Topics Covered:
East meets West Product Design with Kuei Tien Huang
00:00- Introduction of guest speaker
02:22 – Tina shares her day to day life as a design manager
03:09 – Tina talks about the projects that she’s proud of in the span of her career
05:01 – Tina shares with the audience about Watch Party in Viki
08:08 – Tina talks about her research thinking and methodologies
11:49 – Tina talks about user satisfaction score
13:22 – Tina talks about launching in the US market first before any other country
14:10 – Tina talks about how Watch Party is an engine of growth
15:30 – Tina shares about her experience working in Carousell
20:20 – Tina shares about East vs West design trends for Viki
24:07 – Tina talks about how Viki’s market is mainly in the US
25:16 – Tina talks about immersion trips to talk to the users in the US
26:11 – Tina gives advice on what to look out for when designing for the Asian market
28:22 – Tina talks about how some design concepts are still in the experimental stage
29:24 – Tina talks about how the feature and the marketing of a product is a key factor in how you’re going to hit user’s heart
32:22 – Tina shares how mindset is the first that has to change as you progress to achieve your professional goals
34:17 – Tina talks about her adaptive approach to leadership
35:30 – Tina gives advice to first time managers
38:28 – Tina gives advice and general tips on how to get promoted
41:30 – Tina shares her journey of deciding to move to Singapore to become a designer after studying Mathematics
44:46 – Tina shares her comparison of working in Singapore vs Taiwan
48:19 – Tina gives advice to people who are trying to break into UX design
52:15 – Tina gives advice to someone who just lost their job and trying to get back on their feet
54:04 – Outro