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Working in UX Design Episode 50: Does Design Matter? with Jay DemetilloWith 10+ years of experience working in New York City, San Francisco, China, Singapore, and now Australia, Jay Demetillo has built an impressive resume of experience and creating impact from 0 to 1. Jay has designed for Twitter, Pinterest, Yahoo, and Grab. Jay was an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and has spoken/lectured in China for ACG. He’s worked on notable projects like the Bay Lights, Gaspar Brasserie, San Francisco’s Park System SFPark, GrabFood, and Grab AudioProtect. Jay is passionate about building products and designs that are inclusive, having empathy for your users, and...

2025-10-231h 10

Working in UX Design Episode 49: Systems and Product Thinking in Research & Design with Tara HirebetTara Hirebet is a seasoned product development and research leader with 18+ years experience working with big tech (Google), startups (Spotify) and super apps (GoJek, Swiggy, Rappi), creative agencies (RGA, TBWA), and government—delivering across the full E2E lifecycle. She builds things that don't exist yet— products, teams, offices and approaches —wherever the highest-stakes, messiest challenges live. Her strength lies in connecting systems thinking with user insight, then turning that into scalable solutions that unlock new market share, revive stuck products, or define what's next. Tara believes in seeing users and products as systems. Systems are much harder to abando...

2025-09-261h 14

Working in UX Design Episode 48: Vibe Code & Launch your first Mobile App with Sherizan SheikhSherizan Sheikh is a designer and AI builder. He leads design at botim (MENA’s fastest-growing app), builds solo projects like Nasma.ai, a spiritual AI habit tracker, Getglocal.ai, AI localisation tool and runs Detach.to for designers who love AI. When he’s not in Figma or Cursor, he’s rallying builders at JFBI, a vibecoding community in UAE. Hear us cover: Why vibe code is a massive opportunity for product professionals Deciding what to build Getting started with tools Launch and market to PMF Reiterating as a solo builder UX Career pathways

2025-08-281h 02

Working in UX Design Episode 47: Iterate to Fit: Using Continuous Discovery to achieve PMF with Jocelyn MalanJocelyn is a product and design leader with 14 years of experience in building strong teams and creating impact for consumers and businesses. She helps teams achieve strategic excellence across stages and particularly loves the 0-1 stage. She has been the CEO of a Series A breast cancer biotech (acquired in 2019), founded two organizations, including a design firm based in NYC, and has been part of the founding team of two other companies. Her expertise is her ability to translate customer insights into concepts and products. Some careers highlights include being a Senior Product and Design Director at a design...

2025-07-301h 05

Working in UX Design Episode 46: Hypergrow your Tech Career with Startups with Assyaraf JohariAssyaraf is currently a product design manager at Circles - a Telco SaaS company. With 10 years of experience in digital design, he is passionate about building great products as well as mentoring and growing design teams. Outside of work, Assyaraf enjoys the occasional travelling, discovering new music and supporting his favourite football team, Liverpool FC. Hear us cover: Lessons from transitioning from an individual contributor to a team manager Why choose a career and culture that demands excellence? Scaling design teams in the ASEAN region Reasons for working in a startup vs elsewhere

2025-06-251h 00

Working in UX Design Episode 45: Designing and Launching Global Products with Jill QuekJill Quek is a design lead at Automattic. She currently manages a team of product designers, who work remotely from all over the world. Together, they build e-commerce software at scale for more than 3 million stores on WordPress. Hear us cover: Making remote work productive as a leader Managing up and design team visibility while working remote Growing and evolving your career as an IC and Manager Preparing a portfolio and profile for an international company like Automattic

2025-05-301h 09

Working in UX Design Episode 44: From Meta To Masters: Why Good Designers Stay Curious and Courageous with Sabina FernandezSabina Fernandez is a UX Content Design Lead whose designs have unlocked millions-worth of spending with diverse-owned suppliers. How? Empathy. She puts herself in the shoes of others to make things better. After launching user experience (UX) content design in Meta's APAC headquarters, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she continued to design with words and information, making Enterprise software intuitive and user-friendly at Meta. Before that, she crafted content for Yahoo, Audi, and Conde Nast Traveller. Hear us cover: - Bridging the talent gap in content and product design ...

