Ziyi Zhou

Product Manager & UX Designer

Liner notes

I'm Ziyi. I turn what people actually do into products they can use.

I'm studying Interaction Design at TU Delft, after a bachelor's in Industrial Design. My work sits between research and product: I talk to users, test with them, read the data, and turn what I find into decisions a team can build on.

Most recently: a 0→1 lighting product as a product intern at Shokz, a hackathon product for Uber Eats that placed top 3, and usability research for De'Longhi.

Delft, NetherlandsMSc graduating 2027Open to product & UX roles
Email ↗ LinkedIn ↗
Side A · 2026

Side AExperience

  1. A1

    Shokz / Product Intern

    Took a health-lighting product from a vague idea to a PRD: 12 user interviews, a hardware cost model, and an office-lighting study (102 responses, NPS +9.8) that set the next round of fixes.

  2. A2

    Hack4Her × Uber Eats / Product Lead

    Top 3. Defined Food Miner's AI recommendation mechanism, information architecture and hi-fi prototype: five personal picks instead of endless browsing.

  3. A3

    De'Longhi / UX Researcher (client project)

    Usability study of the Pinguino app's scheduling with 7 participants; recommendations sent to the design centre in Italy.

Side BEducation

  1. B1

    TU Delft / MSc Interaction Design

    Specialising in AI product and service design.

  2. B2

    Wuhan University of Technology / BSc Industrial Design

    Top 10% of the programme. University third-class scholarship; Outstanding Volunteer award.

Bonus tracksOn campus

  1. B3

    Student Self-Reliance Society / President

    Ran recruitment, training and reviews for the School of Art & Design's volunteer society; organised a book-donation drive (90%+ donor satisfaction) and a free tutoring programme for 100+ families (95% parent satisfaction).

  2. B4

    Cruise & Yacht Dream Factory / Assistant

    Designed 10+ posters (100k+ views on social media), ran two recruitment drives that drew 300+ applicants for 80 places, and shot the official event photos.

How I work

Three habits, and where you can see them.

Curious

In sync&sweat I expected music tempo to drive heart rate. The data said r = +0.05, so I rebuilt the concept around activity type instead.

See sync&sweat ↗

Empathetic

For De'Longhi I watched seven people try to schedule an air conditioner, then combined tests, UEQ scores and interviews to find where they got lost.

See De'Longhi ↗

Clear on trade-offs

In Food Miner the AI narrows hundreds of options to five, but the final tap stays with the user: one extra tap, in exchange for trust.

See Food Miner ↗
Off the record

Off screen I dance hip-hop, cook and bake, and listen to more music than is probably healthy. That last one is why this site is a record player.

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