About me

I work between
design and code.

I'm Janice Chen, a Product Designer and the person behind heyjaniz. I care about how products work, not only how they look.

Janice Chen
Role
Product Designer · UX/UI · Frontend
Based in
Ecuador · Remote across LATAM
Languages
Spanish · English · Chinese · Taiwanese

Professional profile

Designing with
code in mind.

Product Designer with more than five years of experience in UX/UI, web and mobile design, and digital branding. I design digital products end to end: user research, prototyping, design systems and frontend development.

I want to understand how a product works inside, not only how it looks: what problem it solves, how information flows and what happens when people use it for real. Working between design and code helps me make better decisions on both sides.

I have worked with multidisciplinary teams across SaaS, e-commerce, EdTech and B2B and B2C platforms, using agile and data-informed approaches. I move between disciplines, languages and ways of thinking—and that mix is part of how I work.

Design philosophy

How I think
about design.

  1. 01

    Clarity before decoration

    A product is either understood or it is not. Everything else comes after.

  2. 02

    The system, not just the screen

    I design flows, states and reusable components, not isolated screens.

  3. 03

    Design with code in mind

    What I design can be built. Frontend knowledge prevents impossible promises.

  4. 04

    Curiosity as a method

    Ask, test, measure and test again. AI is another tool in that cycle.

Skills

What I do.

01

Product design

From problem to solution: strategy, flows and scalable systems.

  • Product strategy
  • User flows
  • Wireframes
  • Prototyping
  • Design systems
02

UX/UI design

Clear, polished interfaces for products people use every day.

  • Web applications
  • Mobile apps
  • Dashboards
  • SaaS products
03

Frontend

Design that can be built—and that I sometimes build myself.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React
04

AI + Product

AI as a practical tool to explore and prototype faster.

  • AI-assisted flows
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Product exploration

Tools

  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • Miro
  • Notion
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Google Analytics
  • AI tools

Experience

Career.

Year

2025

2015 → today

  1. Aug 2025 — Present

    Front-End Developer / UX·UI Designer

    Z5Bots · Remote

    Interface and flow design in Figma, plus responsive frontend development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React for landing pages, dashboards and web apps.

  2. May 2024 — Jul 2025

    Senior Product Designer / UX·UI

    Bizplaneasy · Remote

    Led design and frontend for web platforms and mobile-first apps, including design systems, SEO and A/B testing: +40% organic traffic and +25% conversion.

  3. Nov 2023 — Apr 2024

    Product Designer / UX·UI

    DVUX · Remote

    Designed, prototyped and delivered websites and digital products through user research, usability testing, SEO and frontend collaboration.

  4. Jul 2023 — Oct 2023

    UI / Graphic Designer & Community Manager

    EDteam · Remote

    Visual content for campaigns and social media, plus online community management: +30% engagement.

  5. Oct 2022 — Nov 2022

    Graphic Designer

    Political campaign · Ecuador

    Brand-consistent banners, social posts and print materials for a political campaign.

  6. Nov 2020 — Dec 2021

    UI/UX Designer

    Eduland.academy · Ecuador

    Designed an e-learning platform through user research, wireframes, prototypes and usability testing.

  7. Nov 2020 — Dec 2021

    Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager

    Izquierda Democrática · Ecuador

    Created campaign visuals and managed digital strategy, publishing and social performance analysis.

  8. 2019 — 2022

    Master's in Design Management

    Universidad San Gregorio de Portoviejo

    Strategic design leadership, digital product management and multidisciplinary collaboration.

  9. 2015 — 2019

    Bachelor's in Graphic Design

    Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo

    Visual communication, branding, digital illustration and UI foundations.

Let's talk.

Looking for a Product Designer for your team or have a project in mind?