Mengyuan Tu

Designer in Seattle, WA, United States

Member since September 7, 2021

Mengyuan (M.Y.) is a product designer who thrives in fast-paced and collaborative environments. She has experience working with big corporations, startups, and consulting companies. She has led design for virtual event startup Run The World, launched a zero-to-one product in the wellness space for a smart display at Google, designed online learning experiences for students and enterprises at Udacity, and created social gaming experiences across PC, mobile, and TV at Microsoft Xbox.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Run The World Host Experience
- Events
Google Nest Hub 2 with Sleep Sensing
- Smart Display
- Google Assistant
Xbox Clubs
- Gaming
- TV
- Social
Google Currents
- Enterprise
Udacity CREATE
- Design Systems
- User Experience (UX)
- Education
Project Snapshots
- Material Design
- Branding
- Product Design

Employment

Hybrid Product Designer and Design Lead
2020 - PRESENT
Run The World
- Designed and managed the whole host experience from onboarding to event creation.
- Owned end-to-end product development processes such as goal setting, research, design, development, and QA.
- Managed user research and UX copy process for remote teams.
Technologies: Figma, Webflow, Adobe After Effects, Product Design, UX Design, UI Design, User Flows, UX Wireframes, Interactive Prototypes, Design Strategy, UX Research
Interaction Designer
2018 - 2020
Google
- Designed Google Nest Hub 2 for sleep tracking and sleep coaching from 0-1 as a lead designer with four teams from Google Health, Google Home, Google Assistant, and Google Fit.
- Launched Google Currents, a brand new employee engagement and knowledge-sharing platform as part of Google Workspace.
- Did several 20% projects with Verily, Google Kernal Program and Health R&I on medical devices and open source apps.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe After Effects, Figma
Product Designer
2017 - 2018
Udacity
- Designed a series of web and mobile tools to make Udacity a platform at scale.
- Conducted end-to-end process from user research, interaction, visual design to prototyping for customer-facing products and internal tools to enhance the online learning experience.
-  Defined, designed, and documented new UI components for Udacity’s design system with design system engineers and designers.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe After Effects
Designer
2014 - 2017
Microsoft
- Designed social gaming experience for Xbox live across mobile, PC and console platforms; obtained seven design patents.
- Led several core released projects on enhancing multiplayer gaming and content consumption to increase revenue.
- Partnered closely with cross-functional team members such as designers, researchers, product managers, and developers at all stages of the process.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator

Education

Master's Degree in Engineering Design and Innovation
2012 - 2013
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
2008 - 2012
Tsignhua University - Beijing, China

Experience

User Research8 years
Interaction Design (IxD)8 years
UX Design8 years
Adobe Illustrator7 years
Adobe After Effects7 years
Adobe Photoshop7 years
Design Systems5 years
Figma2 years

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Designer in Seattle, WA, United States

Portfolio

Employment

Hybrid Product Designer and Design Lead

Interaction Designer

Product Designer

Designer

Education

Experience

Tools

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