Maggie Ching Email & Phone Number

Honolulu, HI, US

Los Angeles, CA

• I was a UX & Website Support Assistant for UCLA SAIT. I worked on:
• Communicating with department representatives and utilizing web content management systems to write HTML for new test pages or edit HTML for existing UCLA website pages
• Addressing the challenge of creating a new and coherent resources system applicable for all department websites in order to improve user experience and overall web accessibility
• Conducting competitive analysis to research resource systems, proposing screen redesigns for listing and organizing resources, and presenting deliverables to supervisors and department representatives

Los Angeles, California

• I was the co-executive director at Creative Labs, a student-led organization that aims to combine the creative with the technical. Also used to be the lead projects manager and a designer!Exec Director:
• Oversee and manage internal teams
• Build relations with other student organizations and companiesPM:
• Led project documentation and facilitate weekly communication between project managers and project leads in order to demo projects within 6-8 weeks
• Oversaw project meetings to ensure that projects are meeting established milestones in their respective project timelines
• Organized and facilitated project-related events with ~100 people in attendance such as General Meetings, Demo Days, etc.Designer:

• I was the lead UX designer for OnCampus, a student-built website that allows UCLA students to discover a student organization they’ll love.
• Conducted usability tests to observe user interactions with the mobile site during club discovery phase
• Discovered that users approached “browse” and the search bar for distinct purposes while finding clubs
• Redesigned and created wireframes and mock-ups of website and mobile screens to better match user expectations and current behaviors

• I was an Adobe Xd student ambassador.
• Designed visual assets for social media posts on platforms with a reach of ~1000+ people to promote upcoming Adobe Xd workshops and increase Adobe Xd trial downloads
• Hosted workshops and tabling events on campus with a reach of 100+ students to increase brand awareness and teach students how to use Adobe software
• Developed a marketing plan with other student ambassadors in order to outline promotion strategies for reaching 300+ trial downloads by the end of the year

Los Angeles, California

• I worked as a design intern over the summer for Logos LLC., a news platform that aims to crowdsource unbiased journalism.
• Created high-fidelity wireframes and mock-ups of website screens for new features
• Redesigned the profile page, search bar, and rating system in order to increase usability and drive user engagement with features
• Presented rationale behind design decisions to other designers and upper management which resulted in the implementation of proposed redesigns

Los Angeles, California

- Established goals for user experience research - Conducted user interviews / usability tests- Compiled and organized interview data in a presentable manner

Los Angeles, California

- Designed newspaper layout for the “Arts & Entertainment” and “Opinion” sections for daily production- Designed wireframes and high-fidelity mock-ups for Daily Bruin Online projects - Designed layouts for Daily Bruin print projects (ie, magazine issues, double trucks)

Honolulu, Hawai'i

- Trained new staff members on layout design- Drafted and finalized newspaper layout design- Supervised news staff during production and coordinated with upper staff, staff advisor, and school administration- Ensured proper submission of newspaper layout before major deadlines- Conducted interviews with people of interest- Wrote and conducted background.

Bachelor'S Degree, Cognitive Science

User Experience Design

High School Diploma