2025-03-261h 00

Working in UX Design Episode 43: Blockchain and Web3 Usability Design with Winnie ChongWinnie Chong has spent 17 years bridging creativity and commerce in design, advertising, and interactive media across the APAC region. She’s worked with some of the biggest names, from VMLY&R, a global digital ad agency, to SPH, where she played a key role in transforming Singapore’s largest media company from traditional publishing to the digital economy. Today, she leads User Experience at Bank of New York and is based in Singapore. Winnie’s passion is understanding what people truly want, whether it’s clients, customers or users, and making sure the experiences she designs are not only function...

2025-02-281h 10

Working in UX Design Episode 42: Behind the Numbers: Future proofing your Career, Pay and Progression with Jonathan YapJonathan Yap is a design leader and community advocate exploring the evolving identity of design in Southeast Asia. Through Design Pay Asia, he dives beyond surface-level salary data to uncover deeper insights about career growth, education pathways, and the changing value of design in the region. With 15 years of experience across WeWork and Visa, and currently leading design standards at a Singapore bank, Jonathan brings a unique perspective on how design roles are transforming alongside technological advancement. His work combines quantitative insights with nuanced understanding of cultural and educational shifts in the design industry. As someone deeply invested in...

2025-01-301h 10

Working in UX Design Episode 41: The Art of Design Transition Scaling Innovations with Legacy with Thum Yin TengWith over a decade in design, Yin has done everything from print and branding to working with startups, leading event creatives, and managing an indie band’s branding. After 5 years in consulting, where she worked across different industries and regions, she now lead the design and product teams at Naluri, pulling all that experience together to create impactful digital products. Hear us cover: Building a regional product with global ambitions from Malaysia Evolving Naluri's Brand and Design Language Designing around legacy systems Insights building and designing for HealthTech Consulting at McKinsey vs working In-house

2024-12-3158 min

Working in UX Design Episode 40: Beyond Digital, Incorporating Service and Product Management in WealthTech with Isaac LeeKicking off his career through hackathons, Isaac Lee quickly transitioned from payments into wealthtech. With a passion for solving problems at scale, he's revamped wealthtech apps, overhauled customer service workflows, and automated everything from onboarding to exclusive investor products. Now, he’s discovering just how far technology can elevate wealth management as a senior product manager at Endowus. Hear us cover: Solving the issue of both online and offline experience in wealth management Cultural adaptation versus thought leadership, GTM for different markets Product Innovation at a growth stage company Building a career in FinTech

2024-11-2757 min

Working in UX Design Episode 39: Innovation Design and Beyond with SheryleneShery is a design strategist with a flair for unconventional thinking and excels at tackling complex problems in creative ways. After nearly a decade in New Zealand, this Singaporean returnee has built a solid track record across Aviation, Education, Digital Consulting, FinTech, and more. As a cheeseboard layout expert, amateur wine-enthusiast and lazy food lover, she set up the Innovation Design Club as a support group for wayward designers like herself. Now part of the care Innovation team at SC Ventures, she leverages her talent for connecting the dots to drive ecosystem considerate thinking and achieve meaningful growth.

2024-10-2847 min

Working in UX Design Episode 38: Service Design and Beyond with Adela OrdonezAdela is Director of Product Design and User Insights teams at Zalora, working across various SEA markets. She has been at the forefront of designing user friendly and intentional products, services and experiences. She has been both on client side and consultancy side having worked across continents in Americas, Europe and now in Asia. Hear us cover: - Service Design in Europe vs Asia - Skillsets of a Service Designer - Projects at Zalora and more that goes beyond UX design - Consulting vs In-house Design Team

2024-09-301h 06

Working in UX Design Episode 37: Design Leadership — Paths for Progress with Norman TehNorman is a senior design manager based in Singapore. At Grab, he drives strategy, design, culture, and growth across the organization with a focus on elevating user experiences across support, comms, safety, and family experiences for 600+ million people across Southeast Asia. He’s deeply fascinated by how businesses, communities, and ecosystems are built, broken, and evolved and why we make the choices we do. Outside of work, he shares his insights as a writer, moderator, and speaker. He’s been nominated as a young gun by Antalis 10-20-30, a judge for Singapore Good Design and has been...

