Ran Liu, Designer in San Rafael, CA, United States

Ran Liu

Designer

Location
San Rafael, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
May 1, 2019

Ran brings an artist's eye and an engineer's mind to approach design in a systematic yet creative way. She holds a Master of Science degree in computer science, human-computer interaction, and data visualization. In the past five years, Ran has specialized in solving complex enterprise SaaS problems by creating elegant and simple UX solutions. Ran follows an iterative, user-centered, and data-informed design process.

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Portfolio

Image of Amplitude Taxonomy – Web SaaS Product project
Amplitude Taxonomy – Web SaaS Product
WebSaaS DesignSaaSUser Interface (UI)Web UXUX Design+ 19 more
Image of Marketo Email Editor project
Marketo Email Editor
UX DesignUI DesignInteraction Design (IxD)User FlowsWireframingHigh-fidelity Mockups+ 9 more
Image of Release Analysis project
Release Analysis
User Interface (UI)UX FlowsUX DesignWeb UXWeb ApplicationsUser Research+ 6 more
Image of Coderdojo Website Redesign project
Coderdojo Website Redesign
Web DesignIllustrationUser ScenariosUser FlowsResponsive DesignInformation Architecture (IA)+ 7 more
Image of Email Marketing Dashboard project
Email Marketing Dashboard
Dashboard DesignUI DesignVisual DesignUser PersonasMarketingAnalytics+ 6 more
Image of Engagement Matrix project
Engagement Matrix
Web ApplicationsUX DesignUser FlowsInteraction Design (IxD)Data VisualizationUI Design

Work Experience

2016 - 2019

Senior UX Designer

Amplitude Analytics
  • Created a design taxonomy product add-on that generated over 200+ sales opportunities and millions of dollars in revenue.
  • Led design and research for an automated release analysis feature, a crucial building block for the amplitude growth engine.
  • Spearheaded Amplitude's design system, Cerulean.
  • Designed and created various growth experiments on the company's website to generate more qualified leads and opportunities.
  • Led the design team for various design endeavors such as creating personas, running and hosting a usability improvement day, and defining the company's design and experience principles.
Technologies: Interaction Design (IxD), Web Design, UI Design, Product Design, Data Visualization, Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Sketch
2018 - 2018

Instructor

UC Berkeley Extension
  • Taught a 10-week diagramming and prototyping for UX course for a class of 14 students. Topics including user-centered design, user experience mapping, low-fi and high-fi wireframing, and different levels of prototyping.
Technologies: Web Design, UI Design, Sketch
2016 - 2016

UX/UI Designer

Chartboost
  • Led all design initiatives for Chartboost’s main product to improve the user experience for both customers and internal employees.
  • Conducted data-driven design experiments to impact revenue.
  • Designed an internal tool to allow account managers to bid on the most suitable top publishers for their clients to achieve a better ROI for their advertising campaigns.
Technologies: Interaction Design (IxD), Web Design, UI Design, Product Design, Adobe Illustrator, Zeplin, Sketch
2014 - 2016

UX Designer

Marketo
  • Led design initiatives for the next-gen Marketo Analytics and Email Editor 2.0.
  • Redesigned Marketo Docs, Marketo Dev site, and engineering's hiring website.
Technologies: Interaction Design (IxD), Web Design, UI Design, Product Design, Data Visualization, InVision, Sketch

Education

2009 - 2012

Master's Degree in Computer Science

University of Maryland - College Park

Certifications

MAY 2017 - PRESENT

Applied UX Intensive

Cooper Professional Education

Experience

Prototyping - 9 yearsInteraction Design (IxD) - 6 yearsUser Research - 6 yearsWeb Design - 6 yearsProduct Design - 6 yearsUX Design - 6 yearsUI Design - 6 yearsAnimated Prototypes - 3 years

Location

San Rafael, CA, United States