Hey 👋🏻 I'm Hazel 

A passionate UIUX / Product designer based in Sydney

Hey 👋🏻 I'm Hazel 

A passionate UIUX / Product designer based in Sydney

I am a designer love tackling complex challenges and fostering strong team collaboration. My work revolves around understanding user needs, uncovering key insights, and shaping concepts, which I find both exciting and fulfilling. I also deeply enjoy refining designs, building prototypes, and conducting tests to deliver meaningful and impactful solutions

With 3.5 years of experience in the Fintech industry, I began as a system developer, managing Agile projects and collaborating with design teams. My passion for UI/UX design sparked through online bootcamps and self-learning, and I love how this field constantly evolves, allowing me to explore cutting-edge trends and technologies.​

 In my free time, I enjoy staying active through gym workouts, hiking, swimming, and recently, bouldering. I also love playing guitar, reading, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen. Continuously learning and discovering keeps me energised!

I am a designer love tackling complex challenges and fostering strong team collaboration. My work revolves around understanding user needs, uncovering key insights, and shaping concepts, which I find both exciting and fulfilling. I also deeply enjoy refining designs, building prototypes, and conducting tests to deliver meaningful and impactful solutions

With 3.5 years of experience in the Fintech industry, I began as a system developer, managing Agile projects and collaborating with design teams. My passion for UI/UX design sparked through online bootcamps and self-learning, and I love how this field constantly evolves, allowing me to explore cutting-edge trends and technologies.​

 In my free time, I enjoy staying active through gym workouts, hiking, swimming, and recently, bouldering. I also love playing guitar, reading, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen. Continuously learning and discovering keeps me energised!

My Value

Keep a positive learning attitude

Having a strong eagerness to learn and being humble and open-hearted is what I believe can help me make progress each day. I am not afraid of failing; every time I try to implement and practice newly received knowledge, I learn something, regardless of the result.

An observer and listener

Growing up as a sensitive person, I can easily sense details. I care about people and am always willing to offer my help. Despite years of university and work experience, which have honed my ability to analyze rationally, this substantial innate ability makes me adept at empathizing with others and working with teammates.

Vision and realistic thinking

As a "planlistic" person, I am always thinking and planning. I love having a holistic vision of the near future, enabling me to establish achievable goals. By breaking down daunting challenges into manageable pieces, I can overcome them step by step. This approach benefits me and sometimes helps my team take the first steps and complete projects on schedule.

My Skills Map

User Research, Design Process & Methodology, User Interview

Information Architecture, Competitor Audit

UI Design, Wireframe, MVP Prototyping, Usability Test

​HTML/CSS, Front-end/ Back-end Programming, Database

Active Used Tools

Working Experience

What's On | Sydney, Hybrid

Product Designer Lead | 2024 Sep - present

As the Product/UIUX Design Lead at a startup, I collaborated closely with the founder, strategy team, development team, and internship team. Working in a fast-paced, iterative environment, I conducted user research, designed UX solutions, created UI prototypes, managed design hand-offs, and oversaw testing. This role significantly enhanced my communication skills and provided me with the opportunity to lead and organise the team.

Cathay United Bank | Taipei, Taiwan

Mid-level System developer | 2019 Sep - 2023 March

I worked as a full-stack developer, using JAVA and JavaScript to build an in-house banking system. In such a large company, I learned how to collaborate across departments, practiced agile development, and conducted user testing. Additionally, I maintained overseas banking systems, gaining deep domain knowledge by engaging directly with end users. Overall, it was a very challenging experience; I even took on responsibilities such as hardware procurement with no related background. However, that's how I practice problem-solving skills.

UXY | Remote

T.A. | 2023 Sep - 2023 Nov

UXY is an online UX Bootcamp where participants engage in an industry cooperation project as a team for 3 months. I joined the course in March 2023 and graduated as an honors student, which gave me the opportunity to participate in the next season's class as a TA. My mission is to assist students assigned to me with their project management and questions about the UX process. Additionally, I serve as a coordinator between the students and their stakeholders and host some meetings.

Education

Master of Interaction Design, University of Technology Sydney

2023 - Present|Australia

B.A. Applied Linguistics and Language Studies, Chung Yuan Christian University

2015 - 2019|Taiwan