Morgan Chen
Senior Product Designer·Portland, OR·morgan@morganchen.com·morganchen.com
Experience
Senior Product Designer · Kestrel Labs2022 to Present
- Led four flagship launches; lifted activation thirty-eight percent.
- Rebuilt the design system used across forty-plus engineers.
- Ran senior-designer hiring and owned the weekly design review.
Product Designer · Fieldnote2019 to 2022
- Owned the mobile editor from zero to its first hundred thousand daily users.
- Wrote the visual language the product still ships with today.
UX Designer · Anchor Studio2015 to 2017
- Lead designer on six client engagements across fintech and media.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interaction Design · RISD2011 to 2015
Skills
Interaction design · Prototyping · Design systems · User research · Writing
Morgan Chen
Design Lead·Portland, OR·morgan@morganchen.com·morganchen.com
Experience
Design Lead · Kestrel Labs2022 to Present
- Grew and led a team of six through four flagship launches.
- Owned senior-designer hiring; built the interview and review rituals.
- Set design direction across three product lines with CEO and CPO.
Founding Designer · Fieldnote2019 to 2022
- Founded the design practice; partnered on product strategy.
- Scaled the design org from one to four via hiring and mentorship.
Senior UX Designer · Anchor Studio2015 to 2017
- Lead designer; mentored three junior designers across client teams.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interaction Design · RISD2011 to 2015
Skills
Design leadership · Hiring and mentorship · Product strategy · Design ops · Systems thinking
Morgan Chen
Principal Design Engineer·Portland, OR·morgan@morganchen.com·morganchen.com
Experience
Principal Design Engineer · Kestrel Labs2022 to Present
- Built and shipped the design-system foundations used by forty engineers.
- Prototyped every release in React; turned forty-plus prototypes into shipped code.
- Authored the motion language used across all four flagship surfaces.
Design Engineer · Fieldnote2019 to 2022
- Designed and shipped the mobile editor end-to-end, sketch through production.
- Owned the visual and interaction language still in production today.
UX Engineer · Anchor Studio2015 to 2017
- Prototyped six client products in code; converted designs into shipped front-ends.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interaction Design · RISD2011 to 2015
Skills
Prototyping in React · Motion design · Design systems in code · Interaction design · Front-end engineering