# Kevin Mao > Freelance Product Designer · Ex-Tesla & Evernote · Driven to improve the world Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinmao I have a deep affinity for a wide range of design and art. I pursue design because of its vast potential to help people, and for its integration of beauty and utility. I’m keen on exploring human-centered, interactive, engaging design. Ultimately, I want to apply my skills to creating positive impact. Digital Product Design · Interaction Design · User Experience Design · User Interface Design · UI/UX · Prototyping · Visual Design · Photographer ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Unknown Jan 2020 – Present Full spectrum design of digital products, from mobile apps to websites. ### Senior UX Designer @ Tesla Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Palo Alto, California, United States 设计关于住宅能量产品的体验 ### Design Advisor @ unspun Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company building custom jeans for each consumer, on demand. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing. ### Product Designer II @ Evernote Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Redwood City, California, United States ### Product Designer I @ Evernote Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, California, United States - As the primary desktop designer on the Core Zone, launched Evernote’s next generation apps for millions of users while unifying design language across macOS, Windows, desktop web, and mobile, by closely collaborating with product, engineering, analytics, QA, and marketing. - Collaboratively advanced desktop and mobile design systems through documentation, improving organization, building clean and modular components, and advising on and communicating about usage to team. - Strengthened design team by encouraging best practices, sharing knowledge about Figma, and teaching Figma to contractors and engineers. ### Product Design Mentor @ Product Classroom Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 ### Product Designer @ Zumper Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, California - Worked closely with product, engineering, growth, marketing, and sales to ship numerous projects across renter and landlord products on desktop, mobile web, iOS, and Android, as well as marketing and internal needs. - A small fraction of my projects: Zumper Design System, single listing and building detail pages, Map-List search results page, monetized properties on Map-List, similar listing cards, search by drawing, income-restricted properties. - Organized, planned, and executed user research and usability testing for projects. - Spearheaded the switch from Sketch to Figma as our main design tool, which cut costs, streamlined collaboration, and fostered a culture of feedback. ### UX Design Intern @ DocuSign Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area - Worked cross-functionally to design Products & Pricing page tool, incorporating research & coding fully functional prototypes for testing. - Executed visual redesign of Support Center content, exploring over 100 directions for components & overall design. QA tested upon launch. - Designed Android icons in accordance with company visual guidelines. - Taught Framer workshop to product design team, successfully sparking interest in continuing to learn the program. ### Smartphone Photography Instructor @ Fullosophie Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area Co-led workshops on fundamentals, tips, and tricks of smartphone photography and editing. ### Design Intern @ Locket Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area - Transitioned from core content production to being sole UI designer. - Collaborated with engineering to ship various projects, including two redesigns for Bunch (later called ScreenPop), Locket’s photo messenger. - Created interactive prototypes and conducted user testing. - Wrote HTML and CSS for responsive mobile and desktop website. - Designed in-app graphics, promotional brand assets, and daily core content. ## Education ### Specialization in Interaction Design UC San Diego ### Design and Technology San Francisco Art Institute ### Associate of Arts (AA) in Graphic Arts Monterey Peninsula College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kevmao - Portfolio: https://kmao.co - Portfolio: https://instagr.am/k_mao - Portfolio: https://cal.com/k-mao/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/kevinmao JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kevinmao/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25