Ran Liu
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
San Rafael, CA, United States
Toptal member since August 12, 2019
Ran brings an artist's eye and an engineer's mind to approach design in a systematic yet creative way. She holds a Master of Science degree in computer science, human-computer interaction, and data visualization. In the past five years, Ran has specialized in solving complex enterprise SaaS problems by creating elegant and simple UX solutions. Ran follows an iterative, user-centered, and data-informed design process.
Portfolio
Coderdojo Website Redesign
Engagement Matrix
Work Experience
Senior UX Designer
Amplitude Analytics
- Created a design taxonomy product add-on that generated over 200+ sales opportunities and millions of dollars in revenue.
- Led design and research for an automated release analysis feature, a crucial building block for the amplitude growth engine.
- Spearheaded Amplitude's design system, Cerulean.
- Designed and created various growth experiments on the company's website to generate more qualified leads and opportunities.
- Led the design team for various design endeavors such as creating personas, running and hosting a usability improvement day, and defining the company's design and experience principles.
Instructor
UC Berkeley Extension
- Taught a 10-week diagramming and prototyping for UX course for a class of 14 students. Topics including user-centered design, user experience mapping, low-fi and high-fi wireframing, and different levels of prototyping.
UX/UI Designer
Chartboost
- Led all design initiatives for Chartboost’s main product to improve the user experience for both customers and internal employees.
- Conducted data-driven design experiments to impact revenue.
- Designed an internal tool to allow account managers to bid on the most suitable top publishers for their clients to achieve a better ROI for their advertising campaigns.
UX Designer
Marketo
- Led design initiatives for the next-gen Marketo Analytics and Email Editor 2.0.
- Redesigned Marketo Docs, Marketo Dev site, and engineering's hiring website.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
University of Maryland - College Park
Certifications
Applied UX Intensive
Cooper Professional Education
Skills
Tools
Sketch, InVision App, Adobe Illustrator, Principle, InVision, Zeplin, Sketch 4
Platforms
Web, WordPress, iOS, Android
Industry Expertise
Education, Marketing
Other
Sass, B2B, User Experience (UX), Dashboard Design, Data Visualization, UX Design, Product Design, UI Design, Web Design, Prototyping, User Flows, Interaction Design (IxD), Responsive Web Design (RWD), WordPress Design, Interactive Design, User Research, Usability, Usability Testing, Animated Prototypes, Web Applications, User Scenarios, Responsive Design, Information Architecture (IA), Sitemaps, Mobile Web, Coding, Websites, Nonprofits, Wireframing, High-fidelity Mockups, Personas, SaaS Design, Email Campaigns, Email Templates, User Personas, Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), SaaS, User Interface (UI), Web UX, Wireframe to Product, Pixel Perfect, Software Design, User Journey Maps, Qualitative Research, Mockups, Low-fidelity Mockups, Onboarding, Web UI Design, Data, UX Flows, User Journeys, Data Analytics, Release Management, Mobile Design, Illustration, Visual Design
Experience
- Prototyping - 9 years
- UX Design - 6 years
- Product Design - 6 years
- UI Design - 6 years
- Web Design - 6 years
- User Research - 6 years
- Interaction Design (IxD) - 6 years
- Animated Prototypes - 3 years
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