# Benjamin Kai Tong > Visual Designer- Google / PRS Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminkaitong ## Work Experience ### UI/UX Design Mentor @ Springboard Jan 2020 – Present My roles behave like a teacher, a coach, an adviser, a therapist, and a counselor at the same time. I hope to inspire my mentees through my words and actions. Responsible to deliver my knowledge and advise to the mentees, and give times to listen to their issues and resolve them in a professional but at the same time create a fun experience for the mentees. ### UX Designer - Search and Local Services @ Google Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Search and Local Service ### UX Designer - Google Assistant Auto @ Google Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Product and Visual Designer for all areas within Google Auto. ### Visual Designer - Google Assistant Mobile @ Google Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California Part of the Android Mobile, Google Home, Smart Displays and Google Assistant team. My responsibility is to recreate a design system that can be shared across all platforms within Google products. At the same time continue testing all Google products and concepts making sure the UI elements are consistent throughout. Create a seamless User Experience when the user is switching from one Google device to another. ### Product Designer @ Facebook Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Menlo Park, California Part of the Ads Creation Interface and Guidance Platform Team. As a Product Designer, I'm involved in every aspect of the product development process, from brainstorming the next great product innovation to tweaking pixels right before launch. I'm expected to utilize my full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers and content strategists to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch. ### Lead Designer @ MA Labs Jan 2009 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for wireframing, prototyping web/mobile interfaces, product testing the landing page and main website. Design web banners, flyers and brochures for Samsung, Microsoft, Seagate and more, as well as catalogs, signs, packaging, web ads and photography for new products. Collaborated with other team members and departments to execute designs. ### UX/UI Designer, Co-Founder @ Edmission Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Responsible for product and user research, sitemap, sketch, wireframing, prototyping, product testing and photography. UI design included logo, web layout, and animation. ### UI Designer @ Marvell Semiconductor Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed prototypes for the wireless lighting programs, applications and developed them into an actual working applications. Created web layout and landing pages for newly released products. ### Graphic Artist @ Tiny Prints Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area Design invitations, greeting card templates and all artwork within. Edit photos from the customer when requested and make sure every order are done correctly. ### Graphic Designer @ FedEx Jan 2003 – Jan 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed and solved a wide range of work and problems, such as page layouts, image development, typography, file problems, give solutions to customer's draft, and plate printing for the press operator. ## Education ### Design Study Major San José State University ### User Experience Design Immersive General Assembly ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-kai-tong-636816125 - Portfolio: http://imbenjamintong.com - Portfolio: https://benjamintong.myportfolio.com/work --- Source: https://flows.cv/benjaminkaitong JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benjaminkaitong/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13