Brett Chien
Product Designer at Self-employed
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrett Chien is a product and UI/UX designer with over a decade of professional experience and seven years focused on crafting intuitive, human-centered digital products. Currently at Dogtown Media and running a freelance practice, he blends empathy, logic, and frontend know-how (Bloc-trained) to simplify complex information and reduce digital friction. His background spans enterprise and education sectors—from Gympass and DealerSocket to California State University—bringing pragmatic design systems and accessibility-minded interfaces to varied user bases. Trained in financial counseling and HR fundamentals, he brings an uncommon mix of behavioral insight and organizational context to product decisions. Based in Irvine, CA, Brett frames design as a way to reclaim users’ attention: elegant, empowering experiences rather than manipulative ones.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Financial Counseling & Planning, Bachelor of Science Financial Counseling & Planning at Purdue UniversityCertificate Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration General, Certificate Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration General at Villanova UniversityFrontend Web Development & UI UX Design, Frontend Web Development & UI UX Design at Bloc
English, Chinese, Mandarin
Github Skills (8)
swift8
ios7
objective-c7
macos7
xcode6
cocoapods6
carthage5
build-tools1
Github contributions (5)
brettchien/PyBLEWrapper
Aug 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:45 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
brettchien/SwiftBLEWrapper
Apr 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:19 commits, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
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