Xuan Wang
********.****@*****.***
www.xuan-wang.com
Work Experience
Lead design effort of Milo.com redesign and other mobile products as the only UX designer.
eBay Inc.
User Experience Designer Initiated and organized testing and evaluation for multiple projects.
05/2011 - Current
Advocated user centered thinking in the team and facilitated team collaboration.
Worked closely with Product Managers to conduct user research, set product road map and
project timeline, and to make strategic decisions.
Worked closely with developers to make sure design was implemented correctly and solve
problems on the spot.
Redesigned and audited existing interfaces to create richer experiences and ensure
Method Inc.
User Experience Intern consistency. Created and analyzed use cases to iterate on interaction models.
10/2010 - 05/2011
Produced and iterated on wireframes, design specifications and user flows based on
frequent client feedback.
Contributed to the design research, including competitive analysis, IA proposal, concept
sketching, and brainstorming.
Presented design research insights, concepts, and deliverables to team and clients.
Olixus Inc. Worked closely with CEO to lead user experience effort for Olixus.com from conceptualization
to specifications under tight deadlines. Delivered interactive mockups to engineers.
User Experience Designer
09/2010 - 11/2010
Applied and advocated user-centered design thinking to inform design decisions.
Proposed new information architecture through card sorting and use case analysis.
Activities
Associate Instructor Instructed new design students in Interaction Design Class on the application of user-
centered design methods. Facilitated team collaboration and project planning for multiple
student interaction design teams. Led critique and post-mortem sessions over multiple-week
design projects.
Award & Publication Won 2nd prize in OZCHI 09 24-hour design challenge with project StoryTime. Published
StoryTime: experiencing place through history in OZCHI 09 Proceedings
Communities Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Special Interest Group - Computer Human Inter-
action, Interaction Design Association
Education
Indiana University Focused on user centered interaction design thinking and methodology, supplemented by
game design and graphic design theory and practice.
M.S. HCI Design
09/2008-05/2010
Beihang University Focused on Aircraft Guidance Navigation and Control, Digital Image Processing.
B.S. Engineering
09/2004 - 06/2008
Skills
Design Methods Usability Testing, Sketching, Wireframing, Flow Charting, Information Archetecture, Mockup,
Prototyping, Interviewing, Focus Groups, Contextual Inquiry, Affinity Diagramming, Personas,
Story-boarding, Ethnography, Surveys, Questionnaires, Card Sorting, Brainstorming
Languages HTML, CSS
Tools Adobe Creative Suite, OmniGraffle, Axure