# Vicky Zhou > Product Designer Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vickyzhou Crafting metaphors to use as tools for helping people. I love looking at ways to empower people to explore, think, play, and create using technology. ## Work Experience ### Product Designer II @ Datadog Jan 2024 – Present | New York, NY ### Product Designer @ Palantir Technologies Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States Designed the core AI/ML silo for model evaluation, management, and deployment. Standardized components horizontally across the platform for searching, discovering, organizing, and selecting entities in the Ontology, Palantir's object-orientated programming. Contributed to the public-facing and internal design libraries. Collaborated with users, project managers, developers. Conducted interviews for designers and mentored design interns. ### Design Subteam Lead @ Iris Rover (by Carnegie Mellon University) Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Designed the digital user interface of Iris Rover, a private lunar initiative funded by NASA set out for 2021. Leading and working in collaboration with engineers, designers, and scientists to create a teleoperation ground software system to carry out the mission. ### Product Designer @ Iris Rover (by Carnegie Mellon University) Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### Teaching Assistant 15-104 @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Co-Teaching Fall 2020 Intro to Computation for Creative Practice, an introductory CS cources in p5.js and Javascript for design and art students. ### User Experience Designer @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 UX/UI designer and researcher on AWS AI/ML Kendra. Deep dove with customer insights, interviews, and user journeys to create a v1 design solution and design roadmap on the improvement of Kendra's FAQ. ### User Experience Designer @ Digitas North America Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Worked within the Creative team for clients: Walmart, JennAir, Avis, TMobile, Macy's. • Created digital screens, pitched decks, and brainstormed creative assets for loyalty programs, business campaigns, and overall consumer user experience across various touchpoints. • Aided in creative brainstorming on internal rebranding projects. • Conducted daily and weekly meetings with Intern team (of 6), for Intern Macy's Client Project. • Won internal intern project, and pitched and won final Macy's clients. ### Designer @ Blockmatics Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Conducted user research, created brand identity and new website, and developed educational content at blockchain education consulting firm. Drew in several hundred new users, learned about blockchain and the industry, and worked alongside software developers and financial researchers. ### Creative Designer @ Lunar Gala Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Developed visual brand and designed printed and digital assets for Pittsburgh's largest fashion event for an audience of 1200+. Worked closely with the Creative Director, Web, Motion, and PR team to create a cohesive experience. ### Designer @ Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Area Worked as designer for Asian Student Association, CMU's largest cultural organization. Created logos for fundraisers, publicity, facebook banners, and branded merchandise, and generated an incoming class of over 300 students. ### Research Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction Institute Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 Conducted user research and wireframed a personalized EHR (electronic health record) system for UPMC that visualizes and aligns patient-targeted views with clinician goals under faculty direction. ### Graphic Designer @ Unison Music Media Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area Graphic design project head. Created press packet releases, facebook banners, website headers, seasonal banners, and logos for independent classical artists seeking rebranding and increased social media presence. ## Education ### Bachelor of Design in Environments Design, Human Computer Interaction, Physical Computing Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### The Business of Blockchain Blockmatics Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 ### Roslyn High School Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vickyzhou99 - Portfolio: https://vicszhou.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/vickyzhou JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vickyzhou/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30