Aichen "Grace" Guo
About
Aichen is a self-driven, passionate user experience designer and researcher who believes in human-centered design. With a background in Economics and Art, Aichen aims to integrate her quantitative techniques from economics with the creative skills from art to bring meaningful designs into life. Design to her is not only a creative problem-solving tool but also rigorous research and analytical process.
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Aichen is also a multi-media artist who seeks to create works for social purposes. The media of her works range from traditional materials — graphite drawings, oil paintings, ceramics — to modern technologies — graphic design, physical computation, and virtual reality. The subjects of her works include women in Chinese culture, health, animal welfare, sustainability, and societal concerns.
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Facing the art of life, she happily anticipates to refining an artwork that can never be completed.
Professional Experience
May. 2024 - Present
UX Designer III
Workday | Pleasanton, CA
Jan. 2022 - April, 2024
Product Designer II
C3 AI | Redwood City,CA
Oct. 2021 - Dec. 2021
Product Designer
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies | Remote
Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2021
Experience Design Intern
Verizon | Remote
Sep. 2020 - May. 2021
User Experience Consultant
Feb. 2010 - Jan. 2021
Pratt Institute Center for Digital Experiences | Remote
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User Experience Researcher
Berkeley FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality | Berkeley, CA
Nov. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Marketing Communications Designer
SOMAmetrics | Berkeley, CA
Jun. 2018 - Jul. 2018
Visual Designer
China Daily | Beijing, China
Dec. 2017 - Jan. 2018
Media & Communications Intern
Cargill Investments (China) Ltd., Beijing Branch | Beijing, China
Publications
2020
Co-author
"Affordance Analysis of Virtual and Augmented Reality Mediated Communication"
submitted to ACM CHI 2021 and Elsevier International Journal of HCI Studies.
Leadership & Extracurriculars
Sep. 2018 - May 2019
Marketing Director
FAST (Fashion and Student Trends) | Berkeley, CA
Feb. 2018 - Oct. 2019
Chief Executive of Design, Marketing Advisor
Berkeley China Summit | Berkeley, CA
Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2019
Graphic Designer, Blue Tier
Innovative Design | Berkeley, CA
Sep. 2016 - Mar. 2018
Marketing Chair, Graphic Designer, Recruitment Leader
Spring Foundation | Berkeley, CA
Feb. 2017 - May. 2018
Development Team Member & Design Committee Member
Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) | Berkeley, CA
Awards
2020
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2019
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2018
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2018
Merit Scholarship
Pratt Institute
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Putnam Ceramics Award & Certificate of Excellence in Painting
Art Practice Department, UC Berkeley
Top 10 out of 200
Brand X Challenge 2019: Uber Health
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Award of Excellence in Illustration
The 9th National Book Design Art Exhibition in China
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Best Visuals Award
CMYK Designathon: Course Hero
Certificate
Jan. 2019
Applied Jewelry Professional
certified by Gemological Institute of America
Exhibitions
2019-2020
2018
Moffitt Library Student Art Exhibition
Moffitt Library, Berkeley, CA
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Painting as Research: Painting as Selfhood
Atrium Gallery, Berkeley, CA