Aspiring UI/UX Designer

KYLA ANGELA AQUINO

Los Baños, Laguna, **** ******.*********@*****.*** 092******** https://kylangelaquino.framer.website/ Work Experience

KadaKareer

Junior Marketing Mission Specialist

Los Baños, Laguna

June 2025 - Present

● Coordinated with the product design team to ensure branding cohesion, and delivered SEO-optimized content with platform-specific strategies across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Discord. makeSense Asia

UX Research Facilitator Volunteer

Astbury, Manila

Sept 2024 - Oct 2024

● Facilitated usability testing with 10+ participants for 3 key Buddybetes app features at makesense’s Sense_fest 2024, supporting 2 founders in gathering actionable user insights

● Facilitated and observed interviews with 10+ participants to gather real-time feedback, documented user behavior, and took detailed notes

UPLB Career Assistance Program

Assistant Vice President for Operations

Los Baños, Laguna

Jan 2025 – June 2025

● Design and optimize user interfaces as the UI/UX Lead for the Website Management Team, enhancing user experience and brand consistency

● Lead onboarding, engagement, and welfare initiatives for 20+ officers and 6 interns, resulting in 100% intern retention and a supportive work culture

Communications Intern Mar 2024 – May 2024

● Provided visual and branding elements to the website management team to support the development of a cohesive and user-friendly event website aligned with marketing content and brand guidelines for a face-to-face networking event with 100+ attendees and 3 external partners (Shopee, Accenture, Seven Seven Global Services)

● Assisted in promotional campaigns and multimedia content for Career Fair 2024, resulting to 40.9K+ reach on Facebook, 14.2K on Twitter, and 2.8K on Instagram

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Office Assistant

Los Baños, Laguna

July 2024 - Present

● Supported internal operations through document management, communication drafting, technical assistance, and meeting coordination

● Designed and edited multimedia materials to enhance internal communications and engagement initiatives

● Assisted in organizing a graduation ceremony for 800+ graduates, guests, staff, and volunteers, ensuring smooth crowd flow and logistics

Leadership and Activities

Young Entrepreneurs Society University of the Philippines YES Week 2025 Head for Registration and Finance

Los Baños, Laguna

Dec 2024 – Apr 2025

● Part of the core team that organized YES Week 2025, a flagship event on product design, design thinking, and entrepreneurship

● Collaborated with the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO) and Buddybetes’ CEO to deliver expert-led talks and an ideathon on design thinking and product app development U.P. GURO: Mathematics and Science Teaching Society Publicity Committee Head and Social Media Strategist Los Baños, Laguna

July 2023 – Dec 2024

● Led a year-long visual campaign strategy in a 20-person content team that resulted in a 24.1% increase in page reach and 5.3% growth in content engagement in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, and Linkedin

● Managed and published over 160+ static and video posts through Meta Business Suite and performance analytics

Projects

Halika: Volunteer Matching Platform for the UPLB Community UX/UI Designer Dec 2024 – Apr 2025

● Led the design of a mobile-first volunteer matching app for UPLB students and orgs, addressing real coordination pain points.

● Conducted 4 user interviews and 2 usability test rounds with 5 users to inform and iterate designs.

● Delivered wireframes, prototypes, and accessibility features like filtered listings and mobile dashboards. Certificates

Google UX Design Professional Certificate, Google Jan 2025 Design Psychology: Master the Art and Science of UX Design, LinkedIn July 2025 UX Design: 7 Implementation Planning, LinkedIn July 2025 AI + Design: John Maeda on "Design Better", LinkedIn June 2025 Interaction Design for the Web, LinkedIn June 2025 Applied Interaction Design: Onboarding Flow, LinkedIn June 2025 Education

University of the Philippines Los Baños

BS Mathematics and Science Teaching, Major in Biology, GPA:~1.29/1.00 Los Baños, Laguna

2021-2025

● Research: Development and Evaluation of a Story-driven Digital Interactive Game-based Learning Multimedia Through Genially as Supplementary Learning Material on Biodiversity for Grade 9 Students

● Consistent Academic Scholar

● Nominee, Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, Top 10% of the graduating class

● Merit Scholar, Department of Science and Technology Scholarship Skills

● UX Research: Usability Testing, Note-taking, Thematic Analysis, Survey Design

● UX Tools: Figma, Google Forms, Figma, Notion, Canva

● Design Thinking: Empathy Mapping, Ideation, Prototyping

● Communication: Filipino & English (oral & written), Participant Coordination

● Other: Email Automation (Autocrat), Documentation, Transcription, Event Logistics

● Collaboration: Cross-functional Teams, Email Automation (Autocrat), Project Coordination

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