Summary
Chuan Xue is a multidisciplinary product designer, former UX director and entrepreneur with over 10 years building digital products and teams across China’s top internet companies and his own creative ventures. He has led UX organizations at NetEase and Alibaba, founded design-driven startups, and served as Co‑Founder & Full‑stack Director at YOUKAI, shipping end-to-end web, mobile and content production tools. Now based in Pessac near Bordeaux, he works as an independent designer, product consultant, cartoonist and writer, combining technical front-end knowledge with visual storytelling. His background spans hands‑on UI/UX, front-end implementation and product ownership—he helped pioneer early AJAX webmail experiences and launched multiple new product lines including Taobao crowdfunding and digital reading platforms. Comfortable managing outsourced production and manufacturing specs as well as creative teams, he brings both operational rigor and a strong creative voice to product design. He is bilingual in working across Chinese and international contexts and currently not seeking positions in China.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
English, Chinese, French