Microsoft Internship

Empowering business users? Yes.
Accelerating my growth? Absolutely.
Project Overview
Summary: Ar Microsoft C+AI, I worked on two projects myself in the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Team. As a UX designer intern, I designed the user experience for the Inventory Visibility product using UX design methods. I started my work with kick-off meetings with the product manager, reading specification documents and writing one-pagers; I spent time referring to persona documents, revising them for my specific task, and constructing

Highlights: I also had the chance to join other Microsoft activities, including Microsoft Intern Community(Official), Edge Mobile Design Sprint, and sharing my design in Weekly Design Critique (with designers from other teams in Copenhagen, Denmark) and happy hours!

The details about the product design are bounded by NDA,
but feel free to reach out if you are interested!
My Impact
Worked on 2 individual design projects in C+AI Dynamics 365, designed configuration features from 0 to 1 and redesigned the overall page layout for more than 5 features based on product specs, one-pager and UX design methods

Improved users’ operational efficiency and promoted customer success in supply chain management

Negotiated user scenario and design with program manager and engineers, validated user needs and pain points

Iterated drafts and mid-fidelity prototypes, delivered 2 hi-fidelity clickable prototypes to be launched in 2023
Time
May 16, 2022
- Aug. 15, 2022
3 months in summer 2022
My Role
UX Designer Intern
Team
Ziqi Yang, mentored by Xi Zhang
Tools
Figma, Invision, MS Component Library
My Takeaways
After this internship, I ​

  1.  developed stronger abilities to carry out an independent design project in a large tech company both as the designer and as part of the product team

  2.  knew the needs and pain points of business users better

  3.  acquired stronger visual design skills in Figma based on component libraries

  4.  met a group of inspiring colleagues who are engineers, designers, and program managers!