Jihoon Kang

CEO

New York, New York, United States24 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led global teams in product experience design.
Expert in user experience and information visualization.
Extensive experience in healthcare and government projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Healthcare design expert with strong leadership in user experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignProduct Development StrategyInteraction DesignProject ManagementInformation Visualization

Other Skills

Adobe Creative SuiteAfter EffectsAgile MethodologiesAnimationArt DirectionCommunication DesignCustomer Journey MappingDesign EducationDesign ThinkingElectronic Medical Record (EMR)Experience DesignGraphic DesignHeuristic EvaluationIllustrationInformation Architecture

About

Experienced design professional and educator with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong business development professional skilled in User Interface/User Experience Design, Information Design, Data Visualization, and team/project management.

Experience

Mastercard

2 roles

Vice President, Product Experience Design

Promoted

Sep 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

Co-lead a global customer experience team of Mastercard Data and Services focusing on new digital product development and product enhancement.
Build and mantor customer experience team of interaction designers, visual designers, researchers, and front-end developers through scoping objectives, direction, vision, methodology, and deliverables while managing project life cycle and relationships with stakeholders, clients, partners, and external vendors.
Facilitate Design Thinking workshops for hands-on creation of customer personas, customer journey maps, prototypes, information architecture, style guide with in-depth understanding and experience of practicing interaction design, visual design, information design (data visualization), usability research, product development strategy, and service design.

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Director, Interaction Design, Adavanced Analytics

Jul 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater New York City Area

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Parsons institute for information mapping

4 roles

Director

Promoted

Aug 2014 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

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Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2011 – Aug 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Manage and oversee the institute’s internally-driven and externally-funded projects as well as multiple teams of Design, Engineering/IT, and Research. Projects include design and engineering for graphical user interface (GUI) / user experience (UX), healthcare, information visualization, learning management system for clients including US Department of Defense (DoD), US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Macmillan Publishers, and more.

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Design Lead

Promoted

Aug 2010 – Apr 2011 · 8 mos

Led the design team and managed various research and design projects focusing on GUI/UX design, information visualization, learning management system, healthcare, and public health management for clients including US Department of Defense (DoD), US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Macmillan Publishers.

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Project Manager & Senior Information Designer

Sep 2003 – Jul 2010 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Supported and led various design and research projects as well as delivering hands-on design and research works for clients including National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of Defense (DoD), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Navy, Goldman Sachs, etc. Design and research areas include information visualization, GUI/UX design, information architecture, usability analysis, and presentation/exhibition.

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Parsons journal for information mapping (pjim)

Publisher

Jul 2011 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Parsons Journal for Information Mapping

Publish and oversee journals published by Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM) focusing on both the theoretical and practical aspects of information visualization and its disciplines. Duties include finding authors, selecting papers, overseeing the production, maintaining the website, and reaching out to subscribers.
URL:
http://pjim.newschool.edu/
ISSN:
ISSN 2372-1197

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