HELLO THERE.

Nice to e-meet you. I'm Jia'en (Jaine), a multidisciplinary designer with background in industrial design. I'm also an occasional food scientist, and I come from the sunny island of Singapore ☀️
Since my early years practising human-centered design, I've been constantly inspired by the different roles and motivations of people. I enjoy nurturing my curiosity through exploring possibilities that are meaningful to both human and social experiences, and mining alongside for design solutions that are value-adding. Having plenty of opportunities to share in the interactions and dialogues with people from all walks of life also add to my personal learning experience I find valuable.
I always believe an original and thoughtful design lies in active listening, having a keen eye for details and the artistry to reduce. In every design space, I take pride in pushing boundaries and distilling complexities, chasing leads from different frames of reference through findings and my own intuition.
I have committed myself in a spectrum of design projects; from healthcare and lifestyle products, spatial and retail experience, system and information design, to the educative and exploratory. I'm confident that my equipped skills, my passion and ever-learning attitude could bring forth design and innovation in the most relevant and purposeful way.
S K I L L S
Design Thinking | User & Market Research
Competitive Analysis | Workflow Mapping
Product Strategy & Management | Product
Pitching | Workshop Facilitation
Wireframing | UI/UX | UX Writing | Data
Visualisation | Information Architecture
Prototyping | User Testing
Storyboarding | Digital Illustration | Video
Production | 3D Modeling | 3D Rendering
Rapid Prototyping
S O F T W A R E P R O F I C I E N C Y
Adobe Creative Suite
Photoshop | Illustrator | Indesign
Premiere Pro | After Effects | Adobe XD
Wireframing & Digital Prototyping
Figma | InVision | Sketch | Marvel
Procreate
3D C.A.D. Modeling & Rendering
Rhinoceros | Sketchup | Keyshot
Programming
Basic HTML, CSS, & JavaScript
Scratch | Micro:bit
Others
Excel | Asana | Miro
L A N G U A G E S
English - Written and Spoken
Mandarin - Written and Spoken
E D U C A T I O N
National University of Singapore
B.A. Industrial Design (Hons), Distinction
2015-2019
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
B.A. Industrial Design Engineering
(Semester Exchange Programme)
2018
Anderson Junior College
Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level
2012-2013
A W A R D S & D I S T I N C T I O N S
Winner
NVPC Groundup Sandbox 2021:
Launchpad for Mental Health solutions
Awarded by National Volunteer and Philanthropy
Centre (NVPC), Singapore
1st Prize
Social Design: To improve job opportunities
for people with disabilities (2017)
Awarded by the Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
C E R T I F I C A T I O N & L I C E N S E S
Introduction to HTML, CSS, & JavaScript
International Business Machines (IBM)
Issued Jun 2024
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Alliance
Issued Oct 2022
Social Psychology (with Honors)
Wesleyan University
Issued Oct 2021
GSD1x: The Architectural Imagination
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Issued May 2020
Biomedical Research
Collaborative Institutional Training
Initiative (CITI) Program
Issued Dec 2018