# Bryan Leung > Sr. Product Designer | UX Strategy, Design Systems & Workflow Optimization Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bryanleung I’m a product designer passionate about translating complex workflows into intuitive digital experiences. At Instructure, I led design initiatives that shaped the Canvas LMS course-building experience—simplifying educator workflows, improving usability, and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams. Previously, at Zynga, I designed mobile game experiences for Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, where I honed my craft in interaction design, game UX, and user engagement. I thrive in environments where product design meets strategy—partnering closely with PMs and engineers to deliver impactful, scalable design systems and customer-centered solutions. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Product Designer @ Instructure Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Led end-to-end design for the Canvas LMS Course Building experience, improving educator workflows and shaping the evolution of the platform’s design system. • Owned design for core Course Building features (Modules, Blueprints, and Settings), streamlining setup flows and improving course creation efficiency. • Conducted 7+ discovery initiatives with educators and admins to validate hypotheses, uncover workflow pain points, and inform design direction. • Drove concept-to-launch delivery of 3+ product initiatives annually, collaborating tightly with PMs, engineers, and researchers to ensure quality execution. • Advanced Canvas’s design system, ensuring visual consistency and scalable UX across multiple product teams. • Partnered with product leadership to align UX priorities with business goals, balancing user needs and delivery timelines. ### Lead UX Designer @ Zynga Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Designed and optimized player experiences for Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, focusing on onboarding, progression systems, and event engagement. • Led UX design efforts on Harry Potter: Puzzles and Spells, ensuring a seamless user experience for players. • Planned and executed improvements to XD pipeline and workflow, streamlining processes for increased efficiency. • Standardized XD deliverables and created guidelines for collaboration across multiple teams at Zynga. • Achieved a cohesive approach to design collaboration, resulting in enhanced product quality and user satisfaction. ### Senior UX Designer @ Zynga Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area ### UX Designer @ Zynga Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area • Designed and led efforts in Zynga Poker, creating conceptual wireframes, prototyping, and UI visual design. • Developed documentations, style guides, and flow maps for new designers on the team. • Contributed to a turnaround success, reaching 10 million MAU and driving ARPDAU and MAU growth. ### Product Designer @ Plenty Full Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Designed the entire Plenty Full webapp flow, visuals, graphics, icons, including navigation, menu exploration, purchases, and settings. • Collaborated closely with a frontend engineer to ensure responsive designs were implemented correctly. • Worked directly with the CEO and CTO to ensure precise communication of timelines and deliverables. ### UI Artist / Designer @ DeNA Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area Worked on projects including: Mobage 2.0 - biggest improvement so far for Mobage's social platform. Responsible for the UI design and the look and feel. Layout, specs, iconography, visual look. Money Run - a runner-game with a twist Responsible for UI Design, layout, specs, game graphical assets Transformers 4 - The Official Transformers 4 Game. Responsible for the Functional UI design. (Wireframe, Flow, Interaction) Collaborated with Game Designers, Engineers, UI Designers in designing a workflow that fits the team. ### Marketing and Content Strategy Specialist @ Sterling Cross Defense Systems Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Content Creation: Product photography, promotion videographer and digital & web marketing colleterals. Moderate website designs and modifications coded in HTML5, CSS and Javascript. ### Digital Media Content Coordinator @ BlackBerry Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 OOBE for PlayBook Welcome video for 7.0 devices Tutorial videos for 7.0 devices UI vision videos Projects presentations Other various BB improvement projects -- Pending UI Patent ## Education ### Swift CodePath ### Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing, Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Simon Fraser University ### Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at Simon Fraser University ### Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology at Simon Fraser University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/leungbryan - Portfolio: https://www.bryanleung.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/bryanleung JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bryanleung/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13