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About

Tony Lin

I'm a design engineer working at the intersection of UI/UX design and frontend engineering. I'm currently pursuing a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction & Design at UC Irvine after earning my B.A. in Design at UC Davis. Across product design, frontend, and marketing roles, I've learned to carry an idea all the way from research and wireframes to accessible, production-ready React — with a consistent focus on lowering barriers for the people who use what I build.

Experience

Feb 2026 – Jun 2026

Davis, CA

Director of Design & Marketing

Product Space

  • Implemented AI-driven audience analyses that grew Instagram impressions 8x, from ~1,100 to ~8,900 in six weeks.
  • Led a brand identity overhaul, crafting 30+ visual assets that lifted social viewership by 49% under tight budget constraints.

Jan 2026 – Jun 2026

Davis, CA

Frontend Developer

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  • Engineered reusable React components and modular SCSS, accelerating feature deployment by 20% and improving maintainability.
  • Optimized React navigation and form validation, cutting user drop-off by 15% and trimming bundle size by 14KB.
  • Built scalable Sass modules that eliminated CSS specificity conflicts and reduced navigation bugs by 40%.

Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

Remote

Product Designer

Infinite Options

  • Designed UI that scaled 10 cross-platform apps from 0 to 1 across web, Android, and iOS, reducing time-to-task for key features by 20%.
  • Drove a 90% adoption rate of new design collateral, ensuring WCAG adherence while integrating AI tools across 160+ high-fidelity assets.

Education

Expected Sep 2027

University of California, Irvine

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction & Design

Jun 2026

University of California, Davis

B.A. in Design, Minor in Art Studio · GPA 3.8 · Dean's Honor List 2024

Toolkit

Design & Prototyping

  • Figma
  • Framer
  • Adobe CC
  • Design Systems
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping

Frontend

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Node
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Modular CSS
  • WCAG
  • Git

AI Design & Dev

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Copilot
  • v0
  • Figma Make
  • Midjourney