Shankun Zhou
West Lafayette,IN
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Cousre Instructor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
08.2024 - Current
- Guided over 30 sophomore industrial design students in design sketch (AD 246), helping them master sketch skills and enhance their design thinking.
- Instructed students in product prototype making in workshops, assisting them in transforming design concepts into tangible models.
- Fully responsible for creating all teaching content, meticulously developing design projects and exams, and designing assessment criteria.
- Provided in-depth feedback and evaluations on student design projects, offering design suggestions to facilitate their improvement.
Assistant Interaction Designer
Trip.com
Shanghai, China
03.2023 - 12.2023
- Developed initial UX for the Flight function's dynamic island.
- Enhanced web, app, and H5 flight booking interfaces, including list page banners and flight info displays
- Redesigned UX and visuals for Trip.com's flight change notification emails
- Overhauled UX and visual design for web-based flight change guarantee pop-ups
Product Design Intern
Didi Global
Beijing, China
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Final modeling and rendering for in-car products: sunshade, projector, and microphone by using blender
- Conducted competitive research and material analysis for sunshades in the ride-hailing vehicle line, including net design.
- Initial form study for microphones in the ride-hailing vehicles, intended for entertainment purposes.
- Researched functional requirements for seats from ride-hailing drivers, organized a three-day extensive research conference involving questionnaires, simulated car sales exhibitions, and surveys on purchase intentions.
UX&UI Designer
Alllink infomation technology
Ningbo, China
10.2021 - 06.2022
- Executed full process UX optimization for Alllink, establishing the user workflow framework and app structure.
- Developed the UK version of Alllink based on the Chinese version, handling UX & UI design and enhancement for all pages.
- Assisted in researching the living needs of Chinese students in the UK to improve Alllink's functionalities.
Assistant Product Manager
Ruide industrial design
Hangzhou, China
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Conducted market research on beauty products in China, analyzing major competitors through product reviews on online shopping platforms
- Performed ergonomic testing and structural analysis of beauty mirrors
- Assisted electronic engineers in developing internal light strips for beauty mirrors
Education
Master of Arts - Interaction Design
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN06-2026
Bachelor of Engineering - Product design and manufacture
University of Nottingham
Ningbo06.2023
Skills
- Blender
- Solidworks
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Prototyping
- Sketching
- Digital Photography
Accomplishments
- 2022 IDA design award Gold
- 2022 IDA design award Bronze
Timeline
Cousre Instructor
Purdue University
08.2024 - Current
Assistant Interaction Designer
Trip.com
03.2023 - 12.2023
Product Design Intern
Didi Global
06.2022 - 09.2022
UX&UI Designer
Alllink infomation technology
10.2021 - 06.2022
Assistant Product Manager
Ruide industrial design
06.2021 - 09.2021
Master of Arts - Interaction Design
Purdue University
Bachelor of Engineering - Product design and manufacture
University of Nottingham
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