# Gaby Chan > Product Designer at Aftershoot | UW MHCI+D Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gabychan Product designer & photographer who loves building community-focused interfaces, educational and creative tools, and capturing moments on digital and film. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Aftershoot Jan 2025 – Present Design lead for the Editing team ### Product Designer @ Aftershoot Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 Designing an AI-first photography tool for pro photographers ### Freelance Designer & Photographer @ gabychan.com Jan 2017 – Present • Design and develop marketing websites with Webflow • Produce personalized branding and promotional graphics for social media • Shoot and edit professional photos for live events and portraits • Clients include photographers, music artists, comedians, content creators, startups, and school-affiliated organizations ### Product Designer @ Gather Town Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 Joined the start-up team as the 2nd design hire and led end-to-end product design for projects across core app, virtual events, remote work, onboarding/activation, and monetization for a spatial video chat platform. • Monetization: Led the redesign of the purchase flows, resulting in an 18% increase in the purchase completion rate. Introduced a space capacity utilization feature that led to a 6.3x rise in free-to-paid conversions and a 17% ARR increase within the first month of launch. • Onboarding/Activation: Designed multiple iterations of the new user onboarding flows and experimented with user invite flows to drive new user acquisition and boost activation rates. • Virtual Events: Owned the design of the Gather Events product – event creation flow, event space customization tools, session scheduling, and speaker/attendee experience, which led to a 9x increase in paid events. • Contributed and refined design components and patterns for the design system. Built most of the component library in Figma for the design team to use across design files and outlined design specifications for the engineering team. ### Founding Product Designer @ Omou Learning Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 A digital learning space for tutoring centers to connect their student, parent, and teacher communities. • Designed product features 0→1 of a data management platform for tutoring businesses. Shipped course registration, payments, user profiles, and attendance features, integrating third-party apps such as Stripe and Google Classroom. • Led design team meetings and processes: Built the foundation of the design system and established review processes to improve the design team’s workflow and hand-off to engineers. • Served as a key collaborator alongside the Founder/PM in shaping high-level product planning and strategy. • Initiated and led an R&D group within the team to explore incorporating student learning/feedback features into the platform. ### UX Design Consultant @ Kloa Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Seattle, Washington, United States • Worked on a mobile content sharing platform by a UW tech incubator start-up. • Identified design opportunities from user and market research, and drafted wireframes of early design concepts. ### Product Design Intern @ Fulcrum Labs Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Researched learning behavior to provide input on improving Fulcrum’s adaptive e-learning platform. • Designed a digital flashcard activity prototype utilizing machine learning aimed to promote better information retention and recall for learners • Provided recommendations for Fulcrum’s marketing website by utilizing research and data analytics to improve visitor engagement • Designed graphics for website/email marketing content ### Office Assistant & Graphic Designer @ University of California, Los Angeles Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area • Designed original print and web graphics for large scale events, merchandise, and announcements on social media platforms • Performed administrative tasks including scheduling, answering phone calls, data entry, running errands, and managing the Facebook page ### Classroom Assistant @ Brighter Future Learning Center Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA • Served as a classroom assistant for an academic after-school program • Supervised groups of 20-30 students and provided support to students on curriculum (K-12 Math, Algebra, English) • Graded classwork and implemented a system to track student progress and provided personal feedback • Enforced classroom rules firmly, fairly, and consistently while maintaining a pleasant learning environment ### Marketing Intern @ The Tech Museum of Innovation Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA • Engaged in a range of activities from museum marketing/PR events to writing compelling marketing copy • Created content for social media accounts, updated event calendars and transcribed interviews and news broadcasts • Performed office duties such as mailing, copying/faxing, and data entry ## Education ### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction + Design University of Washington, Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design ### Bachelor's degree in Communication Studies B.A. and Digital Humanities Minor UCLA ### Lynbrook High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gaby-chan - Portfolio: https://gabychan.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/gabychan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gabychan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29