Kogi Ko
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English Full professional proficiency
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Mandarin Professional working proficiency
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Melania L Anindya
Kogi is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with. He can manage his team with excellent communication and ensure that his team always has good time management to handle all the projects. His ability to deal with a problem and come up with new ways to achieve results was always an inspiration. He also kept the team motivated and proactively shared his valuable knowledge. As a mentor to the team, I have learned a lot from him. I’m delighted I had the chance to learn from Kogi and looking forward to work with him again in the future.
Claudio Fresta Suharno
Although Kogi is not my direct report according to the company structure, he is very keen to dissect my problems and aspiration as a product designer. He is even willing to find out the best solutions that he can think of. A very thoughtful product designer whom I can vouch for. One of the really good examples of a role-model manager that I ever encounter. A good mentor, approachable, very humble, and calm. His presence and impact as a leader are infectious to me on how I should behave and think as a Senior Product Designer at Spenmo. Any company would be very lucky to have him. A very impactful leader for your product design team. I highly recommend him and would be very happy to work with him again in the future.
Benhard Sinanu
I work closely with Kogi and report to him directly during most of my project within the half of 2022. Kogi is such a good role model as a Lead, he is very good at balancing the project framework, managing the timeline, keep the project under control through regular check in and discussion, until the execution of the design, I experienced it myself when planning a research with Kogi, he gave the experience on how to carefully plan the research question to get the most insight from users, defining the most potential persona for the project and he's very open to new idea and discussion which can bring us to a better outcome when executing the project. his design technical and documentation is also is very good. Kogi also a team player, he can trust his team mates to take on responsibility of the project and maintain the project PIC regularly, he shows great leadership, working with him is like having a mentor as well, I'm very lucky to have met him during our work together, look forward to work with him again!
Melania L Anindya
Kogi is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with. He can manage his team with excellent communication and ensure that his team always has good time management to handle all the projects. His ability to deal with a problem and come up with new ways to achieve results was always an inspiration. He also kept the team motivated and proactively shared his valuable knowledge. As a mentor to the team, I have learned a lot from him. I’m delighted I had the chance to learn from Kogi and looking forward to work with him again in the future.
Claudio Fresta Suharno
Although Kogi is not my direct report according to the company structure, he is very keen to dissect my problems and aspiration as a product designer. He is even willing to find out the best solutions that he can think of. A very thoughtful product designer whom I can vouch for. One of the really good examples of a role-model manager that I ever encounter. A good mentor, approachable, very humble, and calm. His presence and impact as a leader are infectious to me on how I should behave and think as a Senior Product Designer at Spenmo. Any company would be very lucky to have him. A very impactful leader for your product design team. I highly recommend him and would be very happy to work with him again in the future.
Benhard Sinanu
I work closely with Kogi and report to him directly during most of my project within the half of 2022. Kogi is such a good role model as a Lead, he is very good at balancing the project framework, managing the timeline, keep the project under control through regular check in and discussion, until the execution of the design, I experienced it myself when planning a research with Kogi, he gave the experience on how to carefully plan the research question to get the most insight from users, defining the most potential persona for the project and he's very open to new idea and discussion which can bring us to a better outcome when executing the project. his design technical and documentation is also is very good. Kogi also a team player, he can trust his team mates to take on responsibility of the project and maintain the project PIC regularly, he shows great leadership, working with him is like having a mentor as well, I'm very lucky to have met him during our work together, look forward to work with him again!
Melania L Anindya
Kogi is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with. He can manage his team with excellent communication and ensure that his team always has good time management to handle all the projects. His ability to deal with a problem and come up with new ways to achieve results was always an inspiration. He also kept the team motivated and proactively shared his valuable knowledge. As a mentor to the team, I have learned a lot from him. I’m delighted I had the chance to learn from Kogi and looking forward to work with him again in the future.
Claudio Fresta Suharno
Although Kogi is not my direct report according to the company structure, he is very keen to dissect my problems and aspiration as a product designer. He is even willing to find out the best solutions that he can think of. A very thoughtful product designer whom I can vouch for. One of the really good examples of a role-model manager that I ever encounter. A good mentor, approachable, very humble, and calm. His presence and impact as a leader are infectious to me on how I should behave and think as a Senior Product Designer at Spenmo. Any company would be very lucky to have him. A very impactful leader for your product design team. I highly recommend him and would be very happy to work with him again in the future.
Benhard Sinanu
I work closely with Kogi and report to him directly during most of my project within the half of 2022. Kogi is such a good role model as a Lead, he is very good at balancing the project framework, managing the timeline, keep the project under control through regular check in and discussion, until the execution of the design, I experienced it myself when planning a research with Kogi, he gave the experience on how to carefully plan the research question to get the most insight from users, defining the most potential persona for the project and he's very open to new idea and discussion which can bring us to a better outcome when executing the project. his design technical and documentation is also is very good. Kogi also a team player, he can trust his team mates to take on responsibility of the project and maintain the project PIC regularly, he shows great leadership, working with him is like having a mentor as well, I'm very lucky to have met him during our work together, look forward to work with him again!
Melania L Anindya
Kogi is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with. He can manage his team with excellent communication and ensure that his team always has good time management to handle all the projects. His ability to deal with a problem and come up with new ways to achieve results was always an inspiration. He also kept the team motivated and proactively shared his valuable knowledge. As a mentor to the team, I have learned a lot from him. I’m delighted I had the chance to learn from Kogi and looking forward to work with him again in the future.
