# Jing Jin > Design Leader with a Founder Mindset, ex-Apple, ex-Scale, Public Speaker Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/jingjin Jing is an award-winning product and design leader who finds balance in order and chaos. She is currently exploring how to use AI to make Cool Things for Humans. Jing has helped dozens of companies build successful products. She founded an EdTech platform that is used by 4,000 schools, and built a UX team from scratch at Outschool, an online learning platform that serves 1MM+ kids around the world. Jing's work has been featured by the App Store and WeWork, as well as winning the Samsung NEXT Innovation Challenge, and TechInclusion awards. Jing started her career at Apple, after receiving her Masters in HCI from Carnegie Mellon University. Over the years, Jing has published research articles in ACM CHI as well as shared her knowledge with thousands of people through her talks at WWDC, Product Hunt, TradeCraft, and General Assembly. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ Scribe Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Advisor @ Isoform Jan 2024 – Present ### Public Speaker @ Public Speaker Jan 2010 – Present Speaker at schools, conferences and on podcasts about design careers, the EdTech space, and internet technologies. Career Development: • Featured Guest @ Creative Leadership with Heart - From Apple to EdTech to AI • Guest Lecturer @ SF State University 2023 - Entrepreneurship Course • Panelist @ CoProcure 2022 - Navigating a Career in Design and Impact • Featured Guest @ UX of EdTech Podcast 2022 - UX in the EdTech Executive Room • Featured Guest @ Women with Cool Jobs Podcast 2021 - What's it like to be in the User Experience Design Industry? • Fireside Chat @ Tradecraft 2019 - Design and EdTech EdTech: • Presenter @ NoVa UX 2022 - Convincing Stakeholders to Build Innovative Kid-led Experiences at Outschool • Fireside Chat @ Product Hunt Global Meetup Day 2020 - Being a Founder in EdTech • Presenter @ Tech Done Right 2018 - Helping Teachers Help Kids Read • Presenter @ EdTech Meetups SF 2018 - How Digital Apps are Improving Student Literacy Internet Technologies: • Presenter @ CSS Summit 2014 - Practical CSS Transforms • Presenter @ JS Conf EU 2012 - The Web's Black Magic • Presenter @ WWDC 2011 - What's New in CSS Effects and Animations • Presenter @ WWDC 2010 - CSS Effects Part 1: UI Elements and Navigation ### Staff Product Designer @ Scale AI Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States Led growth, innovation, brand, and assessment design initiatives in collaboration with product, engineering, operations, legal, and trust and safety teams • Grew activation by 67% by redesigning worker signup, application, assessment, and reminders • Grew referrals by 27% by designing more personalized touch points for both referrals and invitees • Initiated the mobile design system and rebranding vision with a focus on accessibility and micro-interactions ### Founder, CEO @ MindPals Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 AI career coach to help students to turn their passions into college superpowers. ### Head Of User Experience @ Outschool Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Head Of Design @ Outschool Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area • Leading product design, user research, UX writing, market research, design systems, visual design during a period of 10X YOY growth • Scaled the function from scratch to 15 designers, researchers, writers, and artists • Increased conversion rate by 33% and activation rate by 50% within the first 6 months • Created foundational systems such as brand guide, design system, culture values, product review, etc. ### Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Literator Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Multi-platform literacy instruction & insights app used in 4,000+ schools in 13 countries. Oversaw product, design, engineering, and customer success. Samsung NEXT Innovation Challenge Winner, Teach for America Innovation Award Winner, WeWork Creators Award Finalist ### Senior Product Designer & Product Manager @ Fyusion, Inc Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Second designer transitioned to first product manager. ### Co-Founder, Product & Design @ Konsult Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco • Guided 12+ clients through product strategy, design, development, and testing for their MVPs in both B2C and B2B spaces across mobile and web. • Designs featured in the App Store. • Prototypes won TechCrunch Disrupt. • Architected software that generated $1MM+ ARR. As a founder, I did almost everything from coding to hiring, with a specific focus on product strategy, UX design, and client management. ### Safari UI Engineer @ Apple Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Cupertino • Created concept designs for bookmarks, full screen, and the toolbar. • Implemented and maintained major functionality like bookmarks, tabs, Reader, full screen, and more. • Authored 2 patents on usability and privacy. • Gave 2 talks at WWDC on web standards. ### Google Summer of Code Intern @ Google Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Mountain View Created a C++ program for Hugin/Panotools that creates HDR images from multiple LDR images with minimized ghosting. ### Computer Science Intern @ Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Sunnyvale, CA Conducted user studies and created designs for the SmartSpaces project. ## Education ### Master's in Human-Computer Interaction Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 ### BS in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI) Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jingidy - Portfolio: http://portfolio.flukiness.com - Portfolio: https://medium.com/@jingidy --- Source: https://flows.cv/jingjin JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/jingjin/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30