# Hwan Chul Kang

> Product Designer @ Applied Intuition | Product Design, User Experience

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/hwan

I'm a Product Designer at Applied Intuition, specializing in UX/UI design. With over 10 years of experience, I create user-friendly solutions across various domains, aiming for functionality, beauty, and impact. I collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric designs, recently leading projects like a rocket launch system, a rocket engine test system, and a electric vehicle HMI. I'm passionate about using technology to solve complex problems and create delightful experiences.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Applied Intuition
Jan 2023 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Principal Product Designer @ Verkada
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Mateo, California, United States

### Staff Interaction Designer @ Astra
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Alameda, California, United States
• Led user experience and interface design for rocket launch system and rocket engine test system.
• As a UX lead, collaborated with S/W, H/W and propulsion engineers, product managers, and rocket launch conductors.
• Delivered information architecture, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity visual designs, production assets, and prototypes.

### Product Designer @ Facebook
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Community Product Team - Groups

### Senior UX Designer @ Lucid Motors
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Newark, California
• Led user experience and interface design for the production version of luxury electric vehicle “Lucid Air” infotainment system.
• Provided information architecture, wireframe, user flow, and prototyping effort.
• Led UX/UI design for the ADAS, instrument cluster, vehicle controls, physical controls, and interaction model.
• Mentored junior designers in cross-functional and collaborative structure

### Lead UI/UX Designer @ BYTON
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Santa Clara, California
• Intelligent Car Experience Design Team
• Led visual language and user interface design from end-to-end production
• Led visual & interaction system for multi-screen designs and libraries
• Mentored junior & senior designers in cross-functional and collaborative structure

### Senior UX Designer @ Lucid Motors
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Newark, CA
• Designed user interfaces for luxury electric vehicle “Lucid Air” infotainment system. 
• Served as the UX lead in cross-functional teams, collaborating with engineers, researchers, and interior designers.
• Led UX/UI design for the physical control, ADAS, navigation, rear seat controls, charging screen and multi-screen global interactions.
• Delivered information architecture, user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity visual designs, production asset and motion designs.

### User Experience Designer @ Nuance Communications
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Sunnyvale, California
Strategy & Design Innovation Team

• Designed interfaces for products spanning enterprise, mobile, automotive, natural language  
  interaction in VR gaming, and wearable domains.
• Served as the UX lead in cross-functional teams, collaborating with engineers, managers, 
  researchers, and dialog designers.
• Led UX design for the recently-launched voice biometrics used by HSBC (See portfolio).
• Crafted visual designs, user experience flows, and graphical user interfaces.

### Product Designer @ Otto LLC
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Designed mobile application user interfaces for smart door lock.
• Crafted interaction designs, visual designs, motion graphics.

### Interactive Designer @ First Person
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Freelance Designer @ Hwanchul Kang
Jan 2003 – Jan 2013 | Seoul, Korea
Clients: 
Samsung, Digitrove, Inc, Pixel Tree Studio. Soulkrush Entertainment, Wuestec, inc., on&on, Egoist, Nix, Olive des olive, Reneevon, Onixtech, Nexvision Mediaworks, Amore Pacific Corporation, etc...

### VFX Compositor @ FXGear
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Seoul, Korea
Visual Effect artist responsible for video composite and motion graphic, 2D/3D compositing, Rotoscoping, plate cleanup, Color correction, green/blue screen keying, stereo converting for commercial movies and animations.

- ‘CAPCOM VS MARVEL’ 3D game cinematic – VFX LEAD COMPOSITOR
- ‘Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil’ animation – VFX LEAD STEREOSCOPIC COMPOSITOR
- ‘Dead Space: Aftermath’ animation – VFX LEAD COMPOSITOR
- ‘A Dream in Red Mansions’ China TV show – VFX DIGITAL COMPOSITOR

### Visual Designer @ PROPT
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | Seoul, Korea

### Sound designer & composer @ Nexus, INC.
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008
Game “Tank Ranger” in-game sound design and background music composing.

### Graphic Designer @ Syd Production
Jan 2000 – Jan 2000 | Seoul, Korea

### Graphic Designer @ Diseva Design Studio
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | Seoul, Korea


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Web Design & New Media
Academy of Art University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hckang

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Last updated: 2026-04-13