Hello, I’m Emu!

I am a UX/UI designer with a background as a web designer in Japan. I’m interested in creating harmonious relationships between users and products using creative and empathic design.

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Projects

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Plant care mobile app design

Designing a personal assistant app which helps novice plant owners better understand plant care and gain confidence in their abilities.

My role: UX researcher, UX/UI designer

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Government agency website redesign

Redesigning the Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) website with an improved navigation system and user-friendly content/layout.

My role: UX researcher, UX/UI designer

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Non-profit organization website redesign

Redesigning and organizing an environmental conservation group's content-heavy website to visually communicate their goals, history, and brand.

My role: UX researcher, UX/UI designer, logo designer

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Costco Wholesale website redesign

Conducting user research to reveal problems behind Costco's current website and ​prototyping redesigned pages with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery & Slick), and Bootstrap.

My role: UX researcher, front-end developer

Skills

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User research

Seek user insights that clarify the core problem and user needs by using both quantitative and qualitative data.

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User empathy

Get to the bottom of user insights by repeatedly asking “why” and see the problem from users’ points of view.

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Visual design

Create not only beautuful, but also usable designs with an obsessive attention to detail.

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Prototyping

Able to prototype quickly and effectively to communicate the design idea and also validate assumptions by testing.