Elise Kim
UX Researcher at UC San Diego Design Lab- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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UCLA Design Media Arts (DMA)
University of California, Los AngelesJul, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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UC San Diego Design Lab
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX Researcher
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Sep 2023 - Present
⚡️ Conducting UX Research as part of the large-scale SPUR project, exploring how might we effectively increase awareness of innovative research projects and opportunities among the undergraduate community
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Design Resident
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Mar 2023 - Present
💡 The Design Lab, founded by Don Norman, embraces human-centered design thinking to address critical societal issues, including large-scale education, ethics, automation, data science, and healthcare. The Residency program was built to provide design-centered consulting to the community-at-large based on world-class research and innovative practices in academia. Residents are trained to identify problems, develop prototypes, and consult with industry partners to drive design-driven innovation across interdisciplinary teams. Show less
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UCSD Design Co
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Industry Relations
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Jun 2023 - Present
👩🏻💻 Directed a 4-person team to secure company partnerships, industry events, and sponsors for 300+ student designers. Coordinated with industry experts and recruiters to establish initiatives and sponsorships for career fairs, design-a-thons, office tours, and workshops (with cool companies like Humane, Sony, Deloitte, Accenture Song, Blink UX, BeReal, and Twitch!) In charge of faciliating weekly company calls, event ideation sessions, retrospectives, pitch and sponsorship package creation, and email communication! Show less
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Industry Relations Coordinator
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May 2022 - Present
🌱 Fostering a community of 300+ designers at UC San Diego by hosting career fairs, designathons, workshops, company tours, and industry-partnered events with companies like Sony, Humane, Airbnb, Amazon, Deloitte, Accenture Song, and Twitch!
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COMPASS Institution
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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Feb 2023 - Present
🧭 COMPASS partners with local and international organizations to amplify their impact using mathematics, computer science, data science, and design thinking. The local project involves creating a documentary about the San Diego housing crisis, while the global project uses mathematical modeling to predict famine in affected regions. 🧭 COMPASS partners with local and international organizations to amplify their impact using mathematics, computer science, data science, and design thinking. The local project involves creating a documentary about the San Diego housing crisis, while the global project uses mathematical modeling to predict famine in affected regions.
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UC San Diego
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Visual Designer
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Jun 2022 - Oct 2023
🎨 Designing visually compelling posters, campaigns, and other graphic collateral for both small and large-scale events that elevate UCSD’s brand and impact thousands of students, faculty, and employees daily. 🎨 Designing visually compelling posters, campaigns, and other graphic collateral for both small and large-scale events that elevate UCSD’s brand and impact thousands of students, faculty, and employees daily.
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Founder
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Apr 2018 - Sep 2021
🌼 Founded Etsy business to sell handmade goods, cards, and custom wooden pieces for weddings and home decor. Utilized watercolor, acrylic, and digital art mediums (Adobe Sketch, Fresco, Illustrator, and Procreate).
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Art & Lettering Teacher
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May 2018 - Aug 2019
🫧 Orchestrated 3 week-long art and lettering camps for children. Created and taught art curriculum, geared towards elementary and middle schoolers. All proceeds were donated to Hands at Work in Africa (a non-profit organization caring for the most vulnerable orphans and widows in sub-saharan Africa)
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Glow Up Tech
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Design
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Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
✨ Strategized business model with the mission to inspire young girls to be impactful technology leaders and achieve gender parity by unlocking the technology industry for girls globally. Launched partnerships with female tech leaders from Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc. ✨ Strategized business model with the mission to inspire young girls to be impactful technology leaders and achieve gender parity by unlocking the technology industry for girls globally. Launched partnerships with female tech leaders from Amazon, Google, Facebook, etc.
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Jaq Jaq Bird
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United States
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Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Creative Design Intern
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Feb 2018 - May 2018
🖌️ Created illustrations and art for a successful product pitch to Target. Designed multimedia product promotions on Instagram, and learned about e-commerce and digital media marketing 🖌️ Created illustrations and art for a successful product pitch to Target. Designed multimedia product promotions on Instagram, and learned about e-commerce and digital media marketing
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Education
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2021 - 2025
UC San Diego
B.S. Human-Computer Interaction -
2021 - 2022
UC San Diego Extended Studies
User Experience (UX) Design, Design and Visual Communications -
2019 - 2019
University of California, Los Angeles
Design Media Arts (DMA), Graphic Design
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