Carlos Shin

Product Designer

I am a passionate designer specializing in product development across various interfaces. I endeavor to identify problems, inspire through design thinking and collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring intuitive and delightful user experiences into reality.

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Likes

I like trying out cool new products in my spare time. I love ones that excel in a well-defined problem space. My current favorites are Figma, Concepts, reMarkable, Vimium, Notion, Obsidian, SwingVision, Calendly, Superhuman, and Grammarly.

While away from the screen, I like spending time with my 15-month-old, playing tennis, reading books, and writing in a good old paper notebook, trying to clear away cluttered thoughts.

EXPERTISE

Skills

I enjoy every aspect of the design process throughout the product life cycle, and here are my favorite delivery forms.

  • User flows
  • Diagrams
  • Affinity maps
  • Information architecture
  • Wireframes
  • Prototypes
  • Visual design
  • Design system
Tools

I am nonreligious about tools. Anything that suits my need is my friend. Here are my closest ones, for now.

  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Miro
  • Adobe Suite
  • OmniGraffle
  • Principle

Interests

Industries

I love bringing tomorrow today. These are the dots I am looking to connect throughout my career.

  • Metaverse
  • Web3
  • AI
  • Productivity
  • Education
  • Healthcare
Design

A few topics seem to come up constantly during my design journey. Here are some that wake me up in the morning these days.

  • Design leadership
  • Product strategy
  • Workflow optimization
  • Complexity reduction
  • Scalable design solutions
  • Negative space

WORK EXPERIENCE

2023 - Present
LiteraSeed
Design Lead
2022 - Present
Sawhorse
UX Lead
2020 - 2022
Together Labs (Formerly IMVU)
Senior Manager, Product Design
2019 - 2020
Together Labs (Formerly IMVU)
Manager, Product Design
2018 - 2019
IMVU
Lead Product Designer
2016 - 2017
Wedit
CPO, Designer, Co-Founder
2015 - 2016
LOCAL EDITION
Designer, Co-founder
2013 - 2015, 2016 - 2018
IMVU
Senior UX Designer
2011 - 2013
IMVU
UX Designer

Education

I devoted my 20s to build a strong foundation as a designer and a critical thinker connecting human behavior and technology, and learning how to learn.

2009 - 2010
MASTER, ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY
Carnegie Mellon University
2001 - 2009
BACHELOR, ANTHROPOLOGY, HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Seoul National University

Contact

EMAIL

sokion@gmail.com