Helen Peng [Product Designer] creates human interfaces: media experiences, patient portals, smart sex toy apps. She flourishes in spaces between analytics and imagination and is driven by humanity, research, impact & a little bit of magic. In past lives, she studied Cognitive Neuroscience & Visual Art at Brown and designed for Medtronic & Apple.

Currently reading/writing autobiographical essays, processing film in a dark room, or eating at Waffle House.

01. Rebuilding experiences for the future of patient heart care

_{MEDTRONIC | CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT | 1 YEAR}

Product Design + Human Factors
Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology. I led design for 3 projects in their largest and most profitable division.

Led Onboarding and Education experiences for Medtronic’s first app-based patient monitor to integrate into new hardware
Managed the Cardiac-Rhythm Design System and transitionsing it to Figma
Performed user interviews (in-person and virutally) and analyzed data to inform designs

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$489M

in revenue

5

shipping projects

100+

user interviews

9

rounds of testing

3

as lead designer

02. Designing human interfaces for Apple News

_{APPLE | SERVICES | 3 MONTHS}

Product Design
I defined, prototyped, and presented future-facing experiences for Apple News Top Stories, Spotlight, and Discover, and prepared designs for development hand-off and future release.

Worked cross-functionally with product, editorial, analytics, development & production.
Presented to leadership, including Design Director, Wyatt Mitchell, and VP of Design, Robert Kondrk.

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03. Encouraging research with smart sex toys & the world’s largest collection of pelvic floor data

_{LIONESS | RESEARCH | 3 MONTHS}

Product Design
Lioness is a smart vibrator company that records pelvic floor movement and gives biofeedback via the Lioness app. I worked as the only Product Designer and researcher on Lioness’s sex research platform.

Redesigned Lioness’s mobile app to encourage participation in sex research
Managed research study with Center for Genitial Health
Launched preliminary research on Asian American mindsets towards sex and sexuality

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3

projects

60%

increase in research completion

30,000

recorded sessions per year

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04. Building content, engagement, and visual language for an ethical design conference

342

total attendees

30

speakers

$64,000

sponsored budget

_{BETTER WORLD BY DESIGN | CONTENT & DESIGN | 2 YEARS}

Lead Designer & Organizer
Better World by Design is an ethical design conference held annual every fall in Providence, RI. I led a 32-member committee as organize Better World’s first fully fledged conference since COVID.

Identity- led branding and visual language for marketing, website, and merchandise
Content- established theme, invited speakers & day-of conference experience
Logistics- managed budget, sponsorships, and operations

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An exploration and investigation of the relationship between text and image in East/West relations