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PAN LAU

PAN LAU

Brand & UX Design Leader
Cupertino,CA

Summary

Design leader with 15+ years turning business challenges into measurable results. At Alibaba.com, drove 4X traffic growth, 4X qualified lead generation, and 3X sales through integrated brand, UX, and performance marketing strategies. Brings a rare combination of creative direction, UX strategy, and growth marketing experience across global B2B markets and major consumer-facing campaigns.

Accomplishments

  • Redesigned Alibaba.com USA seller acquisition website from scratch, achieving 4X traffic growth, 4X qualified leads, and 3X sales within six months through UX redesign, SEO strategy, and data-driven optimization across 100+ pages.
  • Launched and owned Alibaba.com Mexico seller acquisition website, generating 900%+ lead growth and 80%+ non-paid traffic through market localization and ongoing performance optimization.
  • Built Alibaba.com Build Up, the company's first US seller program hub, contributing to 4X revenue growth over four years through integrated brand, content, and event design across 10 cities.
  • Pioneered live streaming at trade shows starting with CES 2018, generating 2M+ video views and establishing a format the company carried forward across all subsequent events.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Lead of Creative Design and B2B Growth Marketing

Alibaba.com
Sunnyvale, USA
03.2019 - 01.2025

Directed end-to-end creative strategy and execution for B2B seller acquisition across the USA, Mexico, and Canada markets through integrated brand, UX, and performance marketing design.

  • UX and Web Design: Achieved 4X traffic growth, 4X qualified lead generation, and 3X sales in the first year by leading end-to-end UX design, front-end development, and SEO strategy for Alibaba.com USA seller acquisition website, evolving the platform through data-driven optimization from a simple lead capture flow to a full self-serve membership purchase experience across 100+ pages.
  • Localization and Growth: Generated 900%+ lead growth, 80%+ returning visitors, and an 80%+ non-paid traffic rate by designing, launching, and owning Alibaba.com Mexico seller acquisition website through market localization, UX design, content strategy, and SEO optimization.
  • Program Design and Development: Contributed to 4X revenue growth over four years as a key creative lead on Alibaba.com Build Up, directing the national tour creative and designing, developing, and maintaining the program website across 13 in-person and 20 digital events in 10 cities.
  • Campaign Design and Optimization: Delivered 1%+ average CTR across US and Mexico paid social campaigns on Facebook and LinkedIn, outperforming B2B industry benchmarks by 2-3X, through A/B tested creative design and optimization across a six-month US run and a two-week Mexico market launch.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Maintained Alibaba.com USA website performance goals by running weekly cross-channel reviews across organic, email, social, webinar, and paid channels, diagnosing traffic drops, identifying execution gaps, and coaching each channel on data-driven improvements.

Lead Designer of Brand Marketing & Partnerships

Alibaba.com
San Mateo, USA
01.2016 - 03.2019

Drove brand and design strategy for global marketing initiatives across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Shaped creative vision for partnerships, large-scale events, and Alibaba.com's first responsive content platform.

  • Content Platform Design: Grew Alibaba.com's organic social traffic by 4X, engagement by 5X, and social shares by 6X by launching Think Business, the first responsive content platform on Alibaba.com, scaling it to 200+ published posts over three years.
  • Experiential and Event Design: Produced 2M+ video views by introducing live streaming at CES 2018, establishing a format carried forward across all subsequent Alibaba.com trade show events, while designing cohesive visual systems across booth graphics, digital displays, and multi-day broadcast programming.
  • Brand Identity and Systems: Strengthened Alibaba.com's brand identity across three global regions by developing 40-page English-language brand guidelines covering logo usage, color, typography, photography, and partnership branding, with creative direction provided on the Chinese edition.

Sr. Designer of Global Marketing & Business Development

Alibaba.com
Santa Clara, USA
04.2013 - 01.2016

Owned end-to-end creative execution for global campaigns and brand initiatives across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, with growing ownership of experiential design, content platforms, and brand systems.

  • Global Campaign Design: Reached 400M+ impressions and 6.5M+ video views by overseeing the design and front-end development of campaign landing pages across 6 countries and 4 languages for Alibaba.com's first global brand campaign targeting entrepreneurs and SMBs.
  • Experiential and Kiosk Design: Secured 35%+ more leads at the National Hardware Show by crafting the full booth experience, custom product illustrations, and branded apparel, while also building and demoing an interactive kiosk on-site to introduce the platform to attendees.
  • Content Platform and Growth: Captured 10X user acquisition, 5X increase in social shares, and 4X social following growth by building Global Biz Circle, a WordPress content platform that scaled to 150+ posts and established Alibaba.com's first proprietary marketing lead database.
  • Brand and Design Systems: Standardized brand identity across multiple Alibaba business units following the company's NYSE IPO by designing a unified stationery system including business cards, letterheads, and envelopes for global office use.

Designer of Global Marketing & Business Development

Alibaba.com, Inc.
Santa Clara, USA
02.2009 - 04.2013

Supported brand, marketing, and UX initiatives for North and South American markets, building foundational design systems, social media identity, and early digital experiences for Alibaba.com's global expansion.

  • UX and Information Design: Improved navigation and self-service support for global users by leading a cross-regional UX research and redesign with teams in the US, Hong Kong, and China, restructuring a disorganized Community page into a 15+ page UX portal organized across three clear sections covering platform guidance, community, and support.
  • Brand and Social Design: Established Alibaba.com's social media visual identity across Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube for the US, UK, and Australia markets, creating design standards and templates that enabled consistent brand expression across platforms and regions.
  • Performance Creative: Outperformed agency follower growth results by 2X on Facebook through strategic visual design and messaging, achieving acquisition goals in under two weeks.

Skills

  • Brand Strategy
  • Brand Identity
  • Visual Identity
  • Creative Direction
  • Art Direction
  • Design Systems
  • UX/UI Design
  • Web Design
  • Digital Experience Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Growth Marketing
  • Content Strategy
  • SEO
  • Team Leadership
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Figma
  • WordPress

Software

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Sketch

HTML

CSS

Microsoft 365

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Communication Design

New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

Certification

Certified SEO & SEO II, Hubspot Academy, Nov 2025

PAN LAUBrand & UX Design Leader