2024-08-281h 08

Working in UX Design Episode 36: Communicating Impact as a Design Leader with Izwan IsmailIzwan Ismail is a digital and design leader with over a decade of experience that encompasses startups, scaleups, and corporations. He has advised a government on building startup ecosystems and built the nation's digital and design capability. Izwan builds and leads teams of world-class designers, product managers, engineers. He believes in tying together the user's need, technology's feasibility and business viability to achieve digital evolution's success. He also co-founded VLT Labs, a venture builder that builds, launches, and invests in startups across South East Asia, Australia, and Europe. His venture builder successfully merged with McKinsey...

2024-07-3156 min

Working in UX Design Episode 35: The Value of Innovation and Venture Design with Eyad HasbullahEyad's a venture bricklayer with his recent experience primarily being in the digital sector for energy, renewables, commerce, media and fintech, from early-stage strategy and product concept development to securing resources required to set-up and operationalize new products and services. He tends to surf the sweet spot between product management, business development and technology. He is interested in positive and sustainable change and is energized and enthused by great design and great experiences. Today, he supports the commercialisation aspiration of a large, diversified renewable energy firm in Malaysia. He scored top in the 2020 Oxford Fintech P...

2024-06-271h 03

Working in UX Design Episode 34: Designing and Growing with Malaysia’s Digital Ecosystem with Johnny WooMeet Johnny, a seasoned designer with over two decades of experience spanning various industries, including comics, automobiles, mobile apps, and secondhand goods. He is driven by the belief that exceptional design should seamlessly blend into our lives, offering intuitive experiences that feel like second nature. Johnny's mission is to simplify our increasingly complex world through the creation of digital interfaces that are not only visually appealing but also user-friendly, making information readily accessible. With a wealth of expertise in product design and a track record of shaping UI/UX strategies for tech companies in Malaysia, Johnny is deeply passionate...

2024-04-251h 05

Working in UX Design Episode 33: Deep Frontiers in UX Design Ikram FaidzalWith over 13 years of experience spanning digital agencies, e-commerce (11street - a joint venture between SK Planet and Celcom Axiata), and telecommunications (Digi in Malaysia and Smartfren in Indonesia), Faidzal strongly advocates for a research-first approach. He emphasises the importance of data-driven decisions and continuous design experimentation. Currently, Faidzal is the UX Design Lead for Global Commerce at LINE in Bangkok, Thailand. He focuses primarily on building and strengthening the 3Ps: - People: Uplifting the team's research-driven mindset and building a data-driven culture. - Product: Strategising a UX approach that fits the company's direction. ...

2024-02-271h 09

Working in UX Design Episode 32: Business Impact of Strategic Design with Ruby PryorRuby has spent her career making organisations more customer-centric. In Singapore, her experience includes working as a Lead UX Researcher at Grab and Strategic Designer at Boston Consulting Group. Previously she worked as a management consultant at Nous Group in Australia. Ruby's career has focused on using Human Centred Design techniques in diverse contexts across the public, private and non-profit sectors to provide advice on product and service design, strategy and policy. Ruby has spoken at multiple international conferences and regularly shares design thought leadership on LinkedIn. Join us to hear us cover:

2023-12-041h 02

Working in UX Design Episode 31: Navigating your Design Career in Agencies & Startups with Daryl TanDaryl is a Digital Product Designer with over a decade of experience working in various agencies, start-ups, and SMEs. He is creatively curious, and enjoys crafting meaningful experiences by leveraging on the latest data, processes, and technology. In his previous roles and experiences, he led successful teams in delivering high-value projects, implemented processes and systems while collaborating across various business, research, product and engineering units locally and internationally to drive product and service to successful delivery. His motivations are to continue to discover, learn and innovate through the understanding and application of new concepts and...

2023-11-0556 min

Working in UX Design Episode 30: The Impact of AI in UX Design with Chenmu WuChenmu Wu graduated from university with a degree in Architecture and proceeded to work at Shopee for four years as a UIUX designer. In 2019, he played a pivotal role in initiating the migration of the design team from Sketch to Figma. This transition sparked his enthusiasm for Figma, leading him to embark on developing Figma plugins as side projects. During his time at Shopee, Chenmu served as the primary contributor and manager of the Shopee Design System. Additionally, he took charge of the UIUX design for Bill payments and the Shopee international platform. In his...

