# Kaiting Huang

> Product Designer | ex-Google, ex-startups

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kaiting

I'm a multidisciplinary product designer with 10+ years of experience in big tech and startups. Currently based in Seattle, WA, and focused on design with Gen AI. In my professional career, I have worked on planet-scale consumer experiences as well as highly customized enterprise solutions. I appreciate designs that demonstrate simplicity, clarity, and profoundness. My passion lies in creating things. Other than designing tech products, I also like playing piano and guitar, editing videos, and DIYing my home.

If this strikes a chord with you, let’s connect!

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Portfolio and blog: http://kaitinghuang.com/
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## Work Experience
### Lead / Staff Product Designer @ TikTok
Jan 2025 – Present | Bellevue, Washington, United States
Leading the evolution of TikTok’s 3M CRM platform from today’s AI-assisted model to an AI-led future.

### Founding Product Designer @ Hirefly
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Washington, United States
- Led the whole UX function in a seed-stage startup to modernize recruiting with AI.
- Oversaw the creation of multiple 0-1 products from concept to launch, securing paying customers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
- Developed a comprehensive Hirefly design system from the ground up, ensuring consistency, responsiveness, and scalability across products and platforms.
- Established an agile UX workflow within the product development lifecycle, rapidly iterating based on customer feedback, user interviews, and competitive analysis.

### Interaction Designer @ Google
Jan 2016 – Jan 2023
- Drove the creation of a flexible identity system connecting billions of profiles across Google apps. Collaborated with multiple product teams (e.g., GPay, Maps, Messages…) as a horizontal partner to address diverse use cases, ensuring consistency and cohesion throughout the Google ecosystem.
- Grew the user base of Youtube Creator Diagnosis by 10X by revamping the tool’s interaction and visuals. Guided the cross-functional team through the end-to-end process, including UX research, iteration, and execution.
- Additional contributions: cross-platform designs (Android+iOS+Web), responsive design, Material Design application, accessibility guidelines, and mentoring aspiring product designers.

### Co Founder / Design @ BittyCasting
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
BittyCasting is an online tool for independent creators to manage creative projects without rummaging through inboxes. The goal is to streamline the process of sending, receiving and organizing headshots, resumes, cover letters, reels, audition, applications, etc. for multiple characters and multiple projects. Let users focus on sorting talent, not files.

Cooperating with 3 other professionals in charge of research, sales, marketing and back-end development, I take the lead in the overall brand identity design, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, video making and front-end development.

### Interaction Designer @ Sharewire B.V
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
- Led the design process of the app/web projects, including ux research, interaction design, visual design and prototyping.
- Coordinated a cross-functional team (strategists/developers/PMs) internally and took charge of milestone presentations to clients externally.
- Gave design guidance and workshops to trainees and interns.
- Clients: Allego, Booking.com, GGD, HvA, Museon, PwC, Rijkswaterstaat, Salesboard.

### Graduation Design Intern @ MobGen
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
- In charge of a research project that rethinks and reimagines the authentic mobile interaction.
- User experience research / usability tests / idea generation / prototype building.
- The final product, FluidCalendar, creates a novel tactile experience by applying fluid’s flowing characteristic to the touchscreen.

### Interaction Design Intern @ Pegatron
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Taipei, Taiwan
- Conducted focus group interviews for the user experience report.
- Assisted in the research about the cutting-edge technical trend.
- Developed conceptual ideas with senior designers through brainstorming.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction and Design
University of Washington, Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design

### Front End Development Certification in Computer Science
freeCodeCamp

### MSc in Design for Interaction
Delft University of Technology

### BBA in Business Administration
National Taiwan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaitinghuang
- Website: http://kaitinghuang.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23