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Peter Paik

Verified Expert in Design

Designer

Location

San Francisco, CA, United States

Toptal Member Since

February 5, 2021

Peter has six years of experience and currently serves as an interaction designer working on the Next Billion Users (NBU) team at Google. He has previously worked at YouTube and Android Messages at Google. Before Google, he also worked at Sony PlayStation, where he designed the community feature, PS app, and VR-related projects. Peter specializes in user experience, user interaction, visual design, user research, and prototyping.

Web Design UX Design UI Design User Experience (UX)User Interface (UI)Web UX Design Mobile UX Design Visual Design Mobile Design Mobile UI Prototyping Mobile UX Web App UX Web App UI Product Design SharePoint

Work Experience

UX Designer

2018 - PRESENT

Google

Took full ownership of Google products such as Android Messages, YouTube Go, and Files by Google.
Served as the lead designer responsible for complete UI/UX for Android Messages for web and Files by Google.
Collaborated with project managers, engineers, UX researchers, UX writers, and product managers to build a successful product.

Technologies: Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite

Visual Designer

2015 - 2017

Sony

Acted as the lead designer for the Community feature of the PlayStation 4 console.
Won a hackathon award for creating a VR social feature prototype for PlayStation 4 in the "best innovative ideas" category.
Created both detailed visual and interaction specifications that multiple engineers used to build features.

Technologies: Blender, Maya, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch

Visual and UX Design Intern

2015 - 2015

WayUp

Designed both desktop web interfaces and a mobile-friendly site for company explore experience, LookSharp annual conference landing pages, about us page, employer analytics (candidates insight), and CRM interface.
Created a logo for the first LookSharp annual conference for the university recruiters.
Collaborated with product managers and engineers to update the current company explore the experience that helped the students easily browse and learn about multiple companies.

Technologies: Principle, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch

Graphic Designer

2014 - 2015

Ampush

Developed web assets including banners and in-feed display ads to drive client performance across Facebook, Twitter, and other native ad platforms.
Managed up to 30 different projects a week, including ad campaigns, marketing, and sales materials.
Assisted with the development of marketing collateral, including infographics, case studies, one-pagers, posters, and other materials.
Translated business requirements into design specifications by working with different departments, meeting strict deadlines.

Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Education

2009 - 2013

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, US

Certifications

APRIL 2015 - PRESENT

12-week Part-time Course in UX Design

General Assembly

Experience

UI Design - 7 years UX Design - 7 years Visual Design - 6 years Interaction Design (IxD) - 6 years Prototyping - 6 years Mobile Design - 6 years Responsive Design - 6 years Figma - 3 years

Tools

Figma

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