# Kyle Jhong

> Informatics @ UW | Incoming UX Design Intern @ Amazon

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kylejhong

My name is Kyle and I’m a UX Designer/Frontend Developer interested in artistic creativity, human behavior, and technology. I'm currently enrolled at the University of Washington pursuing a B.S. in Informatics.

With access to digital tools at a young age, I began creating interactive experiences through games, animation, and music. I love to make art because I can communicate ideas in a way that transcends language.

Over five years, I led a cross-functional team to build the game Jaded, managing timelines, coordinating design, and aligning vision across disciplines. The result was a labor of love that launched on Steam and reached over 180,000 players. In this process, I realized my favorite part was design— making careful, intentional decisions to communicate a certain experience. Now, I'm keen to explore what other ways programs can impact people.

Overall, I'm passionate about digital creativity, designing for people, and creating interactive experiences that bring joy to the people around me!

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Design for America at UW
Jan 2025 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
Conducted surveys, interviews, and secondary research to understand how digital distractions affect attention
Analyzed competing digital wellbeing products and synthesized insights to identify opportunity areas, user pain points, and constraints shaping early product direction

### UX Designer @ Roclab at University of Rochester
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Rochester, New York, United States
Designed a responsive mobile layout for MelCourses, a student-built course planning app, contributing to a 54% increase in monthly active users
Led UX design for the calendar feature, optimizing scheduling workflows and helping secure University endorsement
Maintained a scalable Figma component library, ensuring design consistency and accelerating team workflow

### HCI Research Intern @ RocHCI Research Lab
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Rochester, New York, United States
Redesigned UI of an educational AR Unity game in Figma by writing concise copy, enhancing visual hierarchy, and simplifying interaction flows
Authored a design analysis document recommending actionable improvements to strengthen student comprehension
Collaborated with a team of 5 developers to implement 13 UI components in Unity, ensuring design intent was met

### Marketing Manager @ User Experience (UX) Design Club at University of Rochester
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Rochester, New York, United States
Overhauled brand identity, designing visually compelling promotional graphics for UofR’s pre-professional society for design (Figma, Adobe Photoshop) 
Organized social media outreach campaign, boosting event attendance by 20% spring semester

### Co-Founder & Creative Director @ ShellSnore Games
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | Bellevue, Washington, United States
Co-founded and led a cross-functional team of 4 to develop Jaded, contributing to a 92% positive Steam rating and 180,000+ players after a 2022 beta and 2025 full launch
Directed project milestones using Agile-inspired development cycles, coordinating tasks and deadlines
Developed gameplay features in Unity using C# (dialogue system, player movement physics, animation)
Created pixel art animations and UI elements using Aseprite, enhancing immersion and visual clarity
Conducted user testing to iterate on design decisions, improve UX, and balance difficulty

### Instructor @ iD Tech Camps
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Stanford, California, United States
Led workshops in Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Animate for 47 students ages 10-17, fostering creativity, digital literacy, and design thinking
Simplified complex visual and technical concepts for clarity, reflected in a 90% positive student feedback rating


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Informatics
University of Washington

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Brain and Cognitive Science and Computer Science
University of Rochester

### High School Diploma in Digital Communication and Animation
Freestyle Academy

### Mountain View High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kyle-jhong
- Portfolio: https://kylejhong.framer.website/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13