# Sharon(Xiaoyuan) Zhu > Lead Product Designer | Crafting seamless user experiences | AI Location: United States, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/sharonxiaoyuan I am a Product Designer with 10+ years of working experience. As a self-motivated individual, I'm passionate on building customer-centric, engaging, intuitive and meaningful experiences that deliver value and delight. With a background in HCI, digital art and interaction design, I also had 3+ years of university-level teaching experience in art and design. I worked on projects on VR, motion capture, 2D and 3D animation, as well as sound and video arts. Specialize in: design strategy, user experience design, interaction design, user research, information architecture, user interface design, motion design, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, design system and component library, usability test, whiteboarding, concept walkthrough video. ## Work Experience ### Lead AI Product Designer @ SAP Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States Focusing on Intelligent Experience and Design Excellent ### Lead Product Designer - Sales Cloud @ Salesforce Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 Collaborate with cross-functional team to streamline the discovery based setup experience. Scaling single cloud design solution into platform solution. envisioning innovative user experience in the age of AI to picture seamless integration and user engagement. Led the 0 to 1 E2E design solution of the AI-powered Coaching experience. ### Lead Product Designer - Platform @ Salesforce Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Lead cross-cloud design initiatives to bring product vision to life. Close partnership with cross-functional teams (product, research, engineering, content, marketing, growth) and a group of talented designers across the company. Drive design solutions that empower users with seamless learning experiences in the flow of work. Closely partner with product leadership to develop product vision. Help the team gain empathy in applying a human-centered design approach. Transform various data points into a consumable E2E journey map. Design innovative tools to help increase the user engagement and adoption. ### Guest Lecturer - Design @ San Jose State University Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 Shared topics on design thinking and UX to inspire art and design majored students. ### Sr. Product Designer @ Asurion Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 Led several mobile-first design projects of the Memories App - Asurion’s premiere Photography product. Close Partnership with Product Manager, Engineer, Data Analyst to define and redesign mobile solutions for onboarding, engagement and retention experience. Led Design Sprint workshops to help cross-functional teams identify and align on long-term and short-term goals, collaborate on innovative strategies, and quickly test ideas out with rapid prototyping. As part of the self initiated user research group among the UX team, I led knowledge share sessions, as well as hands on user research projects to plan, conduct and synthesis research insights. ### Lead Product Designer / Design Manager @ Megaputer Intelligence Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 Re-envisioned cloud-based enterprise application that transforms the user experience with intuitive, dynamic workflows, and engaging interactions, that helps the user create and discover insightful data stories. Close partnership with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end product design experience. Project includes web report system, data visualization configuration, CMS, and vendor projects where in additional to the design craft, I also deliver client presentations to communicate the value and strategy of product design. Built and Managed a team of 4 UX designers, and mentored Junior Designers. Started as part-time design intern before joining as a full-time designer. ### Graduate Assistant - Motion Design @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 Shared topics on Motion Design technique and tools. Facilitates lecture and workshop sessions. ### Lead Associate Instructor - HCI @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Organized and led weekly discussion section for 20-30 undergraduate students on topics of human-computer interaction design Mentor over 30 undergraduate student through design projects and facilitate peer critiques among teams ### UX Design Intern @ Amazon Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Greater Seattle Area Worked as UX design Intern on the Core shopping experience(CSX)/Media shopping experience(MSX) team - Led individual design project in collaboration with PM in Amazon Core Shopping Experience/Medialines team - Designed and delivered multiple projects for both Amazon mobile and Amazon.com - Created wireframes, hi-fi mock-ups and motion study - Built click-through prototypes - Conducted competitive analysis and user observation - Ran guerrilla usability study and implemented feedback - Participated in and presented on regular design reviews ### Visual / Digital Experience Designer @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Indiana University Created both digital and print design solution for various departments and events at IU. ### Associate Instructor - Art & Design @ Indiana University Bloomington Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Designed the course curriculums and taught Digital Media Art classes. Animation and Multimedia Interaction, Web design, HTML/CSS, Art Foundations, etc. Led class discussion on digital design technology, design thinking, multimedia interactivity ## Education ### Design Thinking and Innovation - Certificate Harvard Business School Online ### MFA in Digital Media Art and Design Indiana University Bloomington ### Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design Indiana University Bloomington ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiaoyuanzhu --- Source: https://flows.cv/sharonxiaoyuan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/sharonxiaoyuan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23