Miranda Ma

About

Passionate about designing meaningful, innovative, and empathetic experiences. Inspired by human connection, the outdoors, and a good iced oat latte. Extensive experience in UX design and product management, with a focus on creating inclusive and accessible solutions.

Experience

• User Experience Designer · AbbVie2023-05-01 – 2025-01-01

  Led design strategy and drove scalability for a company-wide design system (Unity), managing 100+ design tokens, modular components, and variables to ensure visual consistency, responsive design, and cohesive cross-platform user experiences across internal digital products and brands. Established and executed a comprehensive end-to-end user research framework, conducting 20+ user testing sessions and stakeholder interviews to enhance accessibility, usability, and design system adoption.

• UX Design Instructor · Design Innovation Illinois2024-06-01 – 2024-12-01

  Facilitated a semester-long UX design course covering fundamentals in user research, wireframing, and prototyping. Mentored students through real-world challenges, applying human-centered design principles, and led design projects to build foundational UX skills.

• Product Management Fellow · Product Space UIUC2024-01-01 – 2024-12-01

  Acted as a PM associate for a stealth startup and contributed to marketing strategies. Participated in product development discussions and supported early-stage product initiatives.

• Director of Social Media · Hack4Impact2024-01-01 – 2024-12-01

  Designed all content posted on social media platforms, increasing engagement and awareness for Hack4Impact's initiatives.

• Product Designer (Foster Nation) · Hack4Impact2024-01-01 – 2024-05-01

  Developed the donor dashboard 'Kind Space' for foster youth and donors, creating a platform to manage gift requests and fulfillments in a unified system. Contributed to the design and implementation of the platform, enhancing user engagement.

• Product Designer (iSTEM) · Hack4Impact2023-08-01 – 2023-12-01

  Designed an inclusive and accessible online learning resource library for users with disabilities, improving accessibility and usability.

• Product Designer (SECS) · Hack4Impact2023-01-01 – 2023-08-01

  Created an interactive database visualizing University of Illinois System's fossil fuel investments and carbon impacts, supporting divestment initiatives.

• UX/UI Design Intern · Cargill2023-01-01 – 2023-05-01

  Worked on reSkued, a startup backed by Cargill and Google, aimed at eliminating food waste through an online marketplace and analytics dashboard.

• UX Research Intern · Cargill2022-08-01 – 2022-12-01

  Conducted user research for internal tools, focusing on improving user experience and operational efficiency.

• UX Design Intern · Reskued2023-01-01 – 2023-05-01

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBachelor of Science - BS, Information Sciences (HCI/UX)

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