2023-10-1752 min

Working in UX Design Episode 29: Predicting the Future of UX with Gideon SimonsPart technologist and part psychologist, Gideon specialises in designing experiences with emerging technologies such as AI, IOT and Automation, and brings over 15 years of experience of working in Startups, Corporates and Consulting where he has worked on a wide variety of products and projects which range from Fintech, Insuretech to Media, Health, Telcos, E-Commerce and E-Learning. Synopsis: UX has come a long way, from a term only used in academia, making its way into the industry and becoming part of day-to-day language. At the same time, UX practitioners are constantly going through a roller coaster...

2023-09-0651 min

Working in UX Design Episode 28: Women Leadership in Tech with Upasna BhandariUpasna started as a UX Researcher (Team of 1) in the fintech industry solving user problems related to finance needs specifically in the APAC region (think loans, insurances, investments etc) and then grew into a UXR leader growing research teams. Having worked for startups and corporates, Upasna knows what are the advantages and challenges that both environments bring and has been coaching researchers to align where they truly fit. All this only to realise that empathy and organisational culture stand at the core of what she believes in. Since then she has been trying to nurture and grow user research...

2023-08-021h 09

Working in UX Design Episode 27: East meets West Product Design with Kuei Tien HuangKuei Tien Huang is a Product Design Manager with Rakuten Viki who manages and develops the product experience design team. Whether it’s solving a complex design problem, or just making people happy in the office, she aims for simple, intuitive solutions that will improve the lives of those around her. Kuei Tien has previously also worked as a Senior UX Designer at Rakuten Viki as well as a Product Designer at Carousell. She has also done UX and Visual Design work for Migme and Bread Of Life Christian Church. Join us to hear us cover: ...

2023-07-1055 min

Working in UX Design Episode 26: Bridging Tech and Design with Yi Xin AngYi Xin is a senior product designer specializing in UX and UI with over 13 years of experience of solving problems and crafting great user experience for businesses and consumers. Her experience in software engineering and frontend development knowledge to be able to work with product development teams seamlessly to translate vision into functional and delightful experiences. She was previously from Stripe and Amazon Web Services and had also led UX and Design in multiple projects at Open Government Products, GovTech such as Parking.sg. RedeemSG used for CDC Vouchers scheme and Vaccine Appointment System. Join us to...

2023-06-0653 min

Working in UX Design Episode 25: Scaling a Product Team in a High Growth Startup with Jared ChanJared is an experienced product leader with over 15 years of experience in product management and digital innovation across various industries. He is a design-thinking practitioner who enjoys creating products that empower people. During this tenure leading the product and design team in CARRO, he found passion in coaching and mentorship, helping others in their growth. In his personal life, he is a proud fur-dad of 4 rescued dogs. Join us to hear us cover: - Scaling product and UX design teams, especially with resource constraints - UX strategy (including hiring...

2023-05-0245 min

Working in UX Design Episode 24: Product Thinking & Product Design with Justin LeongProduct Designer at SPH based in Singapore focusing on implementing user-centred, data-driven and business-oriented design. He has been involved in various stages of product delivery, from doing 0 to 1 work in Xendit (YC15) a hyper-growth unicorn startup to scaling up B2B, B2C and B2B2C products in an array of different industries across multiple platforms. His best work happens when he is crafting solutions and championing human experiences in a collaborative, ambitious and innovative team. Passionate about Design, he coaches and mentors early-stage designers or transitioners in the field of design...

2023-03-3147 min

Working in UX Design Episode 23: Working in UX Research in the USA with Monica Chan, EdDUX Researcher at Amazon, Monica Chan, is a Singaporean living and working in the United States. She recently graduated from Columbia University (Teachers College), where she completed her doctorate in Education Technology and focused on K-12 maker / STEAM education. Now at Amazon Alexa, she investigates interactive experiences between humans and voice assistants, in areas such as personalization, customization, and proactivity. She recently started mentoring at ADPList and Open Door Policy, an organization that helps refugees upskill to find remote jobs, as she is passionate about supporting upskilling/reskilling opportunities and career...

2023-02-1646 min

Working in UX Design Episode 22: UX Research & Strategy with Homaxi IraniWith over 20 years in experience design, the last 15 years have seen Homaxi Irani in roles providing leadership to build and elevate UX research and design maturity within organisations. She has worked in Australia and Asia in Group and APAC roles, in both corporate and consultancies. Homaxi’s motivation to share her experience and learn from others drives her to invest time in the design community as an educator, coach, and mentor. She is currently looking for global or regional opportunities to drive design maturity and customer centricity at an enterprise level. Ho...

