ORCHESTRATING IDEAS INTO EXPERIENCES SINCE — Y:2017
JIN
HAN
ONCE A MUSICIAN, NOW A DESIGNER.
DIFFERENT STAGE, SAME CRAFT
Currently Co-founder & Product Design Lead at Nearville — building peer-to-peer experiences that reconnect local communities.
Previously at LG Electronics and Columbia University Medical Center, with experience spanning B2C, P2P, healthcare, and SaaS products.
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Shipped 2023
SaaS
End To End
Shipped 2023
SaaS
End To End
PRODUCT DESIGN (WEB)
Built an AI-powered QA tool (MAL) to detect UX writing inconsistencies → reduced manual review time by 60% and improved release accuracy across global teams.
Built an AI-powered QA tool (MAL) to detect UX writing inconsistencies → reduced manual review time by 60% and improved release accuracy across global teams.
PRODUCT DESIGN | STRATEGY (MOBILE)
Pivoting Nearville’s GTM to Unlock Campus Growth
Rebuilt GTM strategy around Gen Z sharing culture → drove faster adoption and clearer product-market alignment.
Rebuilt GTM strategy around Gen Z sharing culture → drove faster adoption and clearer product-market alignment.
Shipped 2025
0 → 1
P2P Marketplace
UX Research
Health Tech
Mobile
PRODUCT DESIGN | SERVICE DESIGN
Reframed outdated user assumptions and redesigned the app → empowering older Korean patients to track progress and engage actively in their care.
Reframed outdated user assumptions and redesigned the app → empowering older Korean patients to track progress and engage actively in their care.
Collaborating with Jin to launch the Designed Minds UX community was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. As a design leader, she was instrumental in shaping our vision, brand, and member experience. Her strategic mindset helped us set a clear direction, and her thoughtful questions ensured we stayed aligned with our purpose. Her communication and storytelling skills unified the team and gave our mission a voice that resonated across the community. Jin creates space for collaboration, transforms ambiguity into focused action, and moves seamlessly between user research, strategic planning, and execution, all while keeping the needs of the community at the center.
Luany L | Sr. Experience Designer @ Adobe
Collaborating with Jin to launch the Designed Minds UX community was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. As a design leader, she was instrumental in shaping our vision, brand, and member experience. Her strategic mindset helped us set a clear direction, and her thoughtful questions ensured we stayed aligned with our purpose. Her communication and storytelling skills unified the team and gave our mission a voice that resonated across the community. Jin creates space for collaboration, transforms ambiguity into focused action, and moves seamlessly between user research, strategic planning, and execution, all while keeping the needs of the community at the center.
Luany L | Sr. Experience Designer @ Adobe
Collaborating with Jin to launch the Designed Minds UX community was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. As a design leader, she was instrumental in shaping our vision, brand, and member experience. Her strategic mindset helped us set a clear direction, and her thoughtful questions ensured we stayed aligned with our purpose. Her communication and storytelling skills unified the team and gave our mission a voice that resonated across the community. Jin creates space for collaboration, transforms ambiguity into focused action, and moves seamlessly between user research, strategic planning, and execution, all while keeping the needs of the community at the center.
Luany L | Sr. Experience Designer @ Adobe
Jin has been a great design leader and co-founder during Nearville’s 0–1 phase. She brings a thoughtful approach to balancing creative direction, team resourcing, technical feasibility, and business goals. She leads the design team with clarity and care, while also supporting the broader Nearville team. Her ability to think both big-picture and operationally has been key in shaping our early product and culture.
Moyai F | Product Designer @ Nearville
Jin has been a great design leader and co-founder during Nearville’s 0–1 phase. She brings a thoughtful approach to balancing creative direction, team resourcing, technical feasibility, and business goals. She leads the design team with clarity and care, while also supporting the broader Nearville team. Her ability to think both big-picture and operationally has been key in shaping our early product and culture.
Moyai F | Product Designer @ Nearville
Jin has been a great design leader and co-founder during Nearville’s 0–1 phase. She brings a thoughtful approach to balancing creative direction, team resourcing, technical feasibility, and business goals. She leads the design team with clarity and care, while also supporting the broader Nearville team. Her ability to think both big-picture and operationally has been key in shaping our early product and culture.
Moyai F | Product Designer @ Nearville
Jin is one of those rare talents who quietly powers the engine of a startup—humble, yet incredibly capable of leading cross-functional teams with clarity and drive. As the sole designer, she built both the app and web experience hands-on while also co-establishing Nearville’s vision, mission, and product priorities from the very beginning. I was always impressed by her ability to extract deep customer insights through wide-reaching and thoughtful research, which helped shape the core of our product strategy. She brings unmatched grit, resilience, and flexibility—and she always delivers. She combines creative precision with organizational intuition, consistently aligning product, engineering, and marketing with a calm, energizing presence. In my 20+ year career, she stands out as one of the best teammates I’ve ever worked with. Any team would be lucky to have her.
Travis K | CEO @ Nearville
Jin is one of those rare talents who quietly powers the engine of a startup—humble, yet incredibly capable of leading cross-functional teams with clarity and drive. As the sole designer, she built both the app and web experience hands-on while also co-establishing Nearville’s vision, mission, and product priorities from the very beginning. I was always impressed by her ability to extract deep customer insights through wide-reaching and thoughtful research, which helped shape the core of our product strategy. She brings unmatched grit, resilience, and flexibility—and she always delivers. She combines creative precision with organizational intuition, consistently aligning product, engineering, and marketing with a calm, energizing presence. In my 20+ year career, she stands out as one of the best teammates I’ve ever worked with. Any team would be lucky to have her.
Travis K | CEO @ Nearville
Jin is one of those rare talents who quietly powers the engine of a startup—humble, yet incredibly capable of leading cross-functional teams with clarity and drive. As the sole designer, she built both the app and web experience hands-on while also co-establishing Nearville’s vision, mission, and product priorities from the very beginning. I was always impressed by her ability to extract deep customer insights through wide-reaching and thoughtful research, which helped shape the core of our product strategy. She brings unmatched grit, resilience, and flexibility—and she always delivers. She combines creative precision with organizational intuition, consistently aligning product, engineering, and marketing with a calm, energizing presence. In my 20+ year career, she stands out as one of the best teammates I’ve ever worked with. Any team would be lucky to have her.