Lin Zhao
www.linzhao**.com
***********@*****.*** • 734-***-****
www.linkedin.com/in/linzhao15/
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
UX/UI Designer Sept 2018 - Jan 2019
AmazonFresh Smart Refrigerator System
• Conducted contextual inquiries to find users’ pain point and frustrations
• Competitors analysis for product positioning
• Created personas and user journey map to explore design opportunities
• Storyboarding for proposed food management solutions
• Built low-fidelity prototype and wireframes for iterative design
• Created an interactive prototype and conducted usability evaluations UX/UI Designer Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
Cooldia – Diabetes Management App
• Conducted interviews to find the primary issue users encountered
• Performed concept mapping to frame potential user’s frustration point
• Mapped out essential features and its wireframes
• Created low-fidelity prototype and fully interactive high-fidelity prototype
• Ran cognitive walkthrough and think-aloud test for iterative evaluation UX Researcher Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
FedEx Website
• Created personas and scenarios, conducted think-aloud tests and cognitive walkthroughs to identify potential usability issues
• Conducted heuristic evaluations to find and address the problems WORK EXPERIENCE
UX Designer/UX Researcher Aug 2018 - Present
Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing
• Conducted usability tests and analysis to develop a diabetes management app
• Conducted user experience/user interface design
• Wireframing and prototyping for iterative design with architects and developers Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant Aug 2017 - Feb 2019 Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing
• Researched on 3D game user experience design for diabetes education
• Graded HCI undergraduates’ assignments and answered their questions Project Associate Jul 2011 - Jul 2015
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd
• Participated in the UX/UI design competitive bidding assessment as a client for the official website and 2011/2013/2015 Auto Shanghai website/app
• Followed up project milestone and assessed implementation result SKILLS
UX Design
Wireframing, Affinity
Diagramming,
Concept Mapping,
Personas,
Storyboarding, User
Journey Map
Prototyping & UI
Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, Axure,
Sketch App, Marvel,
Balsamiq, InVision,
Flinto, Principle
UX Research
Cognitive
Walkthrough,
Heuristic Evaluation,
Think Aloud, Focus
Group, A/B testing,
Contextual Interview,
Usability Evaluation,
Competitive Analysis
EDUCATION
MS (GPA 3.95/4.0)
Human-Computer
Interaction
(with scholarship)
Indiana University –
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Apr 2017 - May 2019
BA (GPA 3.62/4.0)
Chinese Language &
Literature
East China University
of Political Science
and Law
Sept 2007 - June 2011