# Louisa Liu

> Senior Product Designer at Smalls

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/louisaliu

Louisa is fond of research, clarity, collaboration, motion, scalability and play.
They work primarily in digital spaces.

Their portfolio can be found at: louisa-liu.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ Smalls
Jan 2024 – Present | Oakland, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Smalls
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Oakland, California, United States

### Senior Interaction & Communication Designer @ IDEO
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
As lead interaction designer for IDEO.com, oversaw a project to fully modernize legacy design assets, including: Transferring inherited Sketch designs into a properly organized and documented pattern library in Figma; updating UX and design language to prioritize accessibility.

### Interaction & Communication Designer @ IDEO
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Partnered cross-functionally with marketing and development teams to design new features for IDEO.com, from wireframes to launch. Managed and led UX/UI design for a large-scale internal web resource for IDEO employees. Produced design assets for IDEO social media and illustrations for the company blog.

### Senior Designer, Digital @ Allbirds
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Created and maintained a digital pattern library. Worked closely with development team and product manager to execute digital designs for the ecommerce site from wireframes to launch. Lead a small team of designers on the creation of all digital assets.

### Designer @ idfive
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Executed web design, motion graphics, print design, identity design, user interviews, treejack testing, wireframing, information architecture, personas, website qcing, and presented work to clients. Collaborated closely with accounts, development, and creative team to meet tight deadlines.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Maryland Institute College of Art
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
History of Graphic Design: Led students in discussion groups about design movements. Deliberated course content with professors Ellen Lupton & Brockett Horne.; Type Intensive: Ran critiques independently, emphasizing design voice, proportion, and grids, using prior lesson-planning with Professor Maureen Weiss.; Interaction Design: Debugged students' code for interaction design using HTML, CSS and Bootstrap.

### Development Intern @ idfive
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Baltimore, Maryland Area
Learned PHP, HTML, CSS, SASS from lead developers, helped with front-end development for idfive homepage & client webites. Worked with Drupal, Wordpress and Site Executive content management systems.


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology & Philosophy
Boston University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/louisa-liu-b7a8603a
- Portfolio: http://louisa-liu.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/lulu914

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Last updated: 2026-03-25