2022-12-211h 06

Working in UX Design Episode 21: Building and growing UX circles with Khai Seng HongKhai Seng has been in the UX design field since 2004, focusing on design research and interaction design. He was formerly the Head of Singapore for Foolproof, a UK-based experience design agency. He is a firm believer in holistic experience design spanning digital, spatial, product and service domains. However, he also thinks that delivering great design for a client is only part of the equation – it is also key to help clients bring sustained impact and cultural change in the way they work. Learning and people development are in his blood. He has taught at Republic Polytechnic and he...

2022-10-3145 min

Handful of Leaves | Mindfulness & Buddhism in Everyday Life Ep 15: Shifting from a scarcity to an abundance mindset (Ft Daylon Soh)How does an abundance mindset align with the Buddhist values and practice? Daylon shares personal stories of how moving away from the scarcity mindset has helped him in his life and career. Daylon is a corporate executive turned education entrepreneur who runs a training institute, based in Singapore & Malaysia, focused on helping professionals and businesses grow their careers and business with User Experience (UX) Design and Product Management. Daylon is a Buddhist by faith and has been a pescatarian since 2016. More about Daylon and his work: ...

2022-10-0644 min

Working in UX Design Episode 20: Learning and Networking as a UX-er with Wenshu KwekWenshu is a senior product designer at Shopify with a background in industrial design. He helps reduce risk in product development and solves high-impact problems with elegant and thoughtful solutions. He works best in cross-functional teams and has 7 years of experience shipping successful B2C and B2B products and services. Beyond working with leading global technology companies, start-ups and government agencies, he tries to find time to give back to the local design community. Come down to hear us cover: - Growing from a junior to senior UX-er ...

2022-09-2945 min

Working in UX Design Episode 19: Running a Remote UX Design Consultancy with Chin Chin (Tan) BurkolterChin Chin started out as a visual communication designer, with her role expanding towards strategic experience design. She is a person who is always looking to learn so she can acquire skills to help her career as well as her clients. Over the course of her work, Chin Chin has collected different experiences in design and product management. She has worked across multiple industries including consumer electronics, household appliances, computers, food and beverage and digital services. Since 2016, Chin Chin has been managing Somia Customer Experience, a consultancy specialising in Product Innovation...

2022-08-3148 min

Working in UX Design Episode 18: Inclusivity in UX Design with Ning Goh, Senior UX DesignerAs a UX Designer, Ning believes strongly that products can be and should be designed ethnically and with inclusivity in mind. Previously, Ning has worked in both big and small organisations such as OCBC, HReasily, Silot and Chope in both Product and Marketing Design roles. Her experience in the tech sector has grown vastly over the years and she now finds herself involved in a variety of scopes including market and user research, design ops, and service design. Ning considers herself a mini advocate for diversity and inclusivity. She was the co-lead for Proud Spaces...

2022-08-1148 min

Working in UX Design Episode 17: The Value of UX Internships & Degrees with Jingxiu Cheng, User Experience Architect at Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)Jingxiu is a UX Designer who strives to make a positive impact on society through human-centred design. He is currently working as a User Experience Architect at Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), where he designs user-centred technologies that contribute to the defence and security of Singapore. Prior to his current role, Jingxiu spent the last four years pursuing his studies in London, where he graduated with a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction and a Bachelor’s in Psychology. During this time, Jingxiu had also taken up a range of UX internships across different industries, solving design prob...

2022-06-3052 min

Working in UX Design Episode 16: From Code to Canvas with Ajmal Afif Jamal, Lead Product Designer, Grab, SingaporeAjmal Afif Jamal is a Malaysian design executive living in Singapore. He is currently working as a Lead Product Designer at Grab. He shares a vast work experience of more than 8 years in the digital design industry as a Product Designer. Previously started his career as a Digital Marketer and Frontend Developer in different startups in Kuala Lumpur. Ajmal is always in search of opportunities to put his knowledge into practice, and he believes the best way to learn is by doing – and also by sharing with others. Come down to hear us co...

