# MC C.

> Senior Product Designer

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

Design is not just a job to me, it’s part of who I am. I see design as both a tool and a mindset for solving problems in the most thoughtful and beautiful way. At its best, design makes the world work a little better, makes people’s lives easier, and brings moments of joy and spark to what surrounds us. Adaptability, integrity, and attention to detail are core to how I work. I’ve designed across different industries and companies of various sizes, but the constant has always been a strong focus on users. In practice, great design often means balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility, and finding clarity within those constraints.

## Work Experience
### Senior Experience Designer @ Autodesk
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California
-Led end-to-end design for AutoCAD across web, mobile, and desktop platforms, ensuring consistency and usability at scale
-Collaborated cross-functionally with product, engineering, research, and analytics teams across multiple products, contributing to strategic alignment and delivering a cohesive One Autodesk experience
-Drove user-centered design through qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing, and product analytics, resulting in measurable product improvements

### A' Design Award Grand Jury @ A'​ Design Award and Competition
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Sr. Product Designer @ Everly Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
At-home sample collection & lab testing experience
-Led design efforts to improve the test results experience for both direct-to-consumer and enterprise users
-Partnered closely with research and analytics teams to redesign the results experience based on user insights and data
-Drove design initiatives to strengthen a user-centered design culture, influencing product decisions and team practices

### Product Designer @ Core (acquired by Hyperice)
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California
-Led the redesign of the Core Meditation app from beta to public launch, covering end-to-end experiences including onboarding, home, content discovery, post-session insights, data visualization, history, profile, illustrations, and physical device connection
-Drove the full design process from ideation and sketching to user flows, prototyping, testing, and iteration, ensuring a cohesive and user-centered experience
-Established the Core app’s Design Language System, enabling consistency, scalability, and faster iteration across the product
-Collaborated with cross-functional partners, including two product managers, a meditation expert, three iOS engineers, and a firmware engineer, to successfully deliver the launch
-Data visualization with Core sensor device
-Worked with Art director on Core e-commerce website, marketing & social design

### Product Designer @ Shiseido Americas Corporation
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, MA
Worked in the Technology Innovation Department
-Launched the Buxom Try-On iOS app and Shiseido Makeup Try-On website
-Designed AR-powered virtual makeup try-on experiences, leveraging augmented reality technology
-Delivered UI/UX design for digital products and internal tools across multiple platforms
-Created virtual makeup templates, partnered with engineers to bring them into production

### Junior User Experience Designer @ Clade & Co.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | New York, NY
Launched Clade, a private iOS mobile app
-Conducted competitive analysis and user research to inform and drive design decisions
-Led design from concept and storytelling through sketching, user flows, iteration, user testing, and final delivery
-Delivered pixel-perfect, consistent interface design
-Collaborated closely with PMs, designers, and developers

### UI/UX Design Intern @ Clade & Co.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### User Interface Design Intern @ Michael Kors
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | New York, NY
Worked in the e-commerce group. 
-Designed UI features on the Michael Kors desktop and mobile website.
-Delivered email templates design, the Digital Brand Guide, animations, icons, gifs, and infographics. 
-Presented a research solution on responsive web design in the fashion industry to the whole team.

### Visual Design Intern @ Ogilvy & Mather
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Beijing, China
-Worked in the ThinkPad team. 
-Designed traditional billboards, roll up banners, flyers, digital banners, and website mockups.
-Created emojis, icons, video ads storyboards, video ads subtitles, and retouched images.


## Education
### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Design & Technology
Parsons School of Design - The New School
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Design and Visual Communications, General
Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/caom061
- Portfolio: https://mcaodesign.github.io/
- Portfolio: http://app.yiqihanzi.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-25