KJ Chun

Product Design in Brooklyn, NY, He/him

About

KJ Chun is a designer who thrives where people and creative tools meet. For almost two decades, he’s been turning nascent ideas into interactive experiences that connect emerging technology with how people think, feel, and act. His natural strengths—like systems thinking, visual communication, collaborative vision-shaping, and mentoring—enable him to navigate complexity and empower multidisciplinary teams to ship innovative experiences.

Writing

2020

Reinventing the Slide

Behind the scenes of Bento Layout System for Paste 2.0

2020

Writing on the Wall

How Paste reimagined the slide deck for collaboration

Features

2020

“If an idea doesn’t move, it will die.” on DesignWanted

Interview as Director of Design and Head of Paste

Work Experience

2022 — 2023

Principal Product Designer at WeTransfer

New York

Led design and implementation of WeTransfer's first shared component library, uniting design and engineering teams across multiple products.

Created holistic design system and documentation site aligning designers and engineers across all products.

Championed systems thinking for the evolution of WeTransfer’s product suite to support cohesive user experiences.

2021 — 2022

Director of Product Design at WeTransfer

New York

Founding designer for Portals & Reviews, a key addition to WeTransfer’s new Premium offering. Laid the foundations and assembled the Design & UXR team to ensure a successful beta and v1 launch.

Led product design and UXR teams for Paste, Paper, Portals & Reviews.

2020 — 2021

Head of Product, Paste, and Director of Design, US at WeTransfer

New York

Product owner of Paste and managed US product design team.

Spearheaded development and launch of Paste 2.0, introducing Bento Layout System to transform slide creation and UX which drove a 340% increase in signups.

2018 — 2020

Director of Design, Emerging Products at WeTransfer

New York

WeTransfer acquired FiftyThree in August 2018. Led design for product and marketing for Paste during the merge.

2013 — 2018

Design at FiftyThree

New York

Product design for Paper and Paste.

Led product design for Mix—a collaborative web platform integrated into Paper.

Led design for all FiftyThree.com web properties including product marketing and shop for Pencil and Book.

2006 — 2012

Senior Designer, prev. Designer at Methodologie

Seattle

Brand identity systems, interactive, motion, print, and environmental design for AIGA, Boeing, Coca-Cola, MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and more.