Maya Chen
Product Designer
Brooklyn, NY
Summary
Product designer with experience shaping interfaces, systems, and narratives from rough concept through polished launch. Strong in product thinking, prototyping, design systems, and close cross-functional collaboration.
Experience
Senior Product Designer · Northstar
2021 - Present
Remote
- Led design for a new workflow product from early concepts through launch, partnering closely with engineering and product.
- Built reusable patterns and documentation that reduced design debt and made the product easier to extend.
- Ran lightweight customer research and iterative prototyping to validate key product decisions before implementation.
Product Designer · Orbit
2018 - 2021
San Francisco, CA
- Designed onboarding, activation, and collaboration surfaces for a B2B workflow product.
- Established a consistent visual language across marketing and product touchpoints.
Selected Work
Multi-team Design System
- Created core components, states, and guidance that improved consistency across product teams.
Narrative Portfolio Site
- Designed and shipped a portfolio experience that balanced craft, storytelling, and fast performance.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design · B.F.A. Graphic Design
2014 - 2018
Skills
- Design
- Product Design, UX, Visual Design, Design Systems
- Tools
- Figma, Framer, Adobe Creative Suite
- Methods
- Prototyping, User Research, Information Architecture