Taekyeung is a Senior UX Designer with 10+ years of experience, 22 patents, and 5 awards. Skilled in solving complex UX challenges and collaborating with teams to deliver scalable, user-centered solutions still implemented in millions of products across platforms.

Currently @ PlayStation

Previously @ INTUIT, SAMSUNG

Studied @ UW HCDE

Selected works

Samsung OneUI Watch

Design System / Design Strategy / Wearable UX / Common UI

Revolutionized the Galaxy Watch experience by combining the power of Wear OS™ and One UI Watch, enhancing the cross-device ecosystem. Led team to deliver an intuitive interface from concept to launch and achieved record-breaking shipments. CES Innovation Awards winner.

Project Duration
8 months (Jan 2021 - Aug 2021)

Partner
Google, AKQA

Samsung Pay Germany

Fintech / Mobile

Samsung Pay, a device-embedded mobile payment service, was already serviced in dozens of countries worldwide. While it’s available in many European markets, Germany was always missing from the list. The project aimed to develop Samsung Pay, a comprehensive mobile payment solution that allows secure and contactless payments on millions of Samsung devices in Germany.

Project Duration
4 months

Partner
VISA, SolarisBank

QuickBooks Spending Insights + Semantic Search

Machine Learning / Semantic Search / Fintech / Mobile / Web

With the power of Machine Learning, we can allow QBO customers to ask any open-text question in their own language about their data and get smart answers. This project’s goal is to define the ideal state experience for how customers want to ask questions and what questions they are interested in being able to answer.

Project Duration
2 months (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)

Team
PM, Data Scientist

Awards & Patents

  • Galaxy Watch4 UX (Winner) 2022

    Smart watch UX (Winner) 2018

    Fitness band UX (Winner) 2017

  • Wearable Smart Band UX 2014

  • CES Innovation Awards, US, 2021, Innovation Honouree

    CES Innovation Award, US, 2018, Winner (Fitness, Sports and Biotech), Gear Sport

  • US USD1006039S1 (2023)

    US USD1005324S1 (2023)

    US USD1001826S1 (2023)

    US USD859443S1 (2017)

    US USD864993S1 (2017)

    US USD872744S1 (2017)

    US USD844636S1 (2017)

    US USD820866S1 (2016)

    US USD835143S1 (2016)

    US USD875749S1 (2016)

    US USD788154S1 (2015)

    US USD786297S1 (2015)

    US USD778952S1 (2015)

    WO EP US CN KR US20170045993A1 (2015)

    US KR US10712919B2 (2015)

    US USD749639S1 (2013)

    US USD753182S1 (2013)

    US USD745530S1 (2013)

    US USD742390S1 (2013)

    US USD739872S1 (2013)

Work Experience

Sony PlayStation

Commerce, Global Design Center

Senior UX designer

Aug 2023 – present

Samsung Electronics

Mobile Business, IM Division

Senior UX designer

Feb 2012 – Aug 2021

Intuit inc.

QuickBooks, Core UX

Intern UX designer

June 2022 – Aug 2022

Education

University of Washington

MS • Human-Centered Design & Engineering

2021 – 2023

Hongik University

BFA • Visual Communication Design

2007 – 2012

Looking for a fantastic group of people to work with.

Feel free to reach out to me 😁