2022-06-0252 min

Working in UX Design Episode 15: Service Design & Research Ops for Public Design with Cheryl Wong , UX/Service Designer & ResearchOps at GovTech SingaporeCheryl Wong is currently a UX/Service Designer & ResearchOps at GovTech, Government Digital Services (GDS) Singapore. She has over 11 years of diverse design experiences working as a Team Lead at a veteran design studio that made it to Singapore’s design history books, startup, consultancy and digital experience agency spanning various sectors: Fintech, Banking, Hospitality, Social Impact etc. She is passionate about shaping organisational culture, using design to improve the lives of users & teams while meeting business goals. Based in Singapore, she has worked on projects around the world: Australia, Bangladesh, East Africa (Serengeti), Hong Kong, India, In...

2022-04-2852 min

Working in UX Design Episode 14: UX Research Craft & Methodologies with Naroth Murali, UX Researcher at DBSNaroth Murali is a mixed-method UX researcher with over 6 years of experience in the design research domain. Having majored in industrial design, he is presently a part of the UX Research Team in DBS Bank where he collects, analyses and interprets customer data for consumer banking business and UX teams. An avid golfer, food/wine enthusiast and science-fiction lover, curiosity is at the core of what he does. He is adept at creating delightful user experiences that challenge the status quo, backed by uncompromising research. We spoke about: - Choosing the right...

2022-04-0354 min

Working in UX Design Episode 13: Mindfulness, Agile and Design with Thye Chuan Tan, Lead UX Designer at additivThye Chuan embraces and shares an ardent curiosity in infusing the concepts of Self-Awareness and Agility. As a UX designer, he has worked with digital teams of all sizes ranging from Fintech startups to large organisations such as SP Group. As a Scrum Master practitioner, he has also facilitated various Agile Transformation initiatives in organisations. He enjoys sharing knowledge and concepts related to Self-Awareness and believes in creating unison among team members for better intercommunication. To him, understanding problems clearly before diving into solutions and creating a non-toxic learning culture are also key. Having met people with...

2022-02-2852 min

Working in UX Design Episode 12: Design for Inclusivity with Kitt Santos, Senior Product Designer at XeroSenior Product Designer at Xero, Kitt Santos, shares vast experience as an experience designer, freelance illustrator and design mentor. He is currently based in Canberra, Australia, has more than 12 years of experience in the industry, working along with agencies, getting involved in different design aspects, working with teams and collaborating with clients to articulate their philosophy and business requirements into unique design languages in the digital space. An avid visual artist in his free time, he takes a keen interest in the convergence of design and technology and how it creates meaningful digital experiences.

2022-01-2852 min

Working in UX Design Episode 11: Leading Design from New York to Singapore with Randy Hunt, Head of Design at GrabHead of Design at Grab, Randy Hunt, is an American design-centred executive living in Singapore where he spearheads a team of more than 130 product designers, researchers, writers, illustrators in creating the experience of Southeast Asia's leading family of superapps. He has over 15 years of experience in the design industry, having previously worked as the Head of Design at Artsy and VP of Design at Etsy. He also authored the “Product Design for the Web” which explores the evolving discipline of product design for today’s connected world.

2021-12-281h 06

Working in UX Design Episode 10: Designing for SAAS vs Consumer Products with Mike Chen, Head of Product Design at ShopBackFrom the co-founder of an interaction design company to product design leader, Mike is an individual highly experienced in product and experience design, with over 10 years in the field. He was previously at Zendesk as a product designer working with product managers and engineers to create beautiful and simple business software that scales. He is currently the head of product design at ShopBack. Mike’s philosophy is to make software simple with a data-driven design process and he is heavily influenced by works such as Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Rework by 37 Signals. He also enjoys conversations ab...

2021-11-2649 min

Working in UX Design Episode 9: Becoming a UX Designer in South-East Asia with Atiqah Khalim, Senior UX Designer at ShopeeStarting from being a visual designer to eventually transitioning to full-fledged UX design roles in Razer and Shopee, Atiqah is an individual well-versed in the discipline of design. She is currently working at one of Asia’s largest e-commerce platforms, Shopee, as a senior UX designer in charge of crafting key payment pages and flows to support transactions across the Shopee app, ShopeePay, and other digital products. As a designer, Atiqah is also involved in design across the brand’s different platforms, consisting of the Shopee App, PC web, and mobile web designs. She also plays an acti...

