate raised from 3.0 to 4.6.
  • Visual Designer Lead - Shine2 launch event / 2015
    -Led design of 2015 Misfit SHINE2 launch event in Beijing. Responsibility for managing all the visual components in the conference. Increased at least 20% market performance in JD.
  • OPPO
  • Visual Designer Lead - R5 and N3 launch event / 2014
    -Worked with marketing team and enhanced visual design of 2014 OPPO R5 & N3 launch event in Beijing.
  • Visual Manager and UI Designer - ColorOS 2.0 / 2012 -2014
    -Enhanced UI design forColorOS2.0.UI launched for six mobile devices in June,2015. Won the best project in the first quarter of the year.
  • Isobar Trio
  • Associate Designer / 2011 -2012
    -Enhance the key visual design. Increased 20% sale performance for Abbott in Asia.
  • Ogilvy
  • Design Intern  / 2011
    -Created pattens for Dove booth | Enhanced Key Visual design for Lee.
  • AWARDS
  • CES 2019 Innovation Award
    Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 5
  • Harman Showcase in CES 2018
    Global Tuning Tool launched and featured
  • Golden Pin Design Awards:
    Harman Kardon Allure
  • OPPO Out Standing Project:
    Third quarter in 2014
  • Academic Advertising Awards of China: Outstanding Work AwardThird quarter in 2014
  • SKILLS
  • UX Methods
  • Usability Testing | A/B Testing
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Design Thinking
  • Information Architecture
  • User Flow Diagrams | Journey Mapping
  • Wireframes | Prototyping
  • User Experience | Product Lifecycle
  • UX Methods
  • Usability Testing | A/B Testing
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Design Thinking
  • Information Architecture
  • User Flow Diagrams | Journey Mapping
  • Wireframes | Prototyping
  • User Experience | Product Lifecycle
  • PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
  • CrossFiter
    Amazing Parterner Rank 10 Shenzhen. Participated CrossFit Open2018, 2019, 2023,2024
  • Erhu Player
    Professional certificated
  • EDUCATION
  • Academy of Art University
    Masters’ Interaction & UI/UX Design
  • UC Berkeley
    - EDUC Universal Design for Learning
    
- PSYCH Stress and Coping
  • School of Design, JiangNan University
    BA Advertising