• Brooklyn, NY
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Benjamin Kim

Product Designer

10 years desiging SaaS applications for b2b companies. Experience with transforming complex business models in-to data-driven online experiences.


Quality Reviews

2014–2015

VP Product

Head of product development at Quality Reviews, in charge of entire design and front-end development of the RateMyHospital product which included the mobile survey/feedback tool and web-based healthcare administrator dashboard. Led testing and created framework for analytics. Responsible for product marketing.

Axial

2011–2014

User Experience Lead

First designer at Axial, responsible for all UX and UI decisions. Modernized front-end code standards. Involved in designing the company’s product marketing and branding efforts. As the company grew, promoted to manage and mentor other designers and front-end engineers.

Gerson Lehrman Group

2010–2011

Lead Designer

Responsible for discovery, user research, requirements definition, conceptual design, and interaction planning/specification. Introduced rapid prototyping processes to the design, UX, and front–end development teams. Worked with internal marketing team, as well as external agencies on new product development and brand strategy.

Gerson Lehrman Group

2004–2009

User Experience Designer

Collaborated with product management and business development teams to create web products utilized by financial institutions to manage primary research. Focused on research, vision typing, wire-framing, and visual design. Worked hand-in-hand with internal engineering team, consultants, and PR agencies to ensure on time delivery of final product.

PB Design

2004

Interaction Designer

Worked across a variety of industries, including B2B, B2C, education, fashion, and industrial. Responsibilities included conceptualizing designs across a variety of mediums: print, web, kiosk, and floor displays. Oversaw all front-end web development (HTML, CSS, Flash, Javascript) and content created for interactive brochures on CD/DVDs (Director).

Morningstar

2002–2003

Interaction Designer

Responsible for designing and creating (Actionscript development and XML) interactive financial data charts, presentations, and tables in Flash. Led effort to capture and produce live video and audio content.


French Culinary Institute

2008

General Studies

University of Illinois — Chicago

2001–2003

Art & Architecture

Rhode Island School of Design

2001

Typography

University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Economics & Political Science


Skillsets

Well versed with all UX and Product development tools. Also have a good understanding of frontend-development languages and processes.