# Allison Wu

> Visual Storyteller and Illustrator

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/allisonwu

## Work Experience
### Graphic Illustrator @ Sense
Jan 2024 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Creating illustrations for onboarding series emails and various in-app needs

### Product Designer @ Sense
Jan 2020 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Currently creating thoughtful and usable onboarding experiences for Sense. 
- Reducing frustration in complex sign-up flows. 
- Lowering the barriers to understanding home energy use and ultimately promote energy reduction

### Creative Technologist @ DraftKings Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Greater Boston Area
-Created responsive promotional landing pages as part of Draftkings' internal design agency.
-Designed subtle web animations to improve user engagement on landing pages.
-Balanced 8-9 different projects per week with different objectives and different stakeholders
-Investigated and researched how accessibility impacts the landing page experience.

### UI Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Greater Seattle Area
- Prototyped and created a React web app to help small/medium businesses compete with large corporations by generating ad campaigns using AI.
- Created a global CSS theme to maintain consistency throughout UI elements.
- Advocated for the customer throughout each design decision.
- Worked closely with product, engineering, and design teams to give feedback, make decisions, and iterate on overall UX. 
- Delivered the product within a deadline of 9 months from conception to pilot.
- Continued to iterate and monitor the product through closed and open beta.
- Advocated and implemented initiatives for positive and inclusive team culture.

### UX Researcher @ Northwestern University Delta Lab
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
- Research project to promote metacognitive and self-aware learning behaviors.
- Designed a chrome extension for students to track studying behavior and prompt self-reflection.
- Designed a methodology to tell students a story of their learning strategies.
- Created and prototyped chrome extension in Figma and HTML/CSS/JS
- Interviewed and observed users to determine why it’s hard for them to think metacognitively.
- Conducted multiple user studies with 5+ students to test usability of our tech.
- Self-drove, planned and kept track of work items to deliver them on time.
- Collaborated with adviser and other researchers to discuss progress of research.

### Product Design Intern @ Encore Packaging Corporation
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Lake Bluff, IL
- Designed industrial packaging tools to maximize efficiency and minimize cost.
- Prototyped the design.
- Created intuitive, easy-to-understand instruction sheets for tools using InDesign.
- Modeled tool parts in SolidWorks.
- Worked closely with manufacturers and engineers to iterate on design ideas


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Northwestern University

### Certificate in Segal Design Institute
Northwestern University

### High School
Warren Township High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alzlu

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Last updated: 2026-03-31