# Emily Huo > Head of Design @ Creative Critique Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/emilyhuo Hi, I'm Emily! I'm an end-to-end product designer with experience in leading product strategy and launching web and native iOS & Android experiences within a variety of industries, from SaaS to social. Currently I'm proud to be leading design for Creative Critique, where we partner with schools and design institutions all around the country to create better tools for designers to collaborate and exchange design critiques. Whether I'm the sole designer for an emerging startup or facilitating multiple cross-disciplinary teams, I take pride in continuously and communicating with the people I design for, including all business and technical stakeholders, to deliver solutions that accomplish mutual goals and are realistic to implement. Before design, I learned to hear what people don't say as a licensed therapist and honed my analytical skills as a clinical neuroscience research. My love for collaborative problem solving eventually brought me to product design. Off the clock, I enjoy solving escape rooms, brewing sour beer, and learning new languages. I also love meeting new people through game development and design jams (especially on prompts related to increasing inclusivity and neurodiversity in tech). I'm always open to collaborating or just chatting, so don't hesitate to reach out! Portfolio: www.emhuo.com Contact: mlyhuo@gmail.com -- Tools: Figma, Sketch, Principle, InVision, Framer, Abstract, Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Xd), HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript (WebGL, Phaser, React, Bootstrap), Unity/C#, Blender, Cinema 4D Specialties: Agile/Lean UX, Rapid Prototyping, UX Research (Usability Testing, Contextual Inquiry, Stakeholder Co-Design, User Interviews, Eye-tracking, Data Analytics), Design System Creation & Maintenance, Information Architecture, Interaction Design ## Work Experience ### Head Of Design @ Creative Critique Jan 2020 – Present Creative Critique provides better tools for design schools and institutions to collaborate on projects and exchange actionable feedback throughout the design process. Design educators can create private team spaces so that students can use tools like live image editing and screen recording to provide higher quality design critiques. As the lead designer, I continuously co-design with our design educator partners and design students currently using the platform to iterate and improve the experiences that we bring to their classrooms. ### Product Designer @ TechFlex Ventures Jan 2020 – Present Previous client work includes: • The Mom Project (Professional, Networking): As the sole designer, designed all screens, flows, and design components for a new iOS app MVP, working closely with technical and business-side stakeholders. • Ninety.io (SaaS, EOS): Established a design system documenting all screens and design elements across the platform to enable successful future usability audits, and redesigned key experiences such as the sign up and onboarding flow to meet established KPI goals. • MyHat (Mobile Payments): Improved usability and design consistency of payment history, account settings, and log in screens for the MyHat iOS app. ### Product Designer @ Emhuo Design Jan 2019 – Present Previous client work includes: • Fireside (Social): As product design lead, facilitated a team of 6 designers to create an iOS/Android native app MVP expanding Fireside's web platform. • AquilaClouds (B2B SaaS): Redesigned cloud management dashboard based on findings and feedback from senior engineering managers at 6 major Silicon Valley tech companies. Created hi-fi prototype that was presented to target clients, allowing Aquila to acquire new marquee customers. • Design for the Homeless (Not-for-profit organization): Collaborated with 6 designers across America increase awareness and donations of technological resources for individuals facing sudden homelessness. ### Product Designer @ Mindful VR Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 Contributing to the design and development of VR games using FDA-approved biofeedback protocols to improve therapy outcome. ### Experience Designer @ Attention Learning Center Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Encinitas, California Designed digital therapy interventions with health monitoring technology, working closely with licensed psychologist and researchers from UCSD and Macquarie University to follow APA and FDA protocols. Lead 1-on-1 training and testing sessions with patients ages 3-65 and collaborated with founder to create multiple improved iterations. ### Neurostatistics Researcher @ Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater San Diego Area • Contributed to a research project using principal component cluster analysis to establish a more comprehensive profile of Autism Spectrum Disorders. • Integrated genetic data, including cellular or biochemical mechanisms, from 19 modules related to ASD and 6 modules related to comorbid disorders such as epilepsy. ### Game Design Intern @ County Speech Pathology Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Designed, prototyped, and playtested games that use sensory training to teach kids phonetics for the Reading STARS program (launched at 31 schools), increasing retention over 12 weeks. ### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (Instructional Assistant) @ University of California San Diego Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Served on the instructional team for 2 upper division Cognitive Science courses at UCSD: COGS 102B: Cognitive Ethnography (Winter 2018) • Led weekly sections to ideate for user research projects applying ethnographic methods. • Graded projects and provided feedback including suggestions for further research. COGS 107C: Cognitive Neuroscience (June 2018) • Led weekly sections to review neuroscience concepts related to human behavior including perception, emotions, and addiction. ## Education ### B.S. Cognitive Science (Behavioral Neuroscience) in B.A. Speech and Language Sciences UC San Diego ### M.A.S. Clinical Research UC San Diego ### Product Design Consulting Tradecraft ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/emhuo --- Source: https://flows.cv/emilyhuo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/emilyhuo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08