Maya Chen
maya.chen@email.com · 415-555-0198 · San Francisco, CA
Professional Summary
UI/UX designer with 6 years crafting product experiences from research to high-fidelity UI. Skilled at turning user insights into clear flows, design systems, and measurable conversion improvements.
Experience
Product Designer · Leafly Studio
San Francisco, CA • 2022–Present
- Redesigned onboarding for a B2B SaaS product; increased activation rate by 24% in 2 quarters.
- Led discovery research (12 interviews + usability tests) that cut support tickets on billing by 31%.
- Owned and expanded a Figma design system used by 8 designers and 3 engineering squads.
- Partnered with PMs to ship MVP wireframes in under 3 weeks for two new feature bets.
UI/UX Designer · Brightpath Apps
Oakland, CA • 2019–2022
- Designed mobile and web flows for a consumer fitness app with 400K+ downloads.
- Improved checkout completion by 17% through clearer hierarchy, progress cues, and fewer form fields.
- Created interactive prototypes in Figma/ProtoPie for stakeholder demos and engineering handoff.
Junior Visual Designer · Studio North
San Francisco, CA • 2017–2019
- Produced UI mockups and marketing visuals for 15+ client websites and product landing pages.
- Ran guerrilla usability tests with 20+ participants that informed navigation and CTA placement.
- Maintained brand style guides and asset libraries used by a distributed creative team.
Education
California College of the Arts
B.F.A. in Interaction Design
San Francisco, CA · May 2019
Projects
Accessibility Audit & Redesign • 2023
- Audited a marketing site against WCAG 2.1 AA and redesigned key pages; fixed 40+ contrast and focus issues.
Skills
Figma, User Research, Wireframing, Prototyping, Design Systems, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, Accessibility (WCAG), FigJam