# Carolyn Sun

> Senior Product Designer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/carolynsun

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Vendr
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025

### Senior Product Designer @ Forethought
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### Senior Product Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022

### Product Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco

### Product Design Intern @ BuildingConnected
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Overhauled the Bid Board calendar to help almost a quarter million subcontractors manage their workload and schedule.
-Created a new component for the design system.

Freestyle Capital Design Fellow (http://freestyle.vc/)

### UI/UX Design Intern @ Alation
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Spearheaded the design of new features, from understanding user needs, to rapid prototyping, and to documenting specs for engineering
- Built high-fidelity prototypes with HTML/CSS/JS for user-testing
- Took the initiative in revamping the company mascot for marketing and in-product illustrations, providing a delightful UX (and stickers!)

### Graphic Design Editor @ Duke Chronicle
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
-Recruited 8 Staff Designers and trained them in Adobe software 
-Instructed recruits in creating infographics through tutorials and feedback on brainstorming, sketches, and final drafts
-Oversaw staff’s weekly work and schedules

### Associate Design Editor @ Duke Chronicle
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
One of five designers who collaborated with editors to help reach more readers through infographics

### UI Design Intern @ fireflies.ai
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
-Worked as the sole designer to produce high-fidelity wireframes for new product interface on desktop
-Designed mockups for a new landing page that captured the product vision
-Rebranded the company, including designing a new logo, color scheme, and investor deck

### Research Assistant @ Duke University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Worked with the Computer Science Department

-Hosted lectures on programming in Alice, a block-based programming environment, to 37 K-12 teachers
-Updated workshop website and organized logistics
-Assisted teachers in coding tutorials and creating Alice lesson plans
-Worked with a team to develop requested Alice games and materials


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science, Psychology
Duke University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carolynsun
- Portfolio: http://carolynsun.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-29