Bora Chong

About

UX / Product Designer with 8+ years of experience across physical and digital products. I specialize in UX research, interaction design, prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration to translate user and business needs into human-centered, scalable solutions. Experienced leading design efforts for consumer hardware and digital interfaces, including work at Speck Products, MomentR, and El Locale, with a track record of building design systems and driving product roadmap decisions.

Experience

• UI/UX Design Extern · El Locale11-01-2025 – 12-01-2025

  El Locale - Ecommerce website and mobile app. Conducted user research (interviews, surveys) to uncover unmet user needs and validate MVP feature priorities; synthesized insights into actionable design recommendations that informed product roadmap decisions. Designed wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma to support iterative development and engineering handoff. Optimized checkout and account creation flows to reduce friction and improve usability and retention. Developed a subscription and value-proposition strategy to support long-term platform sustainability based on business goals and research.

• UI/UX Designer · MomentR04-01-2025 – 11-01-2025

  MomentR - Mobile App. Designed a mobile app concept end-to-end, translating user interviews and usability testing into clearly defined problem statements and solutions. Conducted user research including interviews, affinity mapping, and usability testing to inform wireframes and validate design decisions. Created high-fidelity prototypes in Figma, developing scalable UI components to explore consistency and reuse.

• Industrial Designer · Speck Products05-01-2018 –

  Lead designer for the tablet case category, guiding product strategy and launching tablet cases across major stores and marketplaces (Apple Store, Google Store, Samsung Store). Presented design rationale and trade-offs to stakeholders; contributed to the development of a new design center.

• Industrial Design Intern · Speck Products11-01-2017 – 05-01-2018

  Developed a new design center in collaboration with Verizon from concept to production that became a top-selling case in store.

• UX Design Intern · AirbanQ06-01-2015 – 08-01-2015

  Worked independently in a fast-paced startup environment; translated ambiguous requirements into tangible design solutions; collaborated with engineering to align design with technical constraints.

Education

• California College of the ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Industrial Design

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