# Laura Wu > UX Design @ PLAUD.AI | Cornell Alum Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/laurawu Hey! I'm Laura Wu, a designer who thrives in collaborative and dynamic spaces. I'm constantly leveling up my skills to craft user-centric designs that spark joy and laughter. ## Work Experience ### UX Designer @ PLAUD.AI Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Design Lead, Technical Committee @ Women In Computing At Cornell Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York, United States ### Designer, Technical Committee @ Women In Computing At Cornell Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Ithaca, New York, United States - Managed the design team to revamped the WICC official website to update program information and better reflect the organization's professional image. - Improved the design speed by 38% by establishing an expandable design system and workflow in Figma. - Increased the on-time task completion rate to 90% through organizing weekly meetings to facilitate the collaboration between the design and technical teams. - Completed high-fidelity prototypes for 7 key interfaces independently using Figma, which boosted the monthly website traffic to more than 6,000 visits and extended the average user visit duration to 5 minutes. ### Digital Product Designer @ Cornell webdev Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Ithaca, New York, United States - Conducted systematic interviews a focus group of 15 to create the long-distance relationship support app Glimpse. Utilized affinity mapping to analyze and summarize patterns, trends, and user needs to iterate on early design concepts, which leads to an 26% NPS increase. - Designed the information architecture and user flows that offering users various ways to create common topics and record shared memories after 3+ rounds of brainstorming based on interview insights and technical constraints. - Collaborated effectively with the dev team to ensure project transparency and immediate feedback through weekly team meetings, shared design prototypes via Figma, and managed code with Git for smooth design-to-development hand-off. ### Product Design Intern @ PLAUD.AI Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 - AutoPilot Feature: Proposed and launched the AutoPilot feature by analyzing over 280 user suggestions to identify the need for template-free summaries; self-taught prompt engineering to independently develop and test multiple GPT models, finalizing the prompt that brought the feature to life. The feature now boasts a 91.67% satisfaction rate—5.4% higher than the average of other templates—with an output summary sharing rate of 50.68%. -Template Selection Interface Upgrade: Optimized template selection UX by analyzing user feedback and launching the company’s first survey to 10,000+ users. Provided low-fidelity design options based on 30+ survey responses, which influenced the final design for significant visual clarity improvements. - UI Design: Designed high-fidelity UI interfaces using Figma, including an audio import guide informed by market research on popular audio storage apps, available to the app’s 190,000+ user base to support common audio import scenarios. Recommendation letters available upon request. ### Web Designer @ Develop for Good Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 - Redesign for Fruity Schools Africa’s official website with 5 designers to improve information accessibility, streamline visitor-to-organization communication, fortify the brand image, and elevate website traffic as well as conversion rates. - Executed comprehensive user research, including detailed user studies and 3+ stakeholder interviews, to grasp customer needs and technical constraints fully, validating the design strategy's effectiveness. - Crafted interfaces for 4 key features in alignment with client specifications, resulting in a 34% increase in the satisfaction rate during user testing. ### Teaching Assistant, Intro to Digital Product Design @ Cornell App Development (AppDev) Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Ithaca, New York, United States - Provided constructive feedback on case studies during section meetings and one-on-one check-ins. - Contributed to the instruction of design principles and tools, supporting over 50 enrolled students per semester. ### Web Design Intern @ Meto Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Led the proposal design of the administration portal of a collaborative scholarship program with the Mastercard Foundation, enhancing oversight of scholarship distribution for foundation and partner university administrators. Received outstanding feedback from foundation representatives, markedly boosting collaborative potential. - Revolutionized Meto's student registration process with a layout that increases readability and system status visibility, resulting in the creation of over 30 high-fidelity prototypes expected to raise user conversion rates by 20%. - Directed the design of Meto Partner University Administration Portal, expected to build 15,000+ connections between universities and potential applicants, and serve 12,000+ student users. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Information Science Cornell University ### Pre-college Program Parsons School of Design - The New School ### High School Diploma The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laura-wsq - Portfolio: https://www.laurawu.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/laurawu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/laurawu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13