My Experience

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MAY 2024 - PRESENT

VeraScan - Product Designer

Designing the mobile and web apps for their diabetes screening software. I also work on fundraising materials, including the website, promotional videos, and pitch decks. To learn more about this work, feel free to reach out!

WEB DESIGN

MARKETING

USER TESTING

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MAR 2024 - PRESENT

Choreo - UI/UX Designer & Developer

Fully designed and developed a habit-building app. Currently live on the App Store with 1000+ users and frequent updates.

UI/UX

iOS DEVELOPMENT

DATA ANALYSIS

PROTOTYPING

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MAY 2022 - MAY 2024

Yaw AI - Product Manager & UI/UX Designer

We built an AI group-chatting app where you can interact in 3D. I was in charge of managing the transition from the previous product vision.

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

UI/UX

LEADERSHIP

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JAN 2024 - FEB 2024

michaelsezen.com - UI/UX Designer & Developer

Everything on this website was designed and developed by me! I prototyped the entire site on Figma before translating it to code.

FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT

VISUAL DESIGN

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SEP 2019 - JUN 2023

Stanford University - B.S. Product Design

Home of the d.school, my program at Stanford focused heavily on design thinking and needfinding. I also earned a Minor in Computer Science and took many classes in Mechanical Engineering.

DESIGN THINKING

ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE

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JAN 2023 - JUN 2023

Mix-a-Majigs - Product Designer

Designed for 2-4 year-olds, we created a tactile puzzle-like toy aimed at developing emotional and social growth, problem solving, and dexterity.

USER RESEARCH

USER TESTING

PROTOTYPING

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My Skills

Design Tools

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Figma

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Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe Illustrator

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Adobe Premiere Pro

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Blender

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Procreate

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Fusion 360

Coding Experience

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Swift

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HTML

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CSS

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C++

Languages

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English

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Portuguese

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Spanish