SHAWN PARK
USER INTERFACE & PRODUCT DESIGNER
roka371@berkeley.edu
www.designbyroka.com
EXPERIENCE
Iris
Co-founder and UI Designer
Nov 2011 - Present
www.irisbeta.com
Founded Iris, a discovery engine for people’s ideas. We use NLP algorithm to
detect the topics of the articles that people publish, so that anyone can easily
discover ideas published by regular people just by typing in their interest. I
am in charge of overall product design, from the concept and prototype to
the front-end web interface on HTML/CSS.
Web Design DeCal
Lead Instructor
Aug 2013 - Present
www.wdd.io
Teaching a web design class in UC Berkeley that combines front-end web
development skills (HTML/CSS/JS) and user interface design principles. This
class is among the most popular student-led courses in UC Berkeley,
receiving nearly 1000 applicants this semester. Also created a course
software specifically for this class, which is built on Django.
Free Ventures
Design Advisor and UI Designer
Jan 2014 - Aug 2014
freeventures.org
Facilitated an on-campus startup incubator as a design advisor. Was
responsible for helping other student entrepreneurs with their product
design and marketing campaigns. Also created and is managing the website.
Kpopcon
Creative Director
Aug 2012 - Mar 2014
www.kpopcon.com
Was in charge of designing the website and promotional items (t-shirts, flyers,
and programs.) for Kpopcon, the first K-pop convention in the United States
held in Berkeley, CA.
CET
UI Designer
Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
www.virtualcet.org
cet.berkeley.edu
Developed a new website for CET (Center for Entrepreneurship and
Technology at Berkeley) that emphasizes more social interactions among
three stakeholders: the students, the industry, and the university.
Quad
UI Designer
Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
freeventures.org
Worked as a UI Designer in Quad, a YC-backed startup that provides an
academic to-do list that students need to get done for their classes in one
place.
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EDUCATION
UC Berkeley
3.52 GPA
BA Computer Science
Class of 2014
Graduated 1 year early to focus on his startup Iris & teaching Web Design
DeCal.
Selected Coursework
CS 61B (Data Structures), CS 61C (Computer Architecture), CS 70 (Discrete
Math), CS 170 (Algorithms), CS 160 (User Interfaces), CS 169 (Software
Engineering), CS 186 (Database), CS 188 (Artificial Intelligence)
SKILLS
PROFICIENCY
BACKEND
DEVELOPMENT
PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
13%
36%
27%
24%
WEB
DESIGN
HTML
12 YRS
EXPERT
CSS
10 YRS
EXPERT
JS
6 YRS
EXPERT
PSD
4 YRS
PROFICIENT
PY
3 YRS
PROFICIENT
ALSO
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
PHP JAVA C++ ANDROID IOS INDESIGN