Ux Designer Ui

KEXIN ZHU -UX/UI DESIGNER

Cassiezhu.framer.website ********@*****.*** San Francisco, Bay Area Languages: English, Chinese ABOUT

With an art background and a mind fueled by curiosity and creativity, I thrive on crafting meaningful connections between users and products.

EXPERIENCE

UX Designer Intern WeFIRE (Jan 2025-Present) FinTech(Financial Technology)/Education Responsible for the end-to-end design of a SaaS-based FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) calculator and planner website with streamlined input process.

-Iterated on the FIRE calculator and planner design through 8+ rounds of internal and stakeholder feedback, leading to a 15% increase in task completion rate.

-Led 5 rounds of development focus meetings, achieving a 45% reduction in pages (from 11 to 6 pages) and ensuring responsive design across multiple platforms.

-Translated complex financial concepts into a user-friendly interface through close collaboration with researchers, product managers, and engineers.

Product Designer Frydo (Jul-Oct 2024) E-commerce/Fashion Tech Led the UX design of Frydo’s AI-driven B2C SaaS fashion styling platform, creating a seamless shopping, styling and wardrobe management experience through close collaboration with engineers and stakeholders.

-Established a comprehensive 30+ component design system in Figma, defining the visual style and ensuring consistent brand experience across the platform.

-Designed intuitive interfaces for AI-powered 2D & 3D styling modules. Marketing Assistant Spectracell Laboratories, inc. (Jan-Apr 2025) Healthcare/Wellness

-Collaborated with stakeholders and suppliers to create a B2C supplement website with shopping and online course modules using Elementor and WordPress.

EDUCATION

MA Interaction & UI/UX Design Academy of Art University (Graduate May 2025) GPA: 3.9 BA in Public Sculpture China Academy of Art, Hangzhou (2023) GPA: 3.8 PERSONAL PROJECTS

App Design Whimsy (2024)

Designed an app that delivers unconventional daily tips to help users break monotony.

-Led a research-driven design process,conducting surveys, 10+ interviews, and user testing and balanced divergence and convergence in design decisions to refine user experience.

-Developed an impactful prototype through brainstorming, sketching, and iterative prototyping, validated by positive user feedback.

SKILLS

Technical Tools: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Generative AI, HTML/CSS, ZBrush, WordPress

UI/UX Design: User research, Sketching, Wireframing, Prototyping, User testing, Usability testing,UI Design, Interaction design, Visual design, Branding, Graphic design, Data visualization, Motion Graphics Interpersonal: Highly collaborative, Friendly, Responsive, Problem solver, Efficient, Critical thinker, Thoughtful

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