# Michael Ji

> Product Designer but not just a designer

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelji

Design to envision.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer @ SmartNews
Jan 2022 – Present
Designing the convincing delivery methods of information and news

### Senior Product Designer @ Brex
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Seattle, Washington, United States
Led designs of Brex Empower’s budget management and team & accounting onboarding, creating a continuing experience across Brex Empower

### Product Designer, Novi @ Facebook
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area
In P2P team under Facebook Finance. Led designs of Facebook Split Payment and Facebook Pay Referral.

### Product Designer, Business Payment @ Facebook
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater Seattle Area
In Business Payment team. Led redesigns of Facebook ads payment & management and the 10-yr old Facebook Ads Coupon management tool.

### UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California
In Google Play team. Designed Google Play Pass home pages & recommendations. Involved in usability testings and other product decision process

### UX Research Assistant @ UW Reality Lab
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
Research over the current restaurant menu viewing & experience challenges
Work in a team of five to design & develop mobile AR Menu/restaurant experience application;
Prototype with After Effects & Unity.

### UX Research Assistant - Youtube Kids - KidsTeam UW @ University of Washington
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Seattle Area
Sponsored by Google, this inclusive KidsTeam UW research focused on HCI between kids and technology.
By working closely with kids aged from 6-15 and other researchers, I helped research & design YouTube Kids UX to invite inclusive joint media engagement between children of different abilities.

### Design Specialist @ UWashington Formula Motorsports
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, WA
Led redesigning the main UX flows of the official website
Co-designed the brandings (logos, team clothes etc.)
Co-designed & built T-29 Electric Formula car with the team which won 2nd place in FSAE Lincoln for design

### UX Designer @ Taunt
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Seattle Area
Worked closely with former Google & PopCap leaderships to design & launch Taunt: an interactive E-sports streaming app for gamers from 0 to 1. Taunt raised $4.75m as the seed funding. Often pitched to CEO and did frequent user research with team. Design micro-interactions and interactive in-game feedback

### Design Director @ WEGET Magazine
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | 美国 大西雅图地区
A college start-up organization creating lifestyle magazines and holding cultural events. As the design director, I have been leading a team of 8 to design and publish the magazines, online interative products and advertisments for co-organized events such as the official US tour of a famous drama “Rihnosocers in Love” in November 2017, attracting 4000 audience in hours, which all win nice reputations amoung our audiences and customers.

### Graphic Designer @ WEGET Magazine
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area
Design quarterly magazine contents and graphic designs with a team of designers


## Education
### Bachelor of Design in Interaction Design in Human Computer Interaction
University of Washington
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-ji
- Portfolio: https://www.themichaelji.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-30