Han Xu🇺🇸

About Han Xu

Senior Product designer at Ginkgo Bioworks

I see myself as a holistic product designer, working across research, design, product, strategy, processes, and systems. I create impact in both fast-paced startups and larger organizations by adapting my human-centered design approach to fit any unique setting.

I prefer to mentor: Portfolio review Resume review Help with design Interview, whiteboard design challenges Career mentoring Insights about doing UX/Product Design in startups UX/Product Design professionals at their early/mid career stages Peer mentoring

What do I specialize in? Making impact through adapting human-centered design processes to specific needs Connecting research and design: distilling insights from the chaos and noise, and then visualizing solutions for identified problems by asking the right questions to observe, listen, and learn. Wearing multiple hats and cross-functional collaboration especially with Product Management and Engineering Areas I have worked in: education, technology, professional development, entrepreneurship, biotech, and lab automation.

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What mentees say

“Han was super helpful and gave me awesome suggestions. I listed some generic questions about job hunting, and she answered them and gave me a specific guide, which was awesome! Thank you again, and I hope I can meet with her again!”

“Han's session was super inspiring and helpful. She was very patient and approachable. I had no clues how to showcase the value of my UX case study and Han gave me very concrete suggestions. Thank you so much!”

“Han was super approachable and gave constructive feedback on my portfolio presentation. Our conversation left me feeling confident and prepared with my presentation. Han not just gave feedback but also asked questions that helped me prepare better for interviews.”