Ke Qi
Product & web designer focused on clean systems, smooth interactions, and meaningful details.
UX/UI Designer
@
Studio Kurbos
July 2023 - now
Stuttgart, Germany
Led series production HMI design across the Head Up Display and Instrument Cluster for 5 luxury car models, working seamlessly with three distributed teams including OEM Product Owners, design coordinator, and developers under Scrum framework. Migrated legacy Sketch and Photoshop files into Figma to enable real time global access, cutting release cycles from two years down to six months.
UX/UI Designer
@
Studio Kurbos
July 2023 - now
Stuttgart, Germany
Led series production HMI design across the Head Up Display and Instrument Cluster for 5 luxury car models, working seamlessly with three distributed teams including OEM Product Owners, design coordinator, and developers under Scrum framework. Migrated legacy Sketch and Photoshop files into Figma to enable real time global access, cutting release cycles from two years down to six months.
Senior UX/UI Design Consultant
@
Thoughtworks
October 2017 – July 2023
Stuttgart, Germany; Xi'an, China
Tailored product strategies for clients across healthcare, fintech, telecommunication, and e-commerce, turning ambiguous requirements into 4 products shipped from zero to launch across iOS, Android, and web, working within Agile teams of Product Owners, developers, and QAs. Established design libraries to keep the experience consistent across platforms, and mentored junior designers while setting design practice standards across client engagements.
Senior UX/UI Design Consultant
@
Thoughtworks
October 2017 – July 2023
Stuttgart, Germany; Xi'an, China
Tailored product strategies for clients across healthcare, fintech, telecommunication, and e-commerce, turning ambiguous requirements into 4 products shipped from zero to launch across iOS, Android, and web, working within Agile teams of Product Owners, developers, and QAs. Established design libraries to keep the experience consistent across platforms, and mentored junior designers while setting design practice standards across client engagements.
Product Designer
@
LeFit Fitness
March 2017 – September 2017
Hangzhou, China
Designed a 24/7 gym chain app from scratch, defining end-to-end UX workflows and working closely with developers and the operations team through launch. Ran on-site user testing sessions that drove 3 major UX iterations before public release, and the product scaled to over 1 million users within its first year.
Product Designer
@
LeFit Fitness
March 2017 – September 2017
Hangzhou, China
Designed a 24/7 gym chain app from scratch, defining end-to-end UX workflows and working closely with developers and the operations team through launch. Ran on-site user testing sessions that drove 3 major UX iterations before public release, and the product scaled to over 1 million users within its first year.
UX/UI Designer
@
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
February 2016 – March 2017
Shanghai, China
Designed a responsive, accessible, cross-platform web talent management platform for the entire enterprise across multiple regions, collaborating with global cross-functional teams to meet PwC brand guidelines and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. Unified the design language and component libraries across 20+ designers and 100+ developers.
UX/UI Designer
@
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
February 2016 – March 2017
Shanghai, China
Designed a responsive, accessible, cross-platform web talent management platform for the entire enterprise across multiple regions, collaborating with global cross-functional teams to meet PwC brand guidelines and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. Unified the design language and component libraries across 20+ designers and 100+ developers.
Skills
Product design
UX research
Interaction design
Design systems
Prototyping
User flows
Usability testing
Visual design
Information architecture
Education
Education
Human-Centred Interactive Technologies, Masters degree with Distinction
2014 – 2015, University of York, England
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1st class Honour degree BEng
2011 – 2014, Newcastle University, England