Sophie Xing

Sophie Xing is a UI/UX designer with over fourteen years of experience. In 2021, they began working for Station, where their roles include designing wireframes, hi-fi prototypes, and design systems by Figma; UX research; motion graphic by After Effects and LottieFiles; and transition diagram by Overflow. Sophie also uses related tools such as Figma, Sketch, Zeplin, Abstract, Jira, Junction, and Microsoft 365. From 2005 to 2021, Sophie has also been self-employed as a UI/UX designer and product designer. Her last freelance project was designing an HR based SaaS product Werwee, for which they conducted user research, created information architecture, wireframes, lo-fi and hi-fi prototypes, and visual designs. Additionally, Sophie has worked as an illustrator and designer, 2D animator, graphic designer for Forever 21 in 2017, animation assistant for the University of Southern California in 2015, website UI designer for Chinesesavvy in 2008, and website UI designer for Newsmy Technology Co., Ltd. in 2007.

Sophie Xing obtained their Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art from Harbin Normal University between 2003 and 2007. Sophie then went on to pursue a Master's Degree in Animation and Digital Arts from the University of Southern California from 2013 to 2016. Since then, they have obtained numerous certifications from Google and Coursera, including a Google UX Design Specialization, Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma, Responsive Web Design in Adobe XD, Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts, Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes, Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate, Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design by Google, UI / UX Design Specialization, Web Design: Wireframes to Prototypes, UX Design Fundamentals, Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture, and Visual Elements of User Interface Design.