Kai M.

An experienced Product Designer with expertise in UX design, having worked with top tech companies like Cisco and SAP. Skilled in user-centric design, developing onboarding experiences, and leveraging Google Gemini GenAI technology in travel applications. Currently leading design projects at Connected To Culture, Inc. and BreederPal, focusing on creating seamless user experiences across web and mobile platforms.

Work History

UX Designer

Connected To Culture, Inc.Collaborate closely and with design, product, and engineering team members to develop an onboarding experience for a travel mobile application product on Android and iOS. Utilize user-centric design principles to develop an efficient and straightforward onboarding experience by adhering to the Google Material Design System. Ensure all visual designs are in line with our brand guidelines and maintain a cohesive look and feel. Incorporating Google Gemini GenAI technology, served as a smart tour guide to assist users in problem-solving and trip planning.

Founding Product Designer

BreederPalLed the entire process of conceptualizing and designing the marketing landing page for the official website on Webflow. Identified key design hypotheses and prioritized projects in building web management systems(dog breeding) with engineer partners. Performed market research, crafting moodboards, generating ideas, as well as development and implementation.

UX Designer

CiscoMay 2023 - Aug 2023 • 4 mosConducted user interviews with internal stakeholders, organized and analyzed user insights using Dovetail, developing and implementing a user-friendly solution for service mesh monitoring management. Collaborated with the data analysis team and marketing team to propose potential growth strategies by evaluating the data collected from LogRocket and Amplitude. Contributing to the Design System by creating logos, icons, components, and illustrations using Figma and Adobe Illustrator.

UX Designer

SAPJun 2022 - Aug 2022 • 3 mosInitiated an end-to-end policy-driven procurement experience design, starting with user research through interviews with 5+ individuals, to identify and communicate user needs and behaviors to team members, proposing ideas to create a compelling product narrative, iterating and incorporating their feedback into design decisions, delivering design artifacts and solutions, and testing against design specifications. Transformed functional line items into pixel-perfect interactive prototypes that aligned with the SAP Fiori Design System, optimizing the product discovery experience of SAP Ariba guided buying (SaaS product.)

Designer

Guangdong Urban & Rural Planning and Design Institute (GDUPI)Jul 2016 - Jul 2018 • 2 yrs 1 moServe as the design lead and deputy project manager on 5+ projects, overseeing the entire process from conducting research (including stakeholder interviews and secondary research,), initial concept design to the construction administration design stage. Generate detailed final design guidelines and specifications that inspire precise engineering builds. Present compelling design ideas and style guides to cross-disciplinary partners and stakeholders.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

Master's degree, Visual Communication Design - User Experience Design2020 - 2022

Nanjing Forestry University

Bachelor's degree, Landscape Architecture2011 - 2016

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