Emily Sun
Airbnb Experience Researcher, PhD in Information Science from Cornell University
Airbnb Experience Researcher, PhD in Information Science from Cornell University
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UX Research Intern
- Designed foundational and tactical research studies as part of the YouTube Search & Discovery team
- Conducted qualitative research through a diary study and interviews... more that informed product development
- Worked on a team with two other interns to design a new feature and present to key stakeholders
- Conducted qualitative research through a diary study and interviews... more that informed product development
- Worked on a team with two other interns to design a new feature and present to key stakeholders
Disney Research
R&D
- Will design and run studies for Disney Theme Parks under Maarten Bos
- Independently designed and ran studies on the psychology of interacting with games as part of the... more behavioral sciences group
- Ran two Mechanical Turk survey studies and analyzed data in R to improve visitors’ experiences at the parks
- Independently designed and ran studies on the psychology of interacting with games as part of the... more behavioral sciences group
- Ran two Mechanical Turk survey studies and analyzed data in R to improve visitors’ experiences at the parks
Sifteo
User Experience Specialist
- Led user-driven experience research and design for new consumer electronic start-up
- Responsible for all beta testing and user studies across 80+ participants to improve... more product design and execution, including in-school testing
- Created wireframes, information architecture flows, and personas
- Designed graphics for new interface system and printed materials for packaging
- Acted as main point of contact between company and customers, guiding product design and development based on user feedback and managing social networking sites
- Coordinated between contracted marketing company, industrial design firm, warehouse distributor, and production factory
- Responsible for all beta testing and user studies across 80+ participants to improve... more product design and execution, including in-school testing
- Created wireframes, information architecture flows, and personas
- Designed graphics for new interface system and printed materials for packaging
- Acted as main point of contact between company and customers, guiding product design and development based on user feedback and managing social networking sites
- Coordinated between contracted marketing company, industrial design firm, warehouse distributor, and production factory
California Academy of Sciences
Producer/ User Experience Designer
Design Magic
Human Factors Intern
- Compiled human factor design guidelines for medical equipment client company
- Researched literature on ergonomic design, organized video footage of usability tests
- Researched literature on ergonomic design, organized video footage of usability tests
Fidelity Investments
User Experience Technical Intern
- Performed usability studies, redesigned and built Usability team’s website using HTML and CSS
- Oversaw online study, and recruited and moderated 59 participants for... more eye tracking lab tests
- Oversaw online study, and recruited and moderated 59 participants for... more eye tracking lab tests
Newsweek
Interactive Intern
- Awarded Multimedia Editor credit for “Boomers at 60” featured on front page of Newsweek.com
- Acted as sole intern responsible for editing sound clips, producing daily... more podcast, transcribing audio, attending editorial meetings, researching and obtaining various multimedia for website
- Acted as sole intern responsible for editing sound clips, producing daily... more podcast, transcribing audio, attending editorial meetings, researching and obtaining various multimedia for website
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I've led research at Airbnb on highly visible and impactful projects, including the loyalty program and integration of hotels. I was the first PhD graduate in Information Science at Cornell Tech, Cornell's NYC campus. I am serving on the CHI2030 Vision Task Force to define the future of the largest Human-Computer Interaction conference in the world.
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