I'm Fei Shao

Aside from being a designer, I also enjoy the beautiful nature in Seattle and love to take my doggo on adventures with me >>>

My career so far

I have 4 years of professional product design experience developing product freature from research, strategy to implementation. I also practice design in my daily life - interior, graphic, and experience design for my own day to day :)

Before being a product designer, I worked in architecture design and graphic design. Along the way, I realized my interest in human interaction with technology, and landed where I am today! 

Education

University of Washington
Master of Human Computer Interaction, 2021
China Academy of Art
Bachelor in Architecture , 2019

Work Experience

Product Designer
PitchBook Data,  Seattle, WA                                                                                                                                 May. 2022 - present
+ Led design in across-device notification and news alerts. Implemented designs that successfully increased active users and feature retention.
+ Conducted research and built feature level UX strategy. Got leadership buy-ins on the feature roadmap based on UX strategy. Worked with cross-functional teams to implement the strategy. 
+ Audited accessibility for the web app and suggested best practices. Contributed in building accessible design components and visual guides in the design system.

Product Designer
TEAM Software, Remote                                                                                                                                  
June. 2021 - May.2022
+ Led design on shipping a new product. Worked from research, wireframing, testing and iteration to delivering high-fidelity prototypes. 
+ Presented designs to stakeholders for buy-ins. And supported design decisions with analyzed research findings from customer and user interviews.
+ Facilitated meetings with internal stakeholders to ideate on how to deliver the best successful user experiences, and meet business initiatives.
+ Contributed in establishing a company wide design system, advocated for accessible design patterns.

Product Design Intern
Sezzle, Remote                                                                                                                                                   
Dec. 2020 - May. 2021
+ Synthesized design solutions from ambiguous concepts and delivered detailed UI and visual design. 
+ Collaborated  with product managers, engineers and cross-functional partners through the design and implementation processes.
+ Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data from user feedback to guide design decisions.

UX/UI Design Intern
Heali, Santa Monica, CA                                                                                                                                    
Jun. 2020 - Oct. 2020
+ Researched user and business objectives in collaboration with Researchers and Product Managers.
+Leveraged and extended visual design system to deliver a consistent and rich app experience.

Creative Assistant @ Design for Design
Design for Design, Shanghai, China                                       
May. 2019 - May. 2020
+ Worked on UI for the company website, did visual design for publications and social media materials.
+ Organized and facilitated design workshops with professional designers and students.