Amy Ngai - Design, in Startups

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Design, in Startups

Amy Ngai@

Amy Ngai

Amy Ngai

2005 - 2010

Interactive Arts & Technology:Interaction Design & New Media

2005 - 2010

2005 - 2010

Seattle Design Charette:Mentor

Field School:Italia, Gruppo Sei

Grad Studies:Tangibles

Directed Studies:Everyday Design

Teaching Assistant:

IAT 338

- 2010

- 2010

- 2010

Service Design Intern

- 2010

Specialist on the Business

Team

- 2010

UX Design Intern

Amy Ngai@

Axiom Zen is an idea catalyst; we launch iconic products, brands, and companies working in partnership with the world’s leading innovators. Our team members have worked with industry titans and fast-growing startups alike - Apple, Google, Facebook, Etsy, Baidu, and EA, among others - and hail

from every corner of the globe.

We are a team of 30+ engineers and creatives based in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. We operate with a flat hierarchy, a collaborative culture, and a focus on results. We like to build products that millions of people love to use,

products that make the world more efficient and delightful.

Internal Project:Zenhub.io

External Projects New Technologies

Axiom Zen is an idea catalyst; we launch iconic products, brands, and companies working in partnership with the world’s leading innovators. Our team members have worked with industry titans and fast-growing startups alike - Apple, Google, Facebook, Etsy, Baidu, and EA, among others - and hail

from every corner of the globe.

We are a team of 30+ engineers and creatives based in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. We operate with a flat hierarchy, a collaborative culture,

and a focus on results. We like to build products that millions of people love to use, products that make the world more efficient and delightful.

Startups

Being a “T”-shaped designer

Rapid Visualization & Communication

Information Architecure, Content Strategy, User Experience & Interface

Design

Collaboration, Development &

Engineering

Tools

DrawingGraph paper, Markers,

Konigi, IllustratorResearch

Typeform, SurveyMonkeyInspirations

dribbble, Behance, smashingmagazine, twitter,

fastco. etc.

WireframesIllustrator, Axure,

Omnigraffle, Balsamic, user flows, responsive web

PrototypingFlinto, Proto.io, framerjs,

keynotePresentation

InDesign, KeynoteContent Strategy

Google DriveInterface

Photoshop, Illustrator

CollaborationZenhub.io, Slack, Basecamp,

HangoutsDevelopment

HTML, CSS, JavaScript,Bootstrap

Tools

Manage FreedomManage Time

Manage Communication

Startups are hard.

Be humble, but be hungry.

Thanks.

Amy Ngaiinfo@axiomzen.co

axiomzen.co@amyngai

amyngai.com