# Leah Ryu > Product Designer @ Uber / RCA, Imperial Alum Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/leahryu 3 Key words representing Leah : Fast-learning, collaborative, results-driven. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Uber Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA Uber for Business Employee experiences/products ### Product Designer @ Uber Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, CA Uber Eats ### Founding designer, Co-founder @ OfferHour Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States OfferHour is a food-ordering platform optimizing restaurant promotions through time-sensitive discounts, helping businesses drive sales. Building a startup from scratch, I identified friction points in B2B transactions and user onboarding. The absence of an integrated payment solution and a seamless user experience hindered customer retention. - Designed and implemented Stripe payment integration, reducing transaction friction and boosting B2B conversions by 20%. - Led the end-to-end design and launch of the iOS and Android app, simplifying order flows and reducing customer support queries by 25%. - Developed a scalable design system that improved development efficiency, accelerating product iterations. ### Senior UX Designer @ Samsung Electronics America Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, CA Led a UX overhaul of Samsung.com’s eCommerce interfaces to address declining conversion rates caused by a complex and outdated checkout process. Redesigned payment workflows, successfully improving overall usability, reducing checkout friction, and increasing user conversions. Collaborated with cross-functional global teams across the US and India, delivering a responsive, high-performing eCommerce experience under aggressive timelines. ### Founder, Product Designer @ Remorph Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Seoul, South Korea Remorph developed XR infotainment solutions for autonomous vehicles, innovating immersive in-car experiences. In an emerging market for XR-driven mobility experiences, adoption was hindered by user discomfort and lack of compelling content. I tackled this by designing an optimized VR engine and leading business development efforts. - Developed a VR engine that reduced motion sickness by 50%, securing a tech patent. - Grew open beta adoption to 2,000 MAUs, demonstrating strong early traction. - Secured 6 enterprise contracts in 6 months, working with cross-functional teams, and business owners, raising fundings to scale development. - Started from sole founder, grew and managed the teams up to 9 in 1 year ### Senior User Experience Designer @ KineMaster - Video Editor Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | global Led UX design for KineMaster video editing apps, which achieved over 200M+ downloads and a 55% increase in MAU. Streamlined the design system, provided design guidelines for over 30 developers. ### Product Design Manager @ FLUXPlanet Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Designed Face AR features using 4D capture technology, enabling the integration of AR avatars in Samsung’s mobile AR platform. (Client: Samsung, Korea Telecom, Shinsegae) Developed AR avatars showcased in high-profile fashion shows and apps, driving a 25% increase in user engagement. Designed a full size interactive holographic display hardware prototypes. ### Product Design Consultant @ Raytheon Technologies Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 Designed a VR training product for Chevrolet at GM, reducing training costs by 50% through immersive simulation-based modules. Launched Chevrolet’s first standalone VR experience on Oculus Go, achieving a 90% satisfaction rate in dealership feedback. ### Product Design Consultant @ JSC games Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Seoul, South Korea Provided consulting and product guidelines for creating VR/AR prototypes(H/W) as well as UX design for a project focused on enhancing mental health in single-person households through immersive and emotional interaction. ### Visiting Professor @ Hongik University Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Conducted XR/AR product design workshops/lectures for 50 senior students, leading to 12 team projects for a semester. ### Art Director @ DoubleMe - Social Holographic Reality Experiences Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Seoul, London Led the design of a Mixed Reality platform for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, securing $1M in grants and spearheading a $10M follow-up project. Managed B2B partnerships with Vodafone, Tesco, Lexus, and Huawei, resulting in three new contracts for holographic and XR solutions. Designed various types of hardware form factors for in-car displays. Directed a team of 2 junior designers and 1 engineer, collaborating with a UK engineering team to deliver product milestones on schedule. ### Innovation Fellowship @ SAP Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Pangyo(Korea), Palo Alto(CA, US), Berlin, Heidelberg(Germany) As a team lead conducted and led workshops focusing on design thinking and implemented user-centered practices in collaboration with the respective SAP DCC locations at Palo Alto, CA, Berlin, Heidelberg in Germany. ### Design Intern @ 1MORE Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Shenzhen Designed innovative concepts for earphones and headsets for Xiaomi and Beats by Dre. ### Industrial Design Intern @ TECAstudio Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Shenzhen Contributed to design variations and visual strategies for Swatch’s Asian market initiatives. ### Designer, co-founder @ DRIM studio Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Seoul [Social & Barrier Free Design Group DRIM] [Dri:m] stands for a social design group. A design, marketing and systemic solution to contribute to the social works and awaken the society to take notice and to reconsider the marginalized class of a society. -Obtained Reddot Design award, iF Universal Design Award ## Education ### Master of Arts (MA) in Innovation Design Engineering Royal College of Art ### Master of Science (MSc) in Dyson school of engineering(Innovation Design Engineering) Imperial College London ### Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Product Design Hongik University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/leahryu - Portfolio: https://www.leahryu.com - Portfolio: https://prepfully.com/coach/B8JV3 --- Source: https://flows.cv/leahryu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/leahryu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13