PRODUCT DESIGNER

Steve Chen

Sacramento, CA · (415) 577-2139 · heystevechen@gmail.com LinkedIn/in/heystevechen · stevechen.design

Sacramento, CA · (415) 577-2139
heystevechen@gmail.com LinkedIn/in/heystevechen stevechen.design

PROFILE

Product designer and builder with over a decade of experience leading design across startups and large tech companies, including Meta, Intuit, and LinkedIn. Passionate about building AI-powered tools and driving meaningful impact through customer-centered design, with a focus on new interaction paradigms, mobile apps, accessibility, and emerging technologies. Equally at home in scrappy startups and large-scale team operations.

CORE STRENGTHS

  • AI & Agentic Design: AI-powered workflows, agentic design patterns, and generative tool integration

  • Product & Project Leadership: End-to-end product vision, roadmap planning, and cross-functional team leadership

  • Design Systems & Architecture: Scalable system design, component tokenization, and multi-platform consistency

  • Core UX & UI Craft: Customer-centric features, interaction design, visual design, and accessibility design

  • Execution & Research: User research, user flows, wireframes, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes

  • Team Development: Mentoring, coaching, and community enablement across mobile and web environments

TOOLS

Figma (FigJam, FigmaMake), Framer (Framer AI), Claude Design, VS Code, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini, Google Stitch, Sketch App, Zeplin, Lingo, Abstract, Principal, Photoshop, Illustrator, JIRA, Confluence

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Google Play Editor’s Choice — 2016
Led the redesign of LinkedIn's Job Search app on Android, earning Google Play's Editor's Choice recognition.

LinkedIn UED Rockstar Award — 2014
Recognized by LinkedIn's design leadership for cross-functional impact, mentorship, and elevating team performance.

EDUCATION

Web Design & Interactive Media, Associate of Science — Art Institute of California–San Francisco, 2011

Advertising, Bachelor of Arts — Hawaii Pacific University, 2007

Meta · Menlo Park, CA (Remote) · 2020–2026

Lead / Product Designer

  •  Led product design for an enterprise investigation tool protecting Meta's family of apps against complex threats across 190 countries, used by 15,000 monthly active investigators.

  • Led AI-first product strategy that consolidated 16 fragmented internal tools into a unified investigation platform.

  • Defined Meta's first AI-led investigation workflow, reducing cognitive load while preserving human decision-making.

  • Owned end-to-end UX, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and front-end engineering using AI-assisted development workflows.

  • Launched a live pilot in 3 months, reducing investigation handling time by 93% with zero critical issues.

INTUIT · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA · 2017–2020

Lead / Principal Product Designer

  • Led end-to-end product design for QuickBooks flagship products, delivering a complete rollout across 12 enterprise and market tools using the QuickBooks Design System.

  • Scaled the design language across a 250+ member community through contribution models, workshops, training, office hours, and design governance.

  • Architected a scalable component and design-token system that accelerated engineering and product delivery.

  • Shipped 41 new components in 6 months, with 90% adoption of the new design language, establishing a single source of truth.

Samsung · mountain view, CA · 2017

Lead / Staff UX Designer

  • Led strategy and end-to-end design for the Samsung+ membership experience, including an extended support plan with a chatbot and a premium white-glove tier with extended warranty, within an Android support app with 50M+ downloads.

  • Led UX quality processes through audits and measurements, and trained and mentored designers on craft and best practices.

LINKEDIN · SUNNYVALE, CA · 2012–2016

Lead / UX Designer

  • Served as design lead and sole product designer for LinkedIn's native Job Search app on iOS and Android, reaching 10M+ downloads.

  • Designed a personalized Discovery feed that turned passive job search into career exploration, shipping the MVP in 6 months.

  • Led the iOS and Android redesign of the app, which was featured in the Google Play Store and ranked #1 in its category.

  • Partnered with product management, engineering, research, design, and Google teams to maintain feature parity through agile sprints.

ANCHORFREE · Mountain view, CA · 2013–2014

Lead / Senior UX Designer

  • Led end-to-end UX/UI design and redesign initiatives for Hotspot Shield VPN across desktop, mobile, and web, supporting a product with 200M+ downloads.

  • Delivered cohesive experiences across iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, browser plugins, landing pages, and marketing collateral, partnering with product, engineering, and marketing.

TANGO.ME · Mountain view, CA · 2012–2013

UX / Visual Designer

  • Led product design for Tango iOS and Android features for a social messaging platform with 200M+ downloads.

  • Designed and shipped Address Book Import, onboarding, and video-sharing experiences, plus marketing collateral.

  • Streamlined production workflows by automating redline and asset export, and onboarded and trained new designers on production processes and best practices.

SHMOOP ·Mountain view, CA · 2012

Lead Designer

  • Led UX/UI design for a digital educational publishing company with over 400K MAU, across websites, applications, and micro-sites.

  • Partnered with executive, engineering, and project stakeholders to define redesign strategy, goals, and roadmap.

ISSIO SOLUTIONS · Lafayette, CA · 2011–2012

Founding Designer

  • Led end-to-end product design for Issio EMR across iOS and web.

  • Collaborated with executives and key stakeholders to design and build a cohesive design language and scalable brand experience.

  • Launched a beta in six months and deployed across seven HCA Healthcare surgery centers, replacing manual workflows with real-time digital experiences.

  • Onboarded and mentored incoming designers, streamlining workflows and production processes.

Self-employed · sunnyvale, CA 2007–2012

Freelance Designer

  • Led end-to-end design for client projects across e-commerce, social media, retail, informational platforms, and non-profits, from discovery to final deliverables.

  • Translated user research into flowcharts, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups, and designed brand identities, logos, and marketing collateral.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Google Play Editor’s Choice — 2016
Championed the redesign of LinkedIn’s Job Search app across Android and iOS, earning Google Play’s Editor’s Choice recognition and reinforcing the app’s leadership across both major platforms.

LinkedIn UED Rockstar Award
Recognized by LinkedIn’s design organization for going above and beyond on the Job Search app.

EDUCATION

Web Design & Interactive Media, Associate of Science — Art Institute of California–San Francisco, 2011

Advertising, Bachelor of Arts — Hawaii Pacific University, 2007

Steve Chen — Product Designer

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