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Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Expected Apr 2023 | Ann Arbor, MI
M.S. Information - UX Design and Research

Courses: Interaction Design, Fundamentals of Human Behavior, Graphic Design and Visual Communications, Pervasive Interaction Design, VR/AR

Ewha Womans University
Feb 2020 | Seoul, Korea
B. Eng. Computer Science and Engineering
B.A. Scranton Honors Program: Digital Humanities

Work Experience

2022

Product Design Intern | Intuit
May 2022 - Aug 2022 | Mountain View, CA (Remote)

  • Designed a new experience for a web-based cost management dashboard for AI leaders at Intuit to monitor and optimize their AI models and projects.
  • Conducted interviews, synthesized insights, and developed them into wireframes. Received positive feedback from users after testing with high-fidelity prototypes.
  • • Collaborated closely with designers, PMs, engineers, and stakeholders to meet the requirements and deliver engineering-ready designs.

2021

UI Design Intern | University of Michigan
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 | Ann Arbor, MI

  • Improving the design system of 1Cademy, a web application for researchers to deliver consistent designs and set clear guidelines for designers and developers.
  • Building 43 icons for both light and dark themes, unifying colors and typography, and modifying 20+ UI components with detailed documentation of guidelines.

Product Management Intern | LINE Corp
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 | Gyeonggi-do, Korea

  • Suggested strategy based on data analytics to increase user conversion within LINE Gift products, collaborating with product managers and data scientists.
  • Analyzed content and user data using SQL and Python in LINE, a global messenger app, to understand the behaviors of customers in Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.

UX Design Intern | Duotone
Apr 2021 - Jun 2021 | Seoul, Korea

  • Defined visual concepts and strategies of 4 clients coming from entertainment and electronics industries with their websites, targeting global customers and users.
  • Created information architecture and high-fidelity mockups, with design workshops to explore solutions using methods including card sorting and heuristic evaluation.

2020-2021

Product Manager | Gooroomee
Jul 2020 - Apr 2021 | Seoul, Korea

  • Led an end-to-end product development cycle of a new video interview software utilized by 2K+ interviewees, that accommodated specific business needs while communicating with cross-functional teams using Jira and Confluence. 🔗 Take a look at the project!
  • Spearheaded initial features, layouts, and user flows of a live course application and delivered product functionality to stakeholders—features included live classes and a content management system that focused on enhancing students’ understanding.

2019

HCI Researcher | Ewha Womans University
Feb 2019 - Oct 2019 | Seoul, Korea

  • Led user research on evaluating the effectiveness of an assistance web application tool that helps end-users to build their own personalized ML model.
  • Integrated qualitative and quantitative analytics of user data to identify the effectiveness of the tool and potential barriers for non-experts in using the tool.
🔗 Take a look at the project!

Skills

Design
UX/UI Design, Storyboarding, Wireframes, Prototyping, Journey Maps, Personas, Design System

Research
User Interview, Usability Testing, Competitive Analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Data Analytics

Tools
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Invision

Programming
HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Unity, Django, Ruby on Rails, C, Java, Git

Publications

Yeonji Kim*, Kyungyeon Lee*, Uran Oh. Understanding Interactive and Explainable Feedback for Supporting Non-Experts with Data Preparation for Building a Deep Learning Model. The International Journal of Advanced Smart Convergence, 9(2), 90-104. *co-first authors

Yeonji Kim. (2020). Design of Personalized Machine Learning System for End-Users. ATE, VOL.10.

Honors and Awards

Honorable Mention (Finalist) in Tech Innovation Jam, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Nov 2021

Finalist in Soljik Challenge, Ministry of Science and Technology of South Korea

Nov 2020

3rd Place in Capstone Design Expo, Ewha Womans University

Dec 2019

Future Fostering Scholarship, Ewha Womans University

Oct 2019

Daishin Songchon Scholarship, Daishin Songchon Foundation

Apr, Oct 2019

Honorable Mention (best 16 out of 424) in Hanium 2018 Contest, Ministry of Science and Technology of South Korea

Nov 2018

3rd Place in Prime Pitch Day, Ewha Womans University

Oct 2018