# Joann Kim

> Product Designer | UC Berkeley Alumni | 0→1 Design | Building scalable, user-first products

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/joannkim

🚀 UC Berkeley Alumni and Product Designer with years of experience designing, launching, and scaling user-centered digital products across SaaS, fintech, healthcare, gaming, POS, and emerging technology environments. Recognized for designing from 0→1, leading end-to-end product across complex platforms, and translating technical constraints into elegant, accessible solutions. Experienced in collaborating with founders, engineers, researchers, and executive stakeholders to define product vision, interaction models, and scalable design systems. Demonstrates strong systems thinking, accessibility leadership, and the ability to deliver resilient product experiences across web, mobile, and hardware-adjacent surfaces. Adept at balancing business objectives, technical feasibility, and user needs to drive adoption, efficiency, and long-term product value.

## Work Experience
### Founding Product Designer @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2021 – Present | Los Angeles, CA
• Own end-to-end product design for an early-stage, emerging-technology startup which includes leading the translation of novel technical capabilities into usable, intuitive, and scalable product experiences.
• Define the long-term product vision and interaction roadmap by balancing experimental innovation with practical delivery constraints to support sustainable platform growth.
• Lead the design and delivery of a patented global gesture-control product, overseeing the full lifecycle from concept development and interaction modeling through high-fidelity prototyping and production-ready specifications.
• Partner closely with engineers and external legal stakeholders, including DLA Piper, to ensure product designs aligned with patent requirements, technical feasibility, and regulatory considerations.
• Establish core interaction patterns and UX standards to ensure consistency across evolving product surfaces and future feature expansion.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, and leadership teams to resolve ambiguity, align priorities, and accelerate decision-making in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Contribute to external-facing materials, including product visuals and demonstrations, to support partnerships, fundraising conversations, and strategic positioning.
• Collaborated directly with global partners including Netflix and the Paris Olympics, supporting contract acquisition through product demos, experience narratives, and design-led storytelling.
• Worked alongside founders of Coffee Meets Bagel to align product direction with user needs, market positioning, and business objectives.

### Freelance Product Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2021 – Present | New York, NY
-Met and gained clients from varying industries, including financial technology, client-management platforms, food order platforms, POS, product design platforms, and dating apps, working on projects diverse in topic and breadth.
-Engaged in brand design/redesign consulting and creation of visual brand identity.
-Built wireframes, low-fi, mid-fi, and hi-fi prototypes that incorporate the company's individual needs while using research to maximize user-friendly components.
-Collaborated with product managers, business partners, and engineers to help define product requirements and roadmap.

### Product Designer @ Lrnr
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Liaise with university faculty and globally distributed teams to design responsive web, tablet, and mobile learning platforms, increasing accessibility and engagement across varied educational contexts.

### UX Designer @ 500 Designs
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Berkeley, CA
-Led the UX design process for diverse projects across multiple industries, such as multi-modal conversational UX for tech and customer management web-based systems, consistently exceeding client expectations and delivering remarkable results.
-Collaborated closely with developers, providing detailed design specifications, resulting in improved efficiency and ensuring a seamless handoff and implementation of designs.
-Recognized for outstanding design leadership and received a "Designer of the Month" award at the design agency for consistently delivering exceptional projects.
-Developed information architecture and designed user interaction for a high-value client.
-Facilitated projects within a multi-functional team, end-to-end, including user research and developing user interfaces.
-Received accolades from clients for delivering high-quality designs within aggressive timelines, exceeding expectations, and fostering long-term partnerships.

### UIUX Designer @ dcSpark
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Austin, TX
-Coproduced UX research, ideation and innovation with the CTO in collaboration with UX designers and developers.
-Collaborated with the creative team and proactively participated in weekly meetings, presenting results of user research and testing.
-Focused on designing and shipping user-friendly onboarding process for a new mobile/web Blockchain application, ensuring that all client’s requirements are met and company procedures fully followed.
-Lead designer for the company’s project in redesigning desktop applications.

### Founding UIUX Designer @ Foodie
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Florida, United States
-Collaborated with product managers and engineers to manage and implement user-friendly features.
-Single-handedly built wireframes, low-fi, mid-fi, and hi-fi prototypes.
-Generated interactive prototypes, in-app graphics, promotional brand assets, and daily core content while conducting user research and testing.
-Wore multiple hats as a founding member of a small startup, providing insight into visual identity and strategic development.

### Graphic Designer & Zine Editor @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States
-Spearheaded idea-generating meetings with teammates.
-Curated articles and planned publication contents (virtual meetings and events).
-Designed promotional event collateral (posters, banners) used on various social media platforms.


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Art Practice (Design)
University of California, Berkeley

### Associate of Arts - AA in Fine Arts
Fullerton College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joannjykim
- Portfolio: https://joannkim.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13