Lead Product Designer · Design Systems · AI-Assisted Delivery

Dannick Young

Lead product designer shipping AI and Web3 products from zero to scale. I set the vision, build the system, and commit the production UI, cutting handoff cycles and raising the bar on quality in the same breath.

Experience

06/2025 – PRESENT
Lead Product Designer
ChronoAI (previously Aelf) · AI Software
1. Own end-to-end product design for a multi-surface AI platform, driving roadmap decisions from zero-state to launch alongside product and engineering leadership.
2. Scaled a Cursor-first design system with reusable tokens, primitives, and composable patterns, cutting design-to-dev handoff time by 60% and unlocking parallel squad delivery.
3. Architected a vibecoded production pipeline that ships designer-authored components straight to main, collapsing iteration cycles from weeks to days.
4. Partner with marketing on acquisition, activation, and retention, translating funnel data into UX hypotheses that directly lift growth KPIs.
5. Lead quality bar across every AI surface: run QA sweeps, write interaction specs, and mentor the team on accessibility and motion standards.
6. Built an AI-augmented feedback system that clusters signal from users and surfaces pain points, closing the loop from research → synthesis → shipped fix.
02/2025 – 06/2025
Senior Product Designer
Aelf · Web3 Blockchain
1. Led design of a Web3 mining dashboard used by thousands of operators, from discovery to launch.
2. Redesigned the wallet connection flow from 5 steps down to 2, removing the largest drop-off point in activation.
3. Shipped two mobile-first microsites for staking and rewards, establishing the component baseline reused across the Aelf ecosystem.
4. Ran 20+ user interviews and a diary study, then rebuilt the dashboard IA around the mental models operators actually use.
06/2024 – 02/2025
Lead Product Designer
VICI Studio · Design Agency
1. Built a cross-client design system of 30+ components that cut MVP delivery time by 2× across 4 early-stage startups.
2. Shipped 6 responsive websites and 2 mobile apps end-to-end, owning strategy, UI, and developer handoff for each engagement.
3. Codified the studio's research process (interviews → synthesis → prioritization), now adopted as the default across every client team.
4. Mentored junior designers and ran weekly critiques, raising the quality bar on final deliverables across the studio.
11/2023 – 06/2024
Product Designer (Hybrid)
BTCC · Web3 Blockchain
1. Led the redesign of the crypto trading signup flow, rebuilding the form from 8 fields down to 4, a 28% lift in completion rate.
2. Designed 3 trading apps for iOS and Android, owning the end-to-end experience from IA to hi-fi prototypes.
3. Shipped 15+ landing pages with structured A/B testing, validating hypotheses before rollout.
4. Analyzed Hotjar heatmaps and session replays to locate drop-off points, then shipped targeted redesigns that measurably improved conversion.
11/2021 – 11/2023
Junior Art Director
Ogilvy · Advertising
1. Produced 50+ campaign visuals across 8 client brands, sharpening the fundamentals of hierarchy, typography, and brand systems.
2. Pitched social concepts directly to client stakeholders, translating brief into narrative and visual direction.
3. Led motion output (GIFs + short video) for Instagram and Facebook, lifting engagement by 30% on flagship accounts.
4. Authored design system documentation for 3 major accounts, establishing reusable brand guardrails for downstream teams.

Skills

Product: UI/UX · Design Systems · Prototyping · QA · Product Strategy · Vibecoding
Research: Interviews · Usability Testing · Synthesis · User Surveys · Feedback Systems
Tools: Figma · Framer · Adobe Suite · Cursor · Claude Code · AI-Assisted Design · Design-to-Code
Languages: English · Mandarin · Korean

Education

BA Design & Media

University of Central Lancashire · 2021

Why You / Why Now

The AI-Assisted Design Lead

I close the design-to-development gap with Cursor and AI tooling. Where most leads hand off static files, I ship production-ready interfaces my engineers can merge the same day: fewer handoff cycles, higher fidelity, and products that match the intent.

Best For

AI and Web3 companies scaling from 0→1→10. Teams that need a design lead who can set vision, build the system, run the research, raise the quality bar, and still be the first to commit production UI code.

The Receipts

60% faster design-to-dev handoff · 28% lift in signup completion · 45% fewer support tickets · 30+ reusable system components · 50+ user interviews synthesized · 6 websites and 5 apps shipped · AI feedback pipelines live in production. Not vanity metrics, proof of operating leverage.