Tech

-  Cooperate with marketing, engineering and strategy team to define and build SERES brand identity and strategy
-  Conduct product research on targeting users and competitive analysis, build affinity maps of features and brainstorming for ideations 
-  Create HMI interaction concept of SERES, design the interaction model of driving and IVI system based on requirements and research (Eg. Invent an interaction method for driver to interact with screens without taking hands off the steering wheel)
-  Create other automotive interior components design (Steering wheel, instrument panel, e-brake button, etc. ) and maintain external design agency work coherently with SERES design strategy


Senior Designer

-  Conducted user research with marketing and strategy team, evaluated requirements   and results to generate product strategy with product manager. 
-  Design cabin interior components (seat, sideledges, user interfaces, buttons and nobs, etc.)
-  Created wire frames and prototypes upon defined userflows; conducted internal using test along with other interior components developed. (Usually test for ergonomics, usability and visual )
-  Prepared and presented hi-fidelity prototypes to the upper managements for review and feedback.  


Industrial Designer

Teaching assistant of sophomore Interior Design Studio II, demonstrate and tutor the digital and manual render.

Interior Design Department

Summer internship at interior production studio
-- Buick Flagship Concept

Interior Designer

Worked on the QDIDA official website and 2009 China International Consumer Electronic Show

Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Design Coordinator

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SERES

Textron Aviation

College for Creative Studies

General Motors PATAC Design Studio

Qingdao Industrial Design Association

College for Creative Studies

General Assembly

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University