# ✿ Anita  Liao

> Product Designer | eBay

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/anitaliao

Hello! I'm a product designer who loves inspiring and well-informed experiences. 

In my free time, I enjoy drawing and painting 🎨 (really just anything creative), baking 🍪 (hardcore failing at making macarons), and working out 🤸🏼🧘‍♀️. 

|| Portfolio ||
https://anitaliao.com/

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ eBay
Jan 2025 – Present
Buyer Experience 🛍️✨

### Product Designer @ eBay
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Seller Experience 
• Collaborated with PMs and senior designers in key strategy prioritization and design feedback
• Owned and led the research process from opportunity discovery to concept testing with sellers
• Initiated unique concepts in seller motivation that connected the business's roadmap in driving seller-buyer relationships
• Generated 3 final design solutions with extremely positive feedback from PM and engineering team
• Defined UX copy for Seller's interface and brainstormed with Shopping Cart team

### Graduate UX Research + Strategy @ Toyota North America
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Led discovery research and concept creation for Toyota's smart city initiative
• Owned the design strategy by discovering critical problems and untangling ambiguity in pedestrian safety + smart city solutions
• Utilized effective storytelling in the stakeholder presentation and received positive feedback and excitement from the panel on the concept of combining infrastructure and mobile device 
• Conducted ethnographic research such as in-depth interviews, diary studies, and multiple observations on NYC pedestrian behaviors and needs
• Synthesized insights through uncovering opportunities and user journey map
• Prioritized opportunities/solutions based on safety severity and technical efficiency

### Product Designer @ Miles
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Redwood City, California, United States
• Led user-facing mobile design projects and features in membership experience, data privacy, accounts, and interaction design
• Utilized data analytic tools to drive quantitative design decisions & conduct qualitative interviews
• Defined visual direction and collaborated with visual designers
• Documented and communicated with cross-functional teams including product and engineering
• 15% increase in overall user participation

### Product Designer @ Symba
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California, United States
• Led the UX design process to revamp the current B2B intern management platform.
• Scoped out user pain points and addressed them through user-centric methods.
• Presented to key stakeholders and collaborated with engineering and marketing.

### Administrative Intern @ Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Irvine, California, United States
• Improved process efficiency through management of medical files and prescription data.
• Collaborated with team members and communicated with patients.
• Demonstrated high organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Executed clerical tasks with ownership and minimal oversight

### User Experience (UX) Design Intern @ Design at UCI
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Irvine, California, United States
• Collaborated with design interns and web developers to redesign the club website.
• Produced design mockups to strengthen designs, enhance user experiences, and improve site interactions.
• Participated in group critiques and discussions.

### Architectural Assistant @ L.T.M. Architecture & Interior Design
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Taipei, Taiwan
• Rendered 2D blueprints using Photoshop to apply flat lays, shading, and lighting.
• Refined digital presentation boards with Adobe Illustrator to enhance information visuals and made Power Point presentations.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Information Experience Design (IXD)
Pratt Institute

### Designlab

### Bachelor of Science - BS
UC Irvine


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/anita-liao520
- Portfolio: https://anitaliao.com/
- Portfolio: https://share.designlab.com/anita

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Last updated: 2026-03-29