# Mingyu Zhang

> Sr. Design Manager @ Affirm

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

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Design Manager @ Affirm
Jan 2024 – Present
Lead the App and Card Experience design team under Direct-to-Consumer org.

### Senior Staff Product Designer @ Affirm
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024

### Staff Product Designer @ Affirm
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024

### Senior Product Designer @ Affirm
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Product Designer II @ Affirm
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

### Product Designer @ UserZoom
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | United States
- Led the design of a core project - Automated recruiting for all research methods. Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams located in both US and Europe. Increased the number of launched studies per month by 240%. Increased screener usage by 25%.

- Initiated and led the first ever visioning project - Future task builder. Organized and facilitated remote design thinking workshops. Explored multiple directions based on participatory designs and moderated researches. Presented and gained buy-in from the whole executive team.

- Improved the collaborating process for distributed teams by introducing teamwork framework, visualizing design process, clarifying decision making process, and initiating team retrospects.

### Associate Instructor of Interaction Design Practice @ Indiana University Bloomington
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Bloomington, Indiana Area
- Mentored 50 graduate students on user experience design projects by actively participating in their design processes and providing feedback from design thinking to visual details.

- Prepared curriculum and project briefs along with the professor and fellow associate instructors.

### Product Design Intern @ DiDi
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Beijing City, China
- Optimized online and cash payment experiences for both passengers and drivers of Didi App (over 300 million active users with 10 million rides completed on its service each day).

- Actively collaborated with researchers, product managers, developers and marketing teams to uncover insights and translate concepts into features for the first international version of DiDi App.

- Executed user journey maps, wireframes, interactive prototypes iteratively for a seamless and transparent ride experience for international users and their unique needs.

- Conducted and presented competitive analysis independently on product globalization strategy and gained buy-in from executives.

### Interaction Design & Development Intern @ Tsinghua University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Beijing City, China
- Led the design of “1-BIT Brain-Computer Interaction” system for ALS patients to improve their living qualities.

- Conducted contextual inquiries and usability studies to iterate the overall user experience.

### UX Design Intern @ Founder International Co., Ltd.
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Beijing City, China
- Worked on a team of 7 in Smart City Department, designed an online service system for the city government in Beijing, China. Conducted field research and identify pain points. Framed problems and transformed insights into specific features.

- Designed end-to-end user experience and worked closely with product managers, developers and other product teams.


## Education
### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction
Indiana University Bloomington

### Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Beihang University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mingyuzhang

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Last updated: 2026-04-13