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Designing intuitive tools that turn ambiguity into clarity

I'm Mengzhe (Manzie) — a product designer with 5+ years of experience specializing in EdTech, AI, and Healthcare. Currently at Hats & Ladders, based in Seattle.

Available — From concept to execution: design, experiment, ship.

Climber Insight Report

Raw AI signals about each Climber's career-readiness journey, turned into a clear educator-facing artifact — prototyped end-to-end in Figma Make so stakeholders could click through it instead of reading a deck.


Role
Lead Designer
Team
Insights & Reporting
Timeline
3 weeks
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Students Usage Report

Four metrics that mean the same thing at every level, carrying a reader from a district rollup down to a named student and a last-activity date — while showing each role only the students they're allowed to see.


Role
Product Designer
For
Coaches & Admins
Views
District → School → Climber
Students Usage Report, school view
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Scalable Icon System

A unified iconography library across web, mobile, and docs — 400+ icons on one token system, with the guidelines and asset pipeline to keep it that way.


Role
Design Systems Lead
Focus
Design systems, branding