Cassia (好雨) Tang
Critical Designer
Education
Aug 2023 - May 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
Atlanta, GA
User Experience Design · eXtended Reality (VR/AR/MR) Design · 3D Modeling · Motion Design · Animation · Speculative Design · Participatory Design · Service Design · User Research · Interactive Narrative
Sep 2019 - Jun 2023
Xi'an International Studies University
B.A. English Literature & Applied Linguistics (honors degree)
Xi'an, China
Feminist and Post-Colonial Literary Criticism · Queer Theory · Scholastic, Late-Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy · Romantic Poetry · Regional and Area Studies · Sociolinguistics · Psycholinguistics · Stylistics · Semiotics
Work Experience
Sep 2024 - May 2025
Lead UX Designer @ The High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
Improving the Way-finding Experience for Visitors to the High Museum of Art - Thesis Project
Designed an interactive way-finding kiosk and web app to support navigation and exhibit tracking for visitors, increasing the user satisfaction rate by 92%.
Created 20+ animated interactive screens, including resting screen animation, button animation, and icon animation, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Jan 2025 - May 2025
Lead UX Designer @ Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Efficiently Incorporating Graphical Abstracts into the Molecular Vision Journal - Sponsored Project
Led the design for interactive graphical abstract (GA), which includes redesigning the journal home page, submission portal, onboarding experience, and editors' view to facilitate this feature.
Created a design system that suits the Molecular Vision branding, including color schemes, typography, and reusable UI components, which were all made ready for development.
Initiated 3 rounds of iteration based on user feedback, increasing user satisfaction rate by 97%.
May 2024 - Aug 2024
UX Design Intern @ Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Lead Designer for Campus Recreation Center Website
Led the end-to-end redesign of Campus Recreation Center website, structuring 58 subpages to enhance UX, accessibility, and responsiveness, resulting in a 25% increase in user satisfaction.
Created a design system with color schemes, typography, reusable UI components, and facilitated weekly design critiques that improved design quality.
Successfully launched in Fall 2024, driving a 30% increase in user engagement, validated by metrics such as page views and time on site.
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
UX Designer @ FanDuel
Atlanta, GA
Enhancing User Experience of Fantasy Sports Through Generative AI - Sponsored Project
Designed wireframes and Hi-Fi prototypes of interactive dashboards for the Fantasy Sports Mobile app featuring AI summaries, highlight reels & reports.
Created and edited animations for highlight reels using After Effects, Figma, and Premiere Pro.
Guided 3 rounds of iteration, integrating stakeholder workshops, user testing, and heuristic evaluations, resulting in an average SUS score of 72.5.
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
Participatory Designer @ DEAR Lab, Georgia Tech
Atlanta, GA
Designing and Facilitating a Participatory Design Workshop
Designed and organized a participatory design workshop, bringing together designers, HCI researchers, urban planners, activists, and data specialists to explore civic data challenges.
Designed and iterated workshop activities, developed visual & textual materials, and ensured a seamless collaborative problem-solving process.
Facilitated interactive sessions, guided discussions, and activities to generate actionable insights on eviction data and public civic data.
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
UX/UI Design Intern @ PIQS Intelligence (Shenzhen) Co.
Shenzhen, China
Designing Interactive Web Dashboard for a 3D Laser Profiling System
Created Hi-Fi prototypes with new UI and dashboard layouts to communicate design solutions with PMs and developers, resulting in an 83% increase in usability and user satisfaction.
Conducted user research with 10+ users to uncover key pain points, leading to well-defined design challenges and opportunities.
Persuaded the team to implement a higher-effort design by proving its long-term value, earning stakeholder alignment through data-based user insights.
Academic Work
Sep 2023 - May 2025
Research Assistant @ College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Graduate Research Assistant at the DEAR Lab
Atlanta, GA
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Teaching Assistant @ College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Graduate Teaching Assistant for CS 6755 HCI Foundations
Atlanta, GA
Skills
Design
Visual Design, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Storyboarding, eXtended Reality Design, 3D Modeling, Design Systems
Research
Quantitative Research, Competitive Analysis, User Interview, Literature Review, Critical Discourse Analysis, Usability Testing, Diary Studies
Tools
Figma, Sketch, Qualtrics, Framer, Blender, Unity, Rhino 3D, Fusion 360, P5.js, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, DaVinci