# Jian Du (Nick)

> VP of Design | AI & SaaS Product Leader | 0→1 → Global Scale | Ex-ByteDance, Tencent

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jiandunick

I am an AI & SaaS Product Design Leader with 19+ years of experience building and scaling global products.

I have led design for consumer, enterprise, and AI-native platforms at ByteDance (Lark), Tencent, and Shanda, driving growth from 0→1 to 100M+ users and $100M+ ARR.

As a founding designer and VP of Design, I specialize in:

• AI product experience & agent design  
• Enterprise SaaS UX & design systems  
• 0→1 product incubation  
• Global design organization scaling  
• Design-driven growth & monetization  

I have built and led teams of 300+ designers across US, China, and APAC, and helped startups achieve strong product-market fit through differentiated design strategy.

Currently focused on building next-generation AI-native products in Silicon Valley.

## Work Experience
### VP of UX Design @ Shanda Group
Jan 2025 – Present | Woodside, California, United States
Internal transfer within Shanda Group due to organizational restructuring. Continued to work with Tanka with expanded responsibility in 2025.

### VP of UX Design @ Tanka | Your Chief Memory Officer
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States

### Founding Prodouct Designer @ Wanderboat AI
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States
- Owned the brand and UX design function, being the sole contributor to crafting a unified design language and improving UX.
- Contribute all aspects of brand and UX design as the sole designer, building a cohesive design strategy aligned with AIGC innovations.

### Vice President Design @ ByteDance
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Defined and led a 2-year design strategy to globalize Lark, driving Brand NPS 88 to 92, raised UX satisfaction from 3.4 to 4.8(41% improvement), ARR up 2.7x to $100M+, and customer expansion across 127 countries.
The whole design team’s satisfaction of 2022 27% higher vs ByteDance average(300 person), EEI(Employee Engagement Index) 32% increased and OCI(Organization Climate Index) 26% increased.

### Director of Product Design @ Tencent
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021
Built Tencent Healthcare’s cross-platform design system, supporting 20M DAU and expanding healthcare services on WeChat.
Designed an end-to-end digital-to-offline healthcare experience, benefiting 150M+ users during the pandemic.

### Senior Design Director @ Tencent
Jan 2010 – Jan 2021 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Established and led Tencent security design team.
- Head of Product Design, Tencent Security.
- Head of Healthcare Design at Tencent.

### User Experience Lead @ Tencent
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010
Designed UX for QQ, QQ Space, Tencent Browser, and QQ video, shaping core experiences for millions of users.
Built and led a 60-person design team, diving in design flow improvements and industry best practice.


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in Integrated Hardware and Software Design
Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nickdu00

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Last updated: 2026-04-05