About – Cigar Design

Hi, I'm Cigàr

I’m a UX designer + Front-end developer with a solid background in design and a focus on digital products.

I’m a multidisciplinary Product Designer based in Shanghai, China. I specialize in product design, design systems, and Web development. I’m always striving to grow and learn something new, and I don’t take myself too seriously.

Self-evaluation

I’m a person who has a stable personality, and a high sense of responsibility is desirable. And I can deal with personnel at all levels effectively. I’m willing to work under pressure with leadership qualities.

Skills

Interface Design
User Experience Design
Branding Design

Usability testing
Front-End Develop
Base on Open-source to Develop

It includes 4 years of front-end development and a decade of UX design experience.

Experience

Product designer / Cisco System, Shanghai

Jan 2022 – Present

Responsibilities:

Revamp the internal NPS tooling design for the Cisco Developer website to enhance user experience.
Contributed to a new VS Code extension that helped over 20 internal departments improve Cisco’s API quality and consistency, earning Cisco a 2022 CSO50 award for meeting API design principles.
Creating the Cisco DevNet Web UIKits to facilitate collaboration within the design team

Achievements:

Recognized with the “Innovate Everywhere” award by peers for teamwork in designing API Insights VS Code Extension.

UED Group Leader / Ping An Smart City, Shanghai

Jun 2018 – Dec 2021

My role is to work cross-functionally with technical and 4 creative team members to research, design, develop, build, and push the limits of digital and passenger onboard experiences for our In-house products like SaaS, BIMV, and IoT.

UED Leader / IWJW.com, Shanghai

Aug 2015 – Jun 2018

I was responsible for the UX design of the Property Search App+Web, and completed the visual and interactive experience optimization of version 2.1, saving about 10 seconds.
I was promoted to UED Manager after 1 year and led 6 team members to be responsible for the iteration of the product line across the platform, and was responsible for intra-team sharing and training of new staff, and participated in the customized work plan to plan the iteration of the core product features after 2017.

Senior UX Designer / CITIC Group – MaDai Financial Management, Shanghai

Dec 2014 – Jul 2015

I worked with the product technology team to build a new Web 1.0 front/back office system for our investment products in 3 months, and we also released a WebApp for our WeChat Platform, which has generated over RMB3.9 billion for over 3 million investors.

UX Designer / Pactera.com, Shanghai, BG2 – Global UED Team

Jul 2013 – Dec 2014

My team consists of Chinese and foreign professionals and serves large overseas clients. I have worked with my team to deliver projects in various industries, including banking, retail, pharmaceuticals, and insurance.

UI Designer + Front-end / Dyna-Art Technology (Shanghai) Investment Co.，Shanghai

Jul 2012 – Jun 2013

We created a community for the art hobby, which a startup launched with an optimal mix of staff, and I was responsible for the design + front-end development work, which took five months for the community to go live.

Interaction Designer / fengyuzhu.com，shanghai

Jan 2011 – Jul 2012

I worked for a leading company in China’s exhibition and display industry, delivering over 20 designs solutions for 7+ provincial capital city planning pavilions. The company was successfully listed on the SSE (603466) in October 2017.

Web Designer / www.computersolutions.cn，shanghai

Jul 2008 – Nov 2010

We help start-ups design and build websites; I have used the PHP open source(WordPress/Modx/Magento) to release the Twente Football Club and Silicon Image website.
I also designed a fridge sticker for foreigners to help them learn Shanghai and Mandarin, which was a hit and was featured in 《That’s Shanghai》magzine.

Education

Bachelor of Design at Hubei University

2015-2019

College at Hunan Mass Media Vocational and Technical College

2005-2008

Interests

Designing

In 2012, I was invited to be a Technology Partner and founding member of hotelgg.com. Our start-up received 150 million RMB in funding, served nearly 1.5 million SMEs, and covered over 300 cities. Now, it’s been a top 1 leader in the Chinese market.

Reading

Like Art, design, economics, psychology, science fiction, outdoors, documentary, history, and more.

Running

I’ve held the title of Elite Runner in the Shanghai Marathon since 2014.

Cycling

Solo Cycling From Chengdu to Lhasa in Jul 2015 which lasted 21 days.

Recommendations

They are all partners and immediate supervisors who work with me.

Learn More

“Ciga has been a pleasure to work with at cisco. He worked on building our internal UI style as well as complex products that to help developers understand cisco technology. working on both the UX and UI side as well as communicating with developers and stakeholders to get the project done. He has good communication skills and great eye for design”
Thomas TaylorCisco DevNet Designer

“Ciga's positive, upbeat attitude makes him a fantastic employee. Our team has a good balance of R&D type work with strict delivery and Ciga thrived in that environment. He provided thoughtful and cohesive ideas and worked to always add an element of usefulness and surprise to his designs. Having been exposed to a highly technical environment, Ciga brings the added element of bridging the gap between stakeholders and engineers. Translating complicated business requirements to usable implementation is a skill few have and Ciga has a wealth of it.”
Matt DeNapoliHead of Developer Strategy and Product Management at Cisco

“跟你合作真的很愉快，能够珍惜自己设计出的成果并且不断改善优化，真的是很让人尊敬的一件事。能够把长跑坚持这么久也是一件非常了不起的事情。希望你能一直这么尊重自己的工作，珍惜自己的成果，希望以后还能有幸跟你一起合作。”
XinYu XuProduct Manager At SAP

“I worked with Cigar in the same project for almost a year. He seemed always full of passion and new ideas. He liked to try new things which made his UX design always a great value add to our products. I am glad to have such a person in our team to work with.”
Jie WangData Product Director At IBM

“I worked with Cigar for over a year as his UX Manager and he was wonderful. He had a great attitude, worked well with his teammates and was very persistent in his work. Even when work lulled, he was always spending time learning something new in order to stay ahead of the trends in design and front end development.”
Stacey BaraditProduct Manager at Apple

“Cigar is an energetic person that brings lots of positive effects on our team. He's always happy and like sharing resources and industry news to us. He's also good at both visual design and interaction design. I am glad to have a colleague and friend like him. Cigar is the one of must-have person in the team.”
LukeSenior UX Designer At NetEase