2021-10-2555 min

Working in UX Design Episode 8: Effective Design Ops & Management with Sunit Sharma, Senior Manager Product Design at SPHSunit is a local product designer with an academic background in Design, Business, and Innovation. He specialises in visual, interaction, design strategy and leading teams. Sunit has been in a leadership role for the last five years and has been helping other designers to grow as better individuals and designers. At SPH, he works with senior leadership across the origination to drive digital transformation, advocates for a user-centred design culture in various teams and delivers UX Strategy for various publication products and experiments. He also facilitates UX Practice through workshops, manages project timelines and mentors his talented...

2021-09-2151 min

Working in UX Design Episode 7: Rise of Content Design with Liva Paudere, VP Content Design at DBSFrom taking on Producer roles in the Film and TV Production industry, Liva has jumped to Marketing, Content Creating and is now the VP of Content Design at DBS. As part of DBS’ UX Design Team of 60 people with 15 nationalities and counting, she designs necessary designs for millions. She is also a UX Writer there and writes articles which are featured on uxplanet.org As someone obsessed with structure, Liva’s inspiration is the iconic Sherlock Holmes, whom she sometimes relates to on her good days, where she is able to see how things connect — how th...

2021-08-2552 min

Working in UX Design Episode 6: Design Culture Shocks with Jay Demetillo, UX/UI Design Lead at GrabWith more than 10 years of experience in the industry, Jay has worked in multiple impressive design roles in well-known companies like Twitter, Yahoo, Pinterest and now, Grab. He is known to be a jack of all trades ranging from print, web, editorial design, branding, iconography, presentations, motion graphics, shooting & editing, directing, photography, UX, UI, Xcode, and prototyping. Tune in to hear his thoughts on: - East vs West design process - What we see as users vs what we don't see behind the scenes - How do we shift design culture?

2021-07-291h 00

Working in UX Design Episode 5: Design Maturity in APAC with Varun Thota, Product Design Lead at SEEKDespite a business academic background, he has worked in product development and design for the last 8+ years as a Product Designer. In the past few years, he has gone from being an IC to Lead, supporting teams across multiple countries. Most of his days are spent understanding customer/business needs, crafting experiences, providing context for teams to solve the right problems and helping designers grow their design maturity. When he's not designing, he's out and about exploring and capturing moments through his cameras. Tune in to hear Varun's thoughts on: ...

2021-06-2248 min

Working in UX Design Episode 4: Building a UX Team with Preston Matsuwaki, Product Owner at PebbleRoadPreston has a portfolio of over 9 industries, solving organisational problems and nurturing successful design teams. He started out as a freelancer and evolved into multiple design roles, including being a UX Designer at InnoCellence where he worked with international clients from the medical industry, part-time UX Design Instructor at General Assembly, and a UX Lead at JLT Asia where he built, managed, explored and maintained multiple bespoke digital products for their clients. Preston has taken each transition as a learning experience to grow outside of his comfort zone. Solving problems with design became more than...

2021-05-3048 min

Working in UX Design Episode 3: Design in Motion with Nattu Adnan, Co-founder & CTO at LottieFilesHaving been a Lead Product Designer at ServisHero, Senior Product Designer at MindValley and now the Co-Founder and CTO of LottieFiles, Nattu has had plenty of years of experience in the field. He currently works in LottieFiles which focuses on building the future of animation and interactive design. It is a company funded by Adobe Fund for Design & 500 Startups and backed by M12, Microsoft VC as their investor. With over 20 years of experience in building Web applications, his approach involves using a user-centered design process to turn complex problems into understandable and good-looking products. Tune in to...

2021-04-2450 min

Working in UX Design Episode 2: Kicking Start Your UX Journey In 2021 with Ben George, Design Head, ReferralCandyThis episode is meant for aspiring UX Designers who are doubting their decision to make a career switch into UX and would like to hear from someone who has been in the same situation as them.

2021-03-2450 min

Working in UX Design Episode 1: UX Research for Global Markets with Jia En Koh, UX Researcher at TripadvisorThis episode is meant for UX Researchers who are struggling to adjust to the new normal in their work caused by COVID-19, as Jia En shares how she continues to carry out UX Research in Global Markets remotely.

2021-02-1048 min