# Jasper Ji

> Product Designer/Co-Founder @ BlueCreative | Formerly @ eBay, Xiaomi, One Sky Collective | Social Networking, AI, Data Management | U-M Alum

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jasperji

Product Designer Lead at Paira & Co-founder of Blue Creative

Previously in eBay, Xiaomi, TAL Education Group, One Sky Collective
Part-Time & Projects: City of Dearborn, Black Wealth Data Center, UMSI, Centene Corporation

## Work Experience
### Product Design Lead @ Paira
Jan 2025 – Present
- Directed the zero-to-one design of Paira, a "request-first" networking platform that replaces cold outreach with AI-driven intent matching, successfully leading the product from concept to a fully functional Beta launch in Jan 2026.
- Designed the conversational UI/UX for "Ask AI," translating complex natural language inputs into intuitive semantic matching results, ensuring a seamless and human-centric AI interaction experience.
- Engineered the "swipe-to-match" and "Bounty Board" interaction models, creating high-fidelity prototypes that successfully balanced rapid gamified engagement with meaningful professional connection building.
- Owned the mobile design system and component library, establishing a robust visual language that ensured UI consistency and component reusability, accelerating the engineering handoff and development cycle.

### Co-Founder & Product Designer @ Blue Creative Consulting
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
- Spearheaded end-to-end mobile design for startups, delivering user-centric iOS/Android apps from "zero-to-one" concepts to App Store launch.
- Defined mobile-first strategies and interaction patterns, creating high-fidelity prototypes that directly optimized user engagement and retention.
- Collaborated with external mobile engineers to oversee the design-to-development handoff; conducted rigorous QA to ensure compliance with Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and Material Design standards.
- Streamlined the mobile lifecycle by defining MVP scopes and agile processes, efficiently translating client requirements into launch-ready products.

### UX/UI Designer @ One Sky Collective
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
- Designed the gamified Reward Center and habit loops, applying behavioral frameworks to drive retention and align teams for the App Store launch.
- Validated UX decisions via usability testing with 100+ beta users, translating feedback into iterations achieving ~88% satisfaction for clarity and motivation.

### UX Designer @ City of Dearborn
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- Designed and implemented an automated matching system using Monday.com for volunteers and citizens of Dearborn, reducing manual workload, eliminating the need for a custom app, and saving over $500,000 in development costs.
- Facilitated the onboarding of 100+ active users within the first month of system launch, enabling over 40 seniors and citizens with disabilities to receive assistance during winter 2024.

### UX Designer @ eBay
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Designed Model Insight, a data/model management platform used by 200+ internal stakeholders in eBay's Risk department, streamlining data/model processing and risk investigation with a user-centric approach. 
- Collaborated with 11+ stakeholders and conducted competitive analysis on four key competitors to design and refine eight features, increasing model handling efficiency by 25% and achieving a 95% user satisfaction rate.
- Established consistent UI design elements to enhance handoff accuracy and efficiency, reducing development time by 35%.

### UX Designer/Researcher @ Black Wealth Data Center
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Conducted comprehensive UX research leveraging methods such as user interviews, usability testing, interaction mapping, heuristic evaluations, comparative analysis, and survey design to drive website enhancements.
- Identified and analyzed existing design challenges, and are actively developing strategic redesign recommendations.

### UX Consultant @ University of Michigan - School of Information
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Gained a deep understanding of the problem and objectives by conducting client and stakeholder interviews and incorporating their insights.
- Performed background research by synthesizing existing studies to establish an academic foundation for subsequent consulting efforts.
- Delivered final recommendations informed by qualitative analysis techniques such as affinity mapping and brainstorming sessions.

### Research Consultant @ Centene Corporation
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Engaged with clients using stakeholder interview to identify current challenges and gather essential project information.
- Synthesized existing research to provide an academic foundation for informed consulting recommendations.
- Developed and delivered a comprehensive business case and executive presentation to clients, offering strategic recommendations for third-party risk management.

### UX Researcher @ TAL Education Group
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Haidian District, Beijing, China
- Conducted usability tests for 7+ functions of online preschool education platform to promote user growth and improve user engagement and satisfaction.
- Collaborated with 5 cross-functional teams including designers, developers, and PM, streamlining research workflows and improving efficiency by 15%.
- Reported satisfaction every two weeks through questionnaires and data analysis to give insights and directions for future iterations.

### UX Researcher @ Xiaomi Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Haidian District, Beijing, China
- Conducted usability tests for haptic feedback for visually impaired users, delivering 5+ UX recommendations that contributed to a Red Dot Award in 2021.
- Led UX research for MIUI system animation, including designing research agendas and running comparative usability tests, informing improvements for 3 updates.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Information Science (UX Experience & HCI Track)
University of Michigan

### Master of Science - MS in Information System Management
Washington University in St. Louis

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jasperji
- Website: https://kaj-space.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-08