Hi👋,
My name is Tiyu

My resume

An aspiring & self-motivated
Product Designer

With a background in Product and Graphic Design, majoring in Design, I have been involved in multiple designs experiences that emphasise user-centric design thinking and innovation. My role as a budding UI/UX designer has offered me opportunities to work in a fast-paced environment, developing my skills and knowledge in rapid prototyping such as the use of Sketch, AdobeXD, and Figma. I am currently learning to build, and maintain highly reusable HTML, CSS and JavaScript code to further improve my abilities in creating an aesthetic user experience for both web and app development.

EXPERIENCE

UI/UX Designer & AI prompt designer, Hotpot.ai, US

Aug 2022 - June 2024
  • Designed user-centric websites and AI-powered Art-Generator / Headshot-Generator products, enhancing the user experience through intuitive interfaces and visually engaging content.
  • Developed and optimized design prompts for AI models, conducting testing and iterations to refine visual output and align with popular design trends.
  • Collaborated with ML developers to provide structured feedback on AI-generated art, contributing curated styles to train the model and improve aesthetic accuracy.

UI/UX Designer, Produgie, Singapore

Dec 2021 - June 2024
  • I worked as a lead designer, responsible for the design iteration and end-to-end product development of the company’s B2B SaSS products.
  • Defined and implemented the user process flow, which includes onboarding, licensing, and Sprint management.
  • Provided on-time delivery of Sitemaps and high-fidelity prototypes using Figma whilst in close collaboration with developers and product owner.
  • Created visual graphics and design templates for the company website, landing pages and newsletters.
  • Conducted product demo sessions and walkthroughs with our SME & MNC customers in the US, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
  • Led design interns to conduct user research and analysis and gather insights for product improvement.
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UI/UX Designer, DEsignJT, Singapore

June 2023 - Mar 2024
  • Led the design efforts to create visually engaging and user-friendly interfaces for clients worldwide. Focused on delivering tailored design solutions that aligned with client requirements and enhanced overall user experience.

UI/UX Designer (Freelance), The Coins Company, Taiwan

Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
  • In collaboration with the product manager, I was responsible for the designing of the company’s webapp and mobile application, as well as conducting usability testing with high-fidelity prototypes to improve the user flow and design. I was also involved in branding, illustrations, and animation for ads design on social media.
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Product / Service Designer (Internship), Advantech Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
  • I worked as a product designer in a team which include enhancement of UX and service design, and business planning from internal and external stakeholders. We have designed 3 concepts of drive-through ordering processes strategies.
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Design Teaching Assistant (Internship), SUTD Academy, Singapore

Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
  • I lead the electric vehicle club, designing 3D car appearances.
  • I taught 1st-year student workshops on visual communication and design skills, which include Photoshop, Illustrator and Fusion360.
  • I created the core visual design for the school’s competition, event and exhibition, including booth templates, stage banners, badges, posters, website and EDM.

UI/UX Designer, Visual Designer, SuperFun

Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
  • Design a Voting Platform of a Website and Webapp.

SKILLS

UI/UX Design
Figma, Sketch, Zeplin, AdobeXD
Prototyping
Invision, Webflow, WordPress
Research
User research, User Interview, Usability testing, etc
Visual design
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, 3D modeling
Basic Code
HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, PHP

SOFT SKILLS

Communication skills
Creative thinking
Self taught
Personal potential

RESEARCH THESIS

Service Design for Experience in Forest Therapy

Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
  • Led a design project from user research, ideation, and validation.
  • I conducted user interviews with 30 people, a co-creation workshop with stakeholders, and user testing by 365 questionnaires.
  • My result has identified end-user, revamped the existing service strategies and increased the possibility of the company’s outcome.
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EDUCATION

Master of Art, degree, in Design
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

2019 - 2021

Design Information & Thinking Lab User-oriented Innovative Design

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Bachelor Of art, degree, in Industrial Design
National Taipei University of Technology

2014 - 2018

Certificate Summer Program, in Product Design
University of the Arts, London

2014 Jul-Aug

diploma, in Commercial Design
Taipei Municipal Shilin High School of Commerce

2011-2014

AWARD

Red Dot Award Design Concept

2017 & 2018

Product design, Shortlisted

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CERT

2012 Visual Communication Design / class C

視覺傳達設計 / 丙級 證照

2013 Prepress Process - Image and Text Pagination PC / class C

印前製程 - 圖文組板 PC / 丙級 證照