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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• EQ Bank is 7th largest schedule 1 bank in Canada with over 500,000+ customers with 9B+ deposit (as of OCT 2024), publicly traded on TSX under EQBCurrently leading product design & strategy for Saving & Investment.
• Spearheaded product strategy and led end-to-end design for Notice Saving Account. Over 10,000+ customer sign up in first month. 50,000+ customer… Show more *EQ Bank is 7th largest schedule 1 bank in Canada with over.
• Spearheaded product strategy and led end-to-end design for Notice Saving Account. Over 10,000+ customer sign up in first month. 50,000+ customer reached in 6 months with 315%+ total deposit. 32% total deposit achieved.
• Led end-to-end design for FHSA Saving Account. 150% deposit target reached in 6 months with 30% total deposit achieved from the new design feature (first time funding widget). - launched on July 2023
• Initiated and designed onboarding experience for new customers and increased external funding per customer by 30% and overall funding rate by 6%.
• Nominated as one of the key speakers to represent EQ Bank and design team at DesignX’s “Designing for Fintech (July 18, 2024)” conference alongside product leaders from major fintech companies such as Scotiabank, RBC.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Casual Sushi was acquired by Good Kind Agency (thegoodkind.co) in 2024
• Led multiple end-to-end B2C optimization projects; from discovery, strategy, to delivery. Key projects include Mutha and Axiology that increased 18% and 15% conversion rate.
• Managed a team of four: two designers and two developers to ensure design excellence, effective collaboration, and agile development for all projects and deliver projects on time.
• Collaborated with internal team to optimize… Show more *Casual Sushi was acquired by Good Kind Agency (thegoodkind.co) in 2024
• Collaborated with internal team to optimize design and delivery processes to increase operation efficiency. This includes hiring designers and applying lean UX principles to collaboration, design, and delivery. Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Designed UI and interactions for Brand Your, Lil Helper, and Awde Alchemy. These brands became key portfolio work PB+J to acquire new clients.
• Collaborated directly with UX leads in user research, a/b testing, feature mapping, and experience auditing for all client projects.
• Worked closely with developers to ensure design QA and accessibility standard.

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Early stage founding designer; worked closely with founders to explore, iterate, and establish lean design process within the company. Helped with hiring new designers, outsourcing talents, and growing the team.
• Designed all visual-related work and experiences; successfully launched 3 startups from discovery to market and helped raised capital from investors after launch - Embody: 150k seed funding, Snack Owl Candy: 550k seed.
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• Acted as design partners and consultant for startups over time, from discovery, strategy, development, to launch to market, and even collaborated on pitch decks for investor funding. Show less