Po-Wen Shih
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Po-Wen Shih

Product Design at Self-employedLondon, United Kingdom
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Po-Wen Shih

Product Design at Self-employedLondon, United Kingdom
About me
🇬🇧 London-based Product Designer 🇬🇧 💡 Currently I am looking forward to 💡 - Developing UIUX design for a Fortune 500 consumer brand, focusing on hardware interaction. - Collaborating on digital-enabled learning for tactile, disability wearables development. 🤖 I am a designer who blends health and wellness practices into product development, enabling individuals to fully embrace their lives. With a foundational expertise in industrial design, I bridge physical and digital spaces to create holistic brand experiences. 🚀 Prior to moving to London, my journey took me to Taipei, Milan, Portland (OR), and Shanghai to work with great people. Some of my past achievements include: 🎨 With global teams and studios: - Assembled and led the product experience design team to conduct design research, delivering insights on market trends and user experience - Launched a venture that reached 500K users within three years, providing health protection solutions during the pandemic. - Led the creation of a product MVP which received the 'Most Entrepreneurial Award' at a healthtech accelerator. - Designed and implemented global design systems that contributed to an enterprise value of £3 billion in 2021. - Designed the UI/UX for an air quality app with hardware integration, leading to improved customer satisfaction. 📡 Independent: - Co-founded and scaled an independent design consulting business, tripling revenue with high profitability during the global pandemic. - Developed business opportunities and delivered impactful design solutions for global brands including BMW and Philips. - Led a team of contributors and partnered with a brand consultant to successfully launch 6 products over 2 years. ✍🏻 Throughout my career spanning over 15 years, I have been involved in shaping product portfolios, co-creating at the fuzzy front-end, developing concepts, executing design intents, and forming strategic partnerships to launch new ventures. My contributions have been recognized with 70 international patents and 40 design awards. I have successfully collaborated with global teams and studios across the automotive, healthcare, and home sectors. 📧 Drop me a message if you are interested in collaborating with me!
Projects
  • Monitor air quality app
    Monitor air quality appDesigned the UI/UX for an air quality app with hardware integration, leading to improved customer satisfaction.
  • Digital-enabled product MVP
    Digital-enabled product MVPLed the creation of a product MVP which received the 'Most Entrepreneurial Award' at a healthtech accelerator.
  • Heathcare venture
    Heathcare ventureLaunched a venture that reached 500K users within three years, providing health protection solutions during the pandemic.
Work history
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    Product DesignerSelf-employed
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    ● Utilizing the UK High Potential Individual Visa for pioneering design projects. ● Collaborating on digital-enabled learning for tactile, blind Braille wearables development. ● Developing UIUX design for a Fortune 500 consumer brand, focusing on hardware interaction.
Education
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    MBA EssentialsUniversity of Glasgow
     - London, United Kingdom
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    MA Interactive Digital Media DesignNew York University
     - New York, United States
    Courseworks: Creative Coding, Research-based Art Practice, User Experience Design, and Digital Application Development Thesis: Designing and developing an interactive web interface for voice, identity and perception. Technologies: After Effects, Figma, Front-end Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Illustrator, p5.js, Miro & Mural, Photoshop, Physical Computing, Unity