# Cynthia He

> Senior Product Designer at Microsoft

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

Portfolio: www.cynthiahedesign.com
(Currently locked for privacy and security reasons. If you are interested in seeing my work, please email me at cynthiahexy@gmail.com)

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2024 – Present | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Designing for M365 Copilot in Word with a specialized focus on contextual, on-canvas genAI interaction, prompt assistance, and accessible design.

### Product Designer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Redmond, Washington, United States
Drove design initiatives for early GenAI integration in M365 Word, with a focus on contextual AI text generation. Continued to deliver design for Editor and ContextIQ in M365.

### Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Redmond, Washington, United States
As a part of the Office 365 design team, I focus on Microsoft Editor, an intelligent writing assistance in Word, Outlook, and across the web. Areas of expertise include AI-human collaboration feature explorations, intelligent typing experience, and accessibility design.

### Design Intern @ Onda Origins
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
Led a team of four design interns to redesign Onda Origins’ current website. Initiated and facilitated design sprint workshops for the cross-functional team. Conducted quantitative and qualitative research with 200+ prospective customers. Presented research insights and proposed design to the leadership team.

### Experience Design Intern @ Airbnb
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked in the China Trust Experience Team and delivered a new ID verification system with flexibility to accommodate evolving compliance and business needs. Designed an intern guide for the university
recruiting team. It has been printed and spread to students across the U.S.

### Gen.D Mentorship Program Mentee (Cycle VI) @ Andreessen Horowitz
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
Selected to be a design mentee in the a16z Gen.D Mentorship Program (Cycle VI). Connected with a design manager at Facebook for career mentorship.

### Lead Designer @ Voyage UW
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
Led a team of 4 with designers and illustrators to design the layout for Voyage magazine. Designed marketing materials including tote bags and posters. Initiated and led collaboration with the management and editing team.

### HFS Marketing Coordinator @ University of Washington
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
In charge of the marketing for three HFS spaces under HFS Perks and Recreation: Area 01, Fitness Center West, and the McCarty Innovation and Learning Lab. Responsibilities include creating marketing strategies for the spaces, running event promotions and campaigns on social media, and designing marketing materials.


## Education
### Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design
University of Washington
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/cynthiahexy
- Portfolio: https://cynthiahe.co

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Last updated: 2026-03-30