Claudio Fresta Suharno
Although Kogi is not my direct report according to the company structure, he is very keen to dissect my problems and aspiration as a product designer. He is even willing to find out the best solutions that he can think of. A very thoughtful product designer whom I can vouch for. One of the really good examples of a role-model manager that I ever encounter. A good mentor, approachable, very humble, and calm. His presence and impact as a leader are infectious to me on how I should behave and think as a Senior Product Designer at Spenmo. Any company would be very lucky to have him. A very impactful leader for your product design team. I highly recommend him and would be very happy to work with him again in the future.
Benhard Sinanu
I work closely with Kogi and report to him directly during most of my project within the half of 2022. Kogi is such a good role model as a Lead, he is very good at balancing the project framework, managing the timeline, keep the project under control through regular check in and discussion, until the execution of the design, I experienced it myself when planning a research with Kogi, he gave the experience on how to carefully plan the research question to get the most insight from users, defining the most potential persona for the project and he's very open to new idea and discussion which can bring us to a better outcome when executing the project. his design technical and documentation is also is very good. Kogi also a team player, he can trust his team mates to take on responsibility of the project and maintain the project PIC regularly, he shows great leadership, working with him is like having a mentor as well, I'm very lucky to have met him during our work together, look forward to work with him again!
Credentials
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Experimentation (Basic) course
NE DigitalJun, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Writing: The Craft of Story
LinkedInMay, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Conducting Usability Testing
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF)Mar, 2018- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Spenmo
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Singapore
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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UX Lead
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Apr 2022 - Present
● Establishing customer-centric culture and practice ● Define UX strategy and identify opportunities for UX research in the SEA market, from defining problem statements to idea validation through user interviews and usability testing. ● Engage and collaborate with product managers to identify the biggest customers problems to solve at the organizational level ● Plan and conduct user interviews and usability testing, facilitating product development direction and decision ● Utilising quantitative and qualitative data to define the best possible design solutions ● Be hands-on in developing customer journey, wireframe and interface design ● Be the advisor for design system strategy for the design team, iterating and improving existing design systems with the design system lead ● Coach and develop UX designer and UX writer, providing coaching and assisting career development, enabling them to succeed in the team Show less
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adplist.org
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Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Design Mentor
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Jan 2022 - Present
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NTUC Enterprise Nexus Co-operative Limited
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Singapore
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Technology, Information and Internet
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Principal, Product Designer
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Mar 2020 - Apr 2022
● Building user-centric culture with setup design thinking process onto the current product (FairPrice / Scan & Go) development process. ● Define UX strategy and identify opportunities for UX research, from defining problem statements to idea validation through user interviews and usability testing. ● Facilitate and lead the discussion on the ideal customer journey with senior stakeholders, including CEO and management level. ● Developing and exploring new ideas based on customer insights, and validating through usability testing and AB testing. ● Be hands-on for feature development, flow and mockup design and usability testing. ● Develop and align the process with the product team on quality gatekeeping under the scrum process. ● Host and facilitate remote ideation workshops. ● Mentor junior designers by project base. Show less
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Lalamove
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Hong Kong
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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User Experience Lead
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2019 - 2020
● Lead a team of 2 UX designers. ● Lead the driver app experience, and develop UX principles for driver products through user interviews and usability testing in the SEA market. ● Define UX strategy and identify opportunities for building user-centric culture with setup design thinking process onto current product flow. ● Driving the team to build the UX principle, based on customer value. ● Be hands-on with feature development, flow and mockup design and usability testing. ● Lead a team of 2 UX designers. ● Lead the driver app experience, and develop UX principles for driver products through user interviews and usability testing in the SEA market. ● Define UX strategy and identify opportunities for building user-centric culture with setup design thinking process onto current product flow. ● Driving the team to build the UX principle, based on customer value. ● Be hands-on with feature development, flow and mockup design and usability testing.
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Alipay
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China
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager, User Experience
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Jun 2018 - May 2019
● Define UX strategy to localise the product experience from China to Hong Kong Market. ● Identify opportunities for UX research, from defining problem statements to ideas validation through user interviews and usability testing. ● Articulate the UX strategy and design solution execution, communicate it with all levels of stakeholders including C-Level management. ● Managing up to 6 UXUI designers by projects between China and Hong Kong, including researcher, UX designer and visual designer. ● Conduct and arrange usability testing, converting the insights to product development. ● Co-own the co-design workshop, engaging stakeholders in it and gathering user insight, translating it into solutions. ● Iterating and improving the product through data observation and user research. ● Working closely across the marketing and growth team for the activation campaign. ● Define requirements and specifications to developers, and be the quality gatekeeper. Show less
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Walton Brown
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Hong Kong
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior UX Designer
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Aug 2015 - Sep 2017
● Playing a key role in an e-commerce product (MyMM App) that sells affordable luxury goods to mainland china. ● Develop complicated features such as Order Management System, Coupon System from scratch to launch, working along with different units such as business stakeholders, product managers and developers. ● Conduct effective research, including competitive analysis and stakeholder interviews. ● Present and lead feature direction with internal parties, including C-level stakeholders in the English environment. ● Create functional prototypes, testing scripts and conduct user testing. ● Define specifications for developers. ● Coordinate with offshore business stakeholders and developers, e.g. in ShangHai, Vietnam by different mediums such as Jira / Confluence / Skype / WeChat. ● Ensure highly consistent user behaviour within the product such as web and mobile application. Show less
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Proximity Worldwide
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Creative Director
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Jan 2014 - Apr 2015
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Guru Online - AdBeyond (Group) Limited
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Hong Kong
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Advertising Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Design Lead
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Aug 2011 - Dec 2013
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Frenzoo
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX Director (U.S. Market)
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Mar 2008 - May 2011
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Rice 5 Ltd.
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Hong Kong
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Interaction Designer
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Jan 2005 - Feb 2008
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Education
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bachelor's degree, Management