Brian Huang

+886 978-629-321  •  New Taipei, Taiwan  •  hmingdesigner@gmail.com
hmingdesign.com  •  linkedin.com/in/brian-huang-a36759128
Summary
Product designer with a UI/UX and mechanical engineering background and internship experience across B2B AI energy management, quantitative trading, and Web3. Experienced in user research, interaction design, and design systems, collaborating with POs, PMs, and engineers to translate product decisions into shipped interfaces. Proficient in using AI tools to frame problems and prototype MVPs earlier in the process.
Education
National Chengchi University (NCCU) Taipei, Taiwan
M.S. in Digital Content & Technologies — HCI and UX Design Focus  •  Sep 2023 – May 2026  •  GPA 4.07
Graduate focus: Human-Computer Interaction, UX Research, Interaction Design, Design Thinking, and Human-AI Interaction
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Tainan, Taiwan
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering  •  Sep 2017 – Feb 2021
Relevant coursework: Design Thinking, User-Centered Design
Work Experience
Advantech Taipei, Taiwan
UI/UX Design Intern Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Turned predefined GenAI requirements into proactive decision-support concepts through competitive analysis, user interviews, and feature design, with one other design intern.
  • Ran kickoff, midterm, and final POC reviews within 2.5 months and presented results to the CEO.
  • Owned the wireframes and interactive prototypes for overage alerts and pattern recognition.
  • Both design concepts were accepted for further planning, with backend implementation of overage alerts underway before the internship ended.
Crypto-Arsenal Taipei, Taiwan · Remote
UI/UX & PM Intern Mar 2023 – Oct 2023
  • Cut average task time from 65 to 27 seconds (58%) in internal testing by designing and shipping three core trading flows.
  • Reorganized the Figma design system across 20+ trading flows, aligning naming with the front-end Storybook glossary.
  • Served as assistant PO on an eight-engineer Scrum team, shipping 6+ features; completed tickets per Sprint rose about 44%.
Taiwan Blockchain Academia Taipei, Taiwan · Remote
Product Designer (Contract) Nov 2022 – Feb 2023
  • Led user research and wireframing for a decentralized identity (DID) credential platform, shifting to exploratory research when participants turned out to have no real experience with digital credentials.
  • Ran 9 role-based interviews across issuers, applicants, and verifiers, correcting the team's assumption that verification was a must-have and narrowing the product positioning.
  • Collaborated with the PM and Cathay Financial Holdings' technology team to deliver wireframes and Figma interactive prototypes, completing a full-platform walkthrough.
LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology Co. Ltd Taipei, Taiwan
Assistant Project Manager May 2021 – Dec 2021
  • Coordinated engineers, suppliers, and cross-border schedules across Taiwan, China, and Japan, delivering test units and materials about 1.5 weeks ahead of scheduled engineering testing.
  • Arranged alternate suppliers across two milestones when test materials ran short, keeping engineering tests on schedule.
Skills
Figma  |  Visual & Interaction Design  |  Layout & Typography  |  Wireframing & Interactive Prototyping  |  Motion Design  |  LottieLab  |  Design Systems  |  Responsive Web Design  |  Photoshop/Illustrator  |  Adobe XD/After Effects  |  AI Tools (Claude Code, Codex, Figma Make)  |  User Research  |  Agile/Scrum  |  HTML/CSS/JavaScript