# Esther Kim

> Senior Product Designer at Microsoft AI

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/estherkim

Hi! I'm a Product Designer working in Seattle. I strive to combine visual design, design systems, brand and interaction design to create beautifully crafted, intuitive and innovative experiences.

Client experience: Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Indeed, CIBC, Lippincott, GoDaddy
Previously at Amazon and WeTransfer
kimesther.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Microsoft
Jan 2024 – Present | Greater Seattle Area
Creating new UX/UI patterns for Copilot AI experiences, spanning across Copilot web + mobile, Bing, Edge and MSN. Working as a horizontal team to ensure UI patterns and design language are consistent across products.

### UI / Visual UX Designer @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Designed interfaces and experiences for Amazon Halo, Amazon’s health and wellness services and hardware devices. Led the redesign of Halo’s design system and UI components from concept to implementation. Guided designers and cross-functional partners to align to the new design direction for Halo Digital, a personalized AI-based fitness training service leveraging computer vision and ML.

### Product Designer I & II @ WeTransfer
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Designed end-to-end experiences for Paste, a collaborative presentation tool and Portals, a creative workflow tool. Brought delight and clarity to user experiences for Paste and Portals by integrating design expressions and systems into product experiences. Developed WeTransfer’s overall product brand language.

### Design Intern @ Lippincott
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area
Created branded experiences, design systems and brand identities for clients including Goldman Sachs, Barclays, GoDaddy, and CIBC. Collaborated with the innovation team to design future forward digital experiences.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Washington Division of Design
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Seattle Area
Helped students create a set of abstract symbols and manipulating letterforms, which is the foundation for effective visual systems design. 

∙ Worked alongside Karen Cheng as a TA for DES 214: Marks and Symbols.
∙ Provided students critiques on designing consistent visual systems (typeface and symbols) and poster designs. 
∙ Prepared and gave software demonstrations on Glyphs and Adobe Illustrator.

### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Washington Division of Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Seattle, Washington
Helped students develop the skills necessary to design an effective user interface and user experience.

∙ Worked alongside Karen Cheng and Audrey Desjardins as a TA for DES 371: Interface Design I.
∙ Provided students critiques on mobile product design: interaction flows, systems design, visual UI design, microinteractions, prototypes and wireframes.
∙ Prepared and gave software demonstrations on Sketch and Principle.

### UX/UI Design Intern @ Tectonic
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Seattle, Washington
Worked collaboratively with the creative team to assist clients envision the future of their digital products. Clients include Amazon and Indeed.


## Education
### Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design
University of Washington
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/estherkim96
- Portfolio: https://kimesther.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30