Ayumi Oishi
User Experience Designer / Researcher
Hi there, I'm Ayumi
I'm a senior majoring in Computer Science at the University of Washington with a wide range of experience from accounting to systems engineering. I'm an aspiring UX Designer / Researcher with a strong passion for designing solutions to improve people's quality of life.
I spend my time taking photos, cooking, and exploring places.
Let's chat — info.ayumioishi@gmail.com
Experience
UX Research Assistant
University of Washington
September 2022 - Present
UX Designer
Rakuten Group, Inc. Japan
February 2022
System Engineer
Sunlight System Service, Inc. Japan
April 2017 - March 2018
Accounting Team Lead
KDDI Evolva, Inc. Japan
April 2014 - January 2017
*Non UX related
Handled UX research / design for children on the autism spectrum to improve the usage of their augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aids.
Conducted 5 times of field observations and 3 times of interviews with different users as ethnographic research to analyze the domain of the application.
Created a an empirically based, low-fidelity prototype from scratch that focuses on context-aware feature and emergency mode.
Proposed payment application features focused on increasing the interoperability between different service platforms at a Japanese company that focuses on e-commerce and provides many online services.
Conceptualized strategic design and created a prototype that can be used cross-platform on various in-house services.
Validated the concept and prototype by conducting A/B testing and measuring the frequency of user transactions.
Designed and tested the release of a mobile app for Android and iPhone by defining user requirements and functions to successfully evaluate property management systems.
Redefined the requirements of an existing in-house QR payment system by conducting market research in order to anticipate and meet the needs of prospective target customers.
Created a system design and proposed a system service using the in-house application to enhance the user experience in the games of the Japanese major baseball team.
Organized a team of 6 members that links corporate customers' deposits to the internal system at a major telecommunications company to reduce the monthly unaccounted deposits by coordinating tasks with clients.
Proposed creating a tool for accounting work for efficiency and aligned with the systems engineering team, created a manual of operations.
Reduced accounting registration work by approximately 76%, and the monthly unaccounted deposits by approximately 80%.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Software Engineering
University of Washington
December 2022
Associate of Science in Computer Science
Seattle Central College
August 2020
Annual Dean's List 2021-2022
Scholarship to attend the virtual Grace Hopper Conference 2020 (October 2020)
Tau Sigma National Honor Society
Top five of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges Math Competition (November 2019)
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
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