๐ Hi - Iโm Joel! Result-driven product manager with 10+ years of experience, skilled in designing and managing products cross all stages of the lifecycle with strong UX and leadership skills. Passionate about delivering user-centric solutions and driving growth in products. Led initiatives that increased DAU and video post penetration by in TikTok-China, contributing to the platform's engagements. Co-founded Soda, led product and design teams to pioneer innovative solutions and enhance user experience, managed 20 team members in a fast-paced startup and peaked 100,000+ DAU. 5 years in consultancy, can complete the entire process of user research independently or with teams.๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ.๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ:1. Rich experience in product design and management across multiple platforms, especially in the realms of social media, social networking and content consumption.2. Proficiency in cross-team collaboration and driving complex projects forward.3. Skilled in working with Machine Learning teams to build recommendation models for specific businesses.4. A keen sense of data, adept at identifying opportunities and validating judgments through data analysis.๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ- I put the user at the centre of all that I do - I actively engage in user research and maintain direct dialogue- I excel at identifying and breaking down core business issues.- I rigorously set both leading and lagging KPIs.- I deliver high-quality execution with keen attention to user experience details๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ- I love to win, but winning as a team brings me greater joy - I communicate efficiently with both engineering and design teams.- I swiftly identify key win-win paths in collaborative settings๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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Senior Product ManagerGoodnotesLondon, Gb -
Senior Technical Program ManagerGoodnotes Sep 2024 - PresentLondon Area, United Kingdom -
Product ManagerDigital Urban Jan 2024 - Aug 2024Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom[My part-time work during MBA studies]- Digital Urban is a UK tech company specialising in VR projects to enhance public engagement in urban planning.- Spearheaded a new business line aimed enhancing public engagement with mobile VR.- Defined a unique and practical product positioning that combined with the company's unique strengths.- Conducted product design independently and collaborating with engineers to ensure technical feasibility. -
Senior Product ManagerBytedance Dec 2019 - May 2023Shanghai, China- Led core businesses โDirect Messengerโ and โCamera Effectsโ at TikTok-China(Douyin)- Initiated and led innovative projects including 'profile visitors'(Annual Most Successful Project), 'redesign Duet' and 'video autocut', contributed to a 0.7% increase in DAU and 3.4% increase in video posting penetration. - Collaborated closely with the Machine Learning team to enhance features, adjust weights, and improve data accuracy, leading to an overhaul of 'in-platform sharing' that boosted messaging penetration by 3.1%.- Launched 'swift replyโ and 'smart reply', combined with streamlined collaboration workflows between PMs and engineers, resulting in an 5.2% rise in direct message penetration.- Restructured pipeline of camera effects, from creation, distribution to usage, launched 'swipe to use camera effects' and 'effect cards', increased cold-start distribution efficiency, video posting penetration +4.1%.- Led the "Your 2022 Wrapped" New Year campaign by presenting socially interactive annual reports, boosting video post penetration by 3.9% while decreasing cloud rendering resources by 94.6% from the prior year. -
Co-Founder & Chief Of ProductSoullink Aug 2018 - Dec 2019Beijing, China[Soda is a premium dating app to connect young professionals. It peaked 100,000+ DAU and 40,000 posts per day. We raised $7.8M from investors including Sky9 Capital and ZhenFund, sold the company to Perfect World Co.]- Recruited and led product and design teams, overseeing product management and user experience with a team of 6, achieving a stable 42% new user Day 1 retention rate and 35% daily feed post penetration.- Spearheaded data-driven strategy, implementing a Q&A filter in account creation process that reduced low-quality male users by 7% and lifted high-quality female user retention by 3%.- Built Trust&Safety team in Tianjin from scratch and managed 15 subordinates remotely to achieve 7x24 content review and zero content safety incidents. Kept overall monthly expenses under ยฃ18,000.
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Senior Product ManagerMomo Technology Company Limited Aug 2016 - Aug 2018Beijing, China[MOMO is the largest dating app in China with 35 million DAU.]- Launched short video business from 0 with a team of 6 PMs, boosting user-generated content and achieving 3 million daily video posts within 6 months by integrating videos with user profiles and social interactions and cross-functional collaboration.- Pioneered and launched "Smart Recommended Chat Partners", boosting platform messaging by 17%, marking it as a top successful project of that year and a key feature for ongoing development. -
Product ManagerEico Design Feb 2015 - Aug 2016Beijing, China[EICO is the leading product and design consultancy in China, known as eico design]- Specialised in User Experience design for mobile and full-process User Research during this five-year period.- Led the digital transformation for SF, China's largest logistics company, in 2015. Conducted extensive user research in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, culminating in an industry-first, mobile app-centric solution that eliminated the need for manual form-filling for shipments, setting a new industry standard.- Spearheaded user research and strategic realignment for Dingxiang Doctor in 2016, China's leading online healthcare platform. Implemented a new mobile app design and emphasised the rigorous review process behind health articles, significantly enhancing content credibility and fortifying user trust in the brand. -
Senior Interaction DesignerEico Design Jan 2013 - Feb 2015 -
Interaction DesignerEico Design Jun 2011 - Jan 2013 -
Interaction DesignerMeitu, Inc. Nov 2010 - Jun 2011[MeituPic is the largest photo editing app in China with 243 million MAU.]- Acted as sole interaction designer for 'MeituPicโs' initial version and conducted in-depth Competitor Analysis to drive improvements in product. Following its launch in 2011, it topped App Store free charts in 100+ countries and remains a leader in China.
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