Annie Zhou’s Resume


WORK

2022-Now

GOOGLE PIXEL WATCH · DESIGN MANAGER

  • Leading the product and design for new generation of Google Pixel Watch and Fibit

2021 Jun-Aug

AIRWALLEX · PRODUCT MANAGER (MBA INTERN)

  • I was the sole product manager and led the Payment Link product from 0 to 1. Airwallex Payment Link is a B2B SaaS product for SME businesses to receive payments for goods and services. The product has processed $160K within 2 weeks of launch. I led a team of designers and engineers, crafted product strategy and go-to-market plan, and coordinated with the sales and marketing teams

2019-2020

GOOGLE PAY · SR. UX DESIGNER

  • Led the design of Plex, Google Pay’s digital personal banking product for the US market. Designed the banking experience in the app, the visual system, and interaction patterns with a group of PMs, illustrators, and writers. Plex was announced in November 2020

2017-2019

GOOGLE SEARCH · UX DESIGNER

  • Spearheaded product design for many high-profile features in Google Go, a search app for the emerging market, with 17.5M installs worldwide and a 5-star rating in Google Play Store. The project was highlighted at 2019 Google I/O and reported by major tech news publishers, including TechCrunch and The Verge

  • Founded ​Designed in China​, an internal periodical to share Chinese tech industry trends and insights. Gained popularity with 12k+ views and 95.1% satisfaction rate and inspired innovation in Google

  • Researched and designed in collaboration with IDEO, launched ​Designing for Digital Confidence​, a design toolkit to empower underserved users to engage with digital services

2015-2017

GOOGLE ASSISTANT · UX DESIGNER

  • Created multiple foundational features from scratch and took the product from 0 to 1 to Google I/O. Proposed, designed, and launched Assistant Explore, driving ~30% third-party actions across Actions on Google within 3 months of launch

  • Collaborated with 10+ teams in Alphabet to define, design, research, and implement Assistant Settings, supporting over 1.6K home automation brands and more than 10K devices

  • Led design of Google Assistant iOS app, announced at Google I/O in 2017 and won the Gold place in Indigo Design Award, a Dutch design competition with hundreds of entrants from over 40 countries

2014-2015

CITRIX GOTOMEETING · PRODUCT DESIGNER

  • Designed GoToTraining products on Android, iOS, web, and desktop. Planned, conducted, analyzed user research, facilitated design sprints, and advocated design thinking methods to a cross-functional team.

EDUCATION

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 2020-2022

  • Leadership positions at Greater China Club, and Design Club. Co-Chair of HarvardxDesign Conference.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE 2011-2014

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Human-Centered Design and Engineering.

  • Graduated in 3 years and was honored on the Dean’s List for 9/10 quarters

SKILLS

Design thinking, user research, UX/UI, product management, data analysis, Agile development

Figma, Excel, web programming (HTML, CSS, Javascript), JIRA, Tableau