Annie Chen

Annie Chen

Annie Chen

Product Designer @ Chronosphere | CMU MHCI '22

Annie has a passion for design and engineering with a focus in accessibility. She is currently working on her Masters in Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. She works well with both technical and non-technical peers and loves collaborating on cross-team projects.

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Experience

2023 — NowChronosphereSenior Product Designer

2023 — Now

2022 — 2022NASA Ames Research CenterProduct Designer (via Carnegie Mellon MHCI)

2022 — 2022

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Developed and executed research plan for Mars mission to keep astronauts in contact with loved ones

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Conducted semi-structured and directed storytelling interviews and synthesized findings into actionable insights

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Created wireframes based on found insights

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Conducted usability testing

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Designed and developed working prototype in React and Firebase

2016 — 2021BloomBoard, Inc.UX Designer & Front-end Engineer

2016 — 2021

Palo Alto, California

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Designed and developed 3 iterations of the primary product as user needs and product focus evolved over 4 years

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Led the development of the front-end style guide and components using Storybook

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Conducted user testing sessions, user research, and competitor analysis

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Led accessibility initiatives and mobile responsiveness

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Assisted with branding by designing and illustrating mascot, emojis, and email templates

2015 — 2015BloomBoard, Inc.Software Engineer Intern

2015 — 2015

Palo Alto, California

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Designed and developed full stack internal tools in AngularJS and CakePHP.

2014 — 2014Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant

2014 — 2014

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Designed wireframes and data models for a peer evaluation application.

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Developed a full stack educational web application in Django.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Master's degree

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science (BS)