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