Summary
Jihye Lee is a UX/Product Designer based in Seoul with nine years of experience crafting intuitive, scalable digital experiences across media, travel, and consumer platforms. She has progressed from web publishing and UI/UX roles to senior product design positions at companies such as Yanolja, CREMA, and most recently SOOP (formerly AfreecaTV), blending visual communication expertise from graduate studies with hands-on product delivery. Her background spans interaction design, visual communication, and computer multimedia, enabling a design approach that balances aesthetic clarity with data-informed usability. Colleagues describe her as someone who bridges research-led design thinking and pragmatic product execution, often translating complex stakeholder needs into elegant, production-ready interfaces. An unexpected strength is her academic depth—a PhD-level foundation in visual communication—that informs nuanced information architecture and visual systems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Multimedia, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Multimedia at 제주한라대학교
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Culture and liberal arts, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Culture and liberal arts at 한국방송통신대학교
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Visual Communication Design, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Visual Communication Design at Hongik University