# Wen Wu

> Product Designer / UX Designer

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

Hello! I'm a curious, multi-disciplinary Product Designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
   
Throughout my nearly 2 years of experience crafting digital products, and over 7 years of experience in design and research, my passion lies in designing delightful experiences for humans, on and beyond screens. 

With a strong problem-solving mindset, I greatly value collaboration, transparency and balancing creative ideas or approaches for the optimal design solution. You'll see this when I brainstorm ideas with the team, iterate user flows and patterns, or ask a lot of questions about how it works and about what's behind the scenes to uncover the user real needs.

I studied Landscape Architecture and Urban Design on a scholarship at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. After graduating, I worked for Hongjoo Kim Landscape Architects and BrightView Design Group collaborating with multiple consultants (Architects, Civil Engineers, etc.) before jumping into San Francisco Bay Area's tech arena. I believe my non-tech design background has been a key influence in my design craftmanship, detailed observing habit, spatial imagination, and cross-team collaboration skills to product design.

## Work Experience
### Lead UX Designer @ Cox Automotive Inc.
Jan 2025 – Present | United States
Fyusion Inc acquired by Cox Automotive Inc.

### Product Designer @ Fyusion, Inc
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Designer @ Stealth Startup
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Designed comprehensive B2B contract-data-extraction experience for 2 user personas with AI automation technology.
- Established a robust design system resulting in new brand identity, and successfully developed, rolled out with cross-functional designers.

### Product Designer @ IWP Capital LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Managed the 0-to-1 design of Sanctify mobile app, a Fintech trading platform 
specializing in faith-based investing & ESG investing under IWP Capital
- Designed the end to end user flows, created low fidelity mockups, and 
developed interactive, high fidelity prototype for core features with 30+ screens
- Drove the final visual design and drew illustrations to convey the company s value.
- 'Sanctify Mobile app design' was selected as 2023 iF Design Award Finalist.

### UX Designer @ Unknown
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Designed the responsive website for an online education NGO.
- Designed cross-platform flow and EV car HMI interfaces to reduce range anxiety.
- Partnered with engineers to create multiple VR/AR interfaces and prototypes.
- Created spatial and environment designs for 3 residential remodeling projects, with 3D modeling and construction documentation.
- Iterated the visual design and assisted vision planning for an Entertainment Park.

### Designer @ BrightView Design Group (formerly ValleyCrest Design Group)
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater Los Angeles Area
- Led the iterative design process of conducting design research, drawing conceptual sketches, 3D modeling, and documentation sets for City permitting.
- Collaborated with Engineers, Architects and Project Managers on 20+ projects.
- Produced 3D modeling and VR experience presentation for client meetings.

### Landscape Designer @ HONGJOO KIM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS INC
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area
Worked on concept design, construction documents and presentation deck.

### Graduate Research Assistant @ University of Southern California
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Landscape Architecture Design Assistant @ Schulze + Grassov ApS
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Project: Mobility Handbook of Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Developed the concept of ‘what makes a good mobility environment for all audiences’
- Generated the existing and proposed mobility system diagrams, and proposed improved cycling system
- Involved in cost estimation, and prepared the final mobility handbook

Project: Sunbeam Planning and Placemaking in Bermondsey, London, UK
- Performed the preliminary space-making for Biscuit Square 
- Animated  the storytelling presentation ‘one day in the life’ for Bermondsey neighbourhood
- Produced renderings for street perspectives and axon scenarios for squares

Project: Søndergade Street & Waterway Design, Middelfart, Denmark
- Involved in preparation of construction documents, produced plans and planting detail drawings
- Produced final plans, renderings, and pop-up book for ground-breaking ceremony
- Designed Catalogue for Waterway Element regarding stormwater design

Project: Berlin Potsdam Platz Public Life Survey, Berlin, Germany
- Conducted 19-hour public life survey including stationary mapping, photo documentation, and interviews
- Produced infrastructure and stationary mappings

### Landscape Architecture Intern @ Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design Institute Co. Ltd, Zhuangwei Studio
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Project: Shanghai Luxiang Garden Residence Landscape Planning and Design, Shanghai, China 
Involved in all-site Sketch-Up model making, and proposed three private garden design alternatives for model villa-houses. 

Project: Private Garden Design, Shanghai, China (Individual project)
In charge of field investigation, communicating with the client and plan design.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture
University of Southern California

### Landscape Architecture
The University of Georgia

### BLA in Landscape Architecture
Nanjing Forestry University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wenwu2023

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Last updated: 2026-04-13