Karo Liang

Designer in Auckland, New Zealand

Member since November 5, 2018

Currently, Karo is mainly working as a consultant in banking environments and helping financial institutions in their digital transformation; this includes new initiatives—starting from ideas to research and prototyping to production. Karo has spent over a decade in an agency environment generating human-centered product designs for products and ideas.

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Digital Design

Electric Car Dashboard
- Dashboard Design
- Electric Cars
- Interface Design
- Electric Vehicles
- User Interface (UI)
- Visual Design
- iOS UI Design
- UI Design
- iOS UX Design
- UX Design
- App UI
- Design Thinking
- UIKit
- UX Flows
- InVision
- Adobe After Effects
Business Operation and Insight Platform
- Design Systems
- User Testing
- User Experience (UX)
- Innovation
- Platforms
- Design Thinking
- UX Design
- UI Design
- User Research
- Brainstorming
- UX Flows
- Wireframing
- Ecosystem Design
- App UX
- Web App UI
- Web App UX
- Lean UX
- Icon Design
- Iconography
Suburb Spotter with Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
- Complex Data Analysis
- User Flows
- User Experience (UX)
- Interface Design
- Platform Design
- Innovation
- Big Data
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Web App UI
- Visual Design
- Iconography
- Usability
- UsabilityHub
- App UX
- Data Analysis
- UX Workshops
- Ideation
- Infographics
- Azure Application Insights
Milk for Schools Program Management System and Marketing Website
- System Design
- Interface Design
- Design Systems
- UX Workshops
- Strategy
- Usability
- Responsive UI
- Responsive Layout
- Dashboard Design
- Financial UX
- Web Design
- Mobile Design
- Mobile UI Design
- Icon Design
- Animation
- Mobile UX Design
Online Banking Platform Redesign
- Financial UX
- Responsive Layout
- UX Strategy
- Banking & Finance
- Online Banking
- Responsive UI
- Responsive Design
- Financial Design
- Iconography
- Prototyping
- Wireframing
- Basalmiq
- User Research
- Design Specifications
- UX Flows
- Financials
- App UI
- App UX
- Mobile UI
- Mobile Design
- Digital Branding
- UX Design
Redesign and Transformation of an Insurance Sign-up Process
- Interactive UI
- Interaction Design (IxD)
- Visual Design
- Art Direction
- Games
- Interactive Design
- Web Applications
- iOS App Design
- Marketing Design
- Data Visualization
- Data-informed Visual Design
- UX Design
- Innovation
- Design Thinking
- Award-winning

Employment

CX Designer
2017 - 2018
Bank of New Zealand
- Worked as part of a corporate transformation team and was involved with the customer journey team.
- Created a new initiative to develop and capture future customers and bring in new revenue streams to the business.
- Was involved in ideation, user research, prototyping, and workshops.
Technologies: Customer Journeys, Prototyping, Sketch, InVision
CX Designer
2016 - 2017
Colenso BBDO
- Acted as the prototyping specialist in the newly-formed transformation department.
- Educated global clients on improving their customer experiences in the disputed market, future-proofing these clients, and improving their ongoing brand value and initiative.
Technologies: Data, Research, Prototyping, Design, InVision
Senior Experience Designer
2016 - 2016
Digital Arts Network
- Led and created digital excellence for Newzealand.com, one of the country’s highest traffic websites, being at the fore of the country for the multibillion-dollar travel industry.
Technologies: Workshops, Design, Research, Sketch
Design Director
2011 - 2015
Infinity
- Grew the business rapidly from one self-employed person to a 15-strong team of managers, UX specialists, designers, and developers.
Technologies: Design Workshops, Strategy, Wireframing, Sketch
Design Lead
2011 - 2011
.99
- Led a team of 10-12 senior designers, animators, and illustrators.
- Worked in partnership with agency creative directors and provided expertise in the digital field.
Technologies: Art Direction, Design Direction
Digital Design Director
2011 - 2011
Oktobor
- Led all of the digital design projects across a range of traditional agencies.
- Led the design direction, the animation studio, and the agencies' client projects.
Technologies: Motion Graphics, 3D Animation, Design
Design Lead | Freelancer
2008 - 2010
Shift
- Started as a freelancer working in the company as a senior and lead designer, eventually working on many award-winning projects which pushed innovation and Flash Papervision3D technologies at the time.
- Worked on UX, wireframe, art direction, and design production, including some hands-on front-end development and site building.
Technologies: Papervision3D, Flash, HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop
Head of Creative
2007 - 2007
JWT
- Acted as the head of creative for JWT digital.
- Led all of the agency digital projects, including microsite designs, builds, Flash campaigns, and more.
- Managed freelancers for day-to-day operations.
Technologies: Conceptual Design, Animation, Design, Fireworks, Flash

Education

Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Computer Graphic Design
2001 - 2004
Wanganui School of Design - Wanganui, New Zealand

Experience

UI Design15 years
UX Design15 years
User Interface (UI)10 years
Human Interface Design5 years
Design Systems5 years
Sketch5 years
InVision3 years
Figma2 years

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Figma
InVision
Sketch

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