Experiences

Experiences

Great Eastern Life

Great Eastern Life

UX lead, Customer services

UX lead, Customer services

2024 - Present

2024 - Present

Senior UX designer, Policy services

Senior UX designer, Policy services

2022 - 2023

2022 - 2023

UX designer

UX designer

2019 - 2021

2019 - 2021

  • Leading end-to-end design and strategy for Great Eastern’s customer digital ecosystem, including the Great Eastern App, regional ePay, corporate website, and Employee Benefits App

    • Spearheaded the digitisation of 16+ high-volume service transactions, achieving 80% straight-through processing and improving operational efficiency

    • Drove strategic feature enhancements based on evolving business requirements and continuous user feedback

  • Leading end-to-end design and strategy for Great Eastern’s customer digital ecosystem, including the Great Eastern App, regional ePay, corporate website, and Employee Benefits App

    • Spearheaded the digitisation of 16+ high-volume service transactions, achieving 80% straight-through processing and improving operational efficiency

    • Drove strategic feature enhancements based on evolving business requirements and continuous user feedback

  • Led the design and strategic direction of a key financial planning tool for both agents and customers

    • Delivered Protection Explorer, an interactive financial planning experience showcased at Singapore Fintech Festival and nominated for UX Design Awards

  • Established and scaled UX processes to elevate team efficiency and output quality

    • Co-developed a scalable UX measurement framework to track and enhance experiences across all customer touchpoints

    • Optimised workflows, ensuring designers had the right tools and resources to maximise productivity

  • Co-founded and governed the organisation's first design system, improving consistency and velocity

    • Successfully onboarded 4 digital platforms to adopt the new system

  • Collaborated with cross-functional management and internal stakeholders (product, business, CS, IT) to align on business objectives and co-create innovative concepts

  • Mentored designers and interns while advocating for design thinking across cross-functional teams

Maltem Consulting Group

Maltem Consulting Group

UXUI consultant

UXUI consultant

2018 - 2019

2018 - 2019

  • Designed an award-winning financial planning simulation tool, boosting agent sales conversion.

  • Improved existing features and platforms through user research, feedback and business requirement alignment.

  • Managed 2 online communities with over 1000 customers and 500 agents.

    • Conducted 30+ qualitative and quantitative researches a year with 30% response rate

    • Analysed findings and generate insights for internal stakeholders and communities as sharebacks.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (business, tech) to translate requirements into user flows, wireframes, hi-fi prototypes, and IA.

  • Facilitated design thinking workshops and provided mentorship for junior designers and students.

Education

Education

National University of Singapore

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Industrial Design

2014 - 2018

Eindhoven University of Technology

Student Exchange Programme

(Industrial Design)

2017

Singapore Polytechnic

Diploma in Tourism and Resort Management

2011 - 2014

Achievements

Achievements

UX Design Awards 2024

Protection Explorer

Nominated

Singapore Fintech Festival 2023 & 2024

Protection Explorer

Product showcase

NUS, Division of Industrial Design

TAP App - Improve job opportunities for the disabled

1st place (Social Design)

NUS, Division of Industrial Design

PICKIT - Design for Policy - Foreign Domestic Worker

2nd place (Service Design)

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