Christina Chan
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Toptal member since January 25, 2017
Christina is a design and techno-enthusiast passionate about designing intuitive, engaging, and meaningful relationships between people and products. She believes whole-heartedly in learning by doing. The clients that she's worked with are Microsoft, Sony, Union Bank, Activision, Fandango, Weight Watchers, Johnson & Johnson, VCA Hospital, ABC, E! Online, MyStyle, Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and various startups.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Director of Design
FlashFunders
- Led the overall design strategy that helped startups raise over a $100M total on FlashFunders.
- Established an iterative product approach with continuous user testing and interview feedback.
- Worked closely with operations, business development, and the marketing team to create features that help facilitate the internal fundraising process.
- Grew and managed the design team with two direct reports.
- Handled product design tasks included brainstorming, user research, IA, interaction design, visual design, and user testing.
Product Design Lead
Vhoto
- Led the product strategy, creative, and UX design direction which was featured as the Best New App by Apple with over a million downloads.
- Developed a Vhoto VIP program that served as our core testing group.
- Worked directly with the marketing team to create social media strategies.
Senior UX Designer | Mobile Lead
Activision
- Defined the overall mobile strategy with 6.8 million mobile installs.
- Handled design tasks including research, requirements gathering, UX design, user testing, development support, and mobile QA input.
Education
Certificate in Interaction Design Practicum
Cooper U - San Francisco, CA, USA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology
University of California, Davis - Davis, CA, USA
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Principle, InVision, Sketch 3, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC
Industry Expertise
Insurance
Platforms
Mobile, Web, Android, iOS, Windows
Other
UX Strategy, User Experience (UX), Fintech, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Fintech Design, UX Testing, Android Design Guidelines, Cross-platform, Sitemaps, User Interface (UI), Game Design, Apps, Wireframing, Platform Design, User Flows, UX Design
Experience
- UX Design - 8 years
- Wireframing - 8 years
- Web - 8 years
- User Experience (UX) - 8 years
- UX Testing - 8 years
- Sitemaps - 8 years
- UX Strategy - 6 years
- Cross-platform - 6 years
Tools
- InVision
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