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Meitu. Inc. UX Design Internship
2 months Internship | Meitu Xiamen HQ | latest update: August 2019Sit tight, and let me show you what I have learned about UX design, product design and product management.
About this #1 Beauty App company in China
If you randomly ask someone in China whether he or she knows about Meitu, the answer is almost 100% yes. Meitu (SEHK: 1357) started in 2008 and quickly became the most well-known beauty photo app company, especially among Chinese ladies. From elementary girls to moms, you can find them using different apps created by Meitu which are mainly for photo and video editing and virtual makeup applications. Meitu even once released their own smartphones for a couple years before transitioning to collaborate with Xiaomi Technology. Now, Meitu is tackling the industry of smart beauty tools, such as skin quality detector and facial spa tool.
Information source: Meitu.Inc global website
My role
In the job description: a UX Designer
I was hired as a UX Design intern within Meitu Design department where designers support all the products based on use cases and product team needs.
My actual responsibilities: a UX generalist/specialist
In Meitu, most of the designers focuses on UI and have never conduct a ux research before. I was so happy to share and utilize my experience from past ux researcher roles. In short 2 months period, I was involved with 3 different products with overlapping timeline. I would be in a meeting crafting a usability testing plan for product A, while conversing my design drafts with PMs in the afternoon for product B. This hustler-style of work environment excites me so much.
Main products I worked on
Product 01:Magic Mirror
About Magic Mirror
Screen Based Tangible Product | Data visualization | Business priorities | Low-cost usability testing
Magic Mirror is a screen based tangible product Meitu designed to help customers evaluate and detect their facial/skin issues and learn how to improve their skin quality with carefully matched skincare products.
The current version of Magic Mirror is already being used by Duty Free Store (DFS) in many countries in their beauty product sections. Customers are also able to virtually try on beauty products with Magic Mirror without dirty their hands and face.
My Role
UX Designer & Researcher
Product 02: Chic Cam
About Chic Cam
MVP | Heuristic Evaluation | Mobile App Design
I was lucky to be involved in this iOS MVP that the company plan to release in apple store in August 2019. I have learned so much from working on this design sprint alongside amazing engineers, product managers and UI designers. This product aims to solve one of the top concerns among Chinese early rising social media content creators - people don’t want to spend too much energy and time to create high-level digital content including pictures.
My Role
UX Researcher