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About me

Hello, my name is Samuel.

I got into product design because I'm deeply passionate about technology and how it profoundly changes our way of living. For the past 11 years, I have been solving users and business problems and delivering delightful interfaces & experiences across domains like web3 and finance industries.

Over the past few years, I've had the pleasure of working with some genuinely ambitious teams in Hong Kong — helping HSBC shipped stock screener for APAC regions, building OKX's Grow tab and leading Financial Products design team, and most recently leading product design at Pepperstone Crypto, building a brand new crypto exchange. The work spans domains, but it's always fundamentally about people and how they make sense of complexity.

My journey

Interned at Apple

Majoring in Arts in college, I took a gap year working for Apple's iTunes & App Store team. This valuable experience cultivated my interest and knowledge in digital products.

Co-founding an agency

With growing freelance web & design projects, I co-founded a digital agency after graduation. Me and my team helped small businesses, entrepreneurs, and non-profits launching their projects.

Lead product design

After that, I transitioned to start-up & corporations as a product designer to lead design projects in travel, banking and crypto industries.

Work

Pepperstone
Product Design Lead
2025 – Now

Build a crypto exchange from ground-up, lead a design team to build seamless, accessible crypto investment products within a constantly evolving crypto landscape. Promoted from Senior Product Designer in 2025.

AU Site Landing Page
Native App
Coming soon →
OKX
Product Design Lead
2022 – 2024

Lead a design team to build seamless, accessible crypto investment products within a constantly evolving crypto landscape. Promoted from Product Designer (II) in 2023.

Stock Screener for HSBC Easy InvestGrow Tab
Color System UpgradeStaking
BETH Shark FinStructured Products
Coming soon →
HSBC via Protiviti
UX/UI Consultant
2021 – 2022

Consultant placed in HSBC Wealth team, designed end-to-end browser & app journeys to enhance stock trading and analysis experience for Asia market.

Stock Screener for HSBC Easy InvestStock Screener
Color System UpgradeGlobal Buy Sell Color
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HyperAir
Principal Designer
2019 – 2021

First design hire and design team of one, scaled product offering from prototype to multiple pillars with B2C & B2B platforms. Shipped data-driven design & feature enhancement for scale.

Hong Kong Travel PlatformTravel Platform
FX Exchange PrototypeFX Exchange Prototype
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Playa
Co-founder & Design Lead
2015 – 2019

Co-founder of a bootstrapped digital