# Shilya Lee

> Product Design Lead

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/shilya

Experienced product designer and manager specializing in creating user-friendly products from ideation to launch, utilizing strategic planning and product management skills to drive successful product development.

* Experienced in end-to-end product design and development process, from ideation to delivery

* Skilled in collaborating with stakeholders to define project scope, conduct research and analysis, and present findings to inform product decisions

* Proficient in providing design direction and guidance to team members, reviewing and approving design deliverables, and mentoring junior designers and PMs

* Capable of conducting usability research and incorporating the results into product decisions, and establishing project timelines to ensure successful project delivery.

Expertise: Product design, User experience (UX) design, MVP planning, Product management, Product development, Team collaboration, Design sprint facilitating

My portfolio site: https://shilyalee.com/

## Work Experience
### Lead Product Designer @ TikTok
Jan 2023 – Present | San Jose, California, United States

### Product Design Lead & Product manager @ Re:Tech Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives, conducted research and analysis, and presented findings to the team to inform product decisions

Worked closely with teams in Canada and China to ensure that our products were appropriately localized and tailored to meet the specific needs of each market

Provided design direction and guidance to team members and reviewed and approved design deliverables

Oversaw project timelines and allocated resources, tracked engineer progress, and made adjustments as necessary to ensure the project remained on track

Mentored and guided junior designers & PMs to help them grow and develop their skills

### Founding Designer & Head of Design @ tuuthfairy
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Managed the end-to-end design process, at every stage from ideation to delivery, including conceptualization, prototyping, validation, and creation of high-fidelity specifications

Facilitated workshops with stakeholders to infuse design thinking and influenced the company's strategy by conducting user research

Collaborated with the engineers to establish a project timeline and structured product development based on the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept

Developed pitch decks and strategy for product pivots with CEO using design thinking

Set up design language and developed human-centered framework for the company

### Senior UX Designer @ Atlassian
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led and managed the design process and drove product decisions for Statuspage with stakeholders

Created wireframes, UI mockups, and prototypes & conducted usability research and incorporated the result into product decisions

Bridged and connected company design culture into a newly acquired product team

Collaborated with the Project Manager to conduct user research and utilized the findings to enhance the product design

### Senior UX Designer and Prototyper @ Yahoo! Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | Sunnyvale, CA
In charge of growth for Yahoo mail and yield more than 30M annually

Created intuitive user experience for Yahoo Mail & provided systematic UI guideline for development

Created wireframes, UI mockups, and prototypes & Conducted usability research and incorporated the result into product decision

Identified the tradeoffs and unified design decisions across platforms and product

### Senior Front-end Developer / Interaction Designer @ McCann New York
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
Developed feature-rich web and mobile applications by working closely with the back-end development team member

Created and implemented standard practices for designers and programmers within an agile development process

Assisted strategist to come up with pragmatic plan by providing user centered design insights

Built prototypes to clarify ideas and refine concepts

### Developer @ Syrup
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Greater New York City Area
Evaluated clients' needs and built content management system based on the evaluation.
Cooperated with visual designers to build app prototypes on mobile devices.
Utilized expert knowledge to deliver advanced user interfaces and animations. 
Assisted in design and provided feasible coding advice.

### Editor @ udn.com
Jan 2003 – Jan 2006
Tracked user behavior and analyzed user preference, and effectively provided content based on research

Improved website interface

Developed content archive platform

Redesigned internal publishing interface

### Associate Editor @ Gigigaga.com
Jan 2001 – Jan 2003
Designed product navigating and displaying system of e-commerce

Created banner and email advertisement

Partook in yearly website redesign


## Education
### Master in Interactive Telecommunication
New York University

### Bachelor's degree in Journalism
National Taiwan Normal University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shilya-lee
- Website: http://shilyalee.com

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Last updated: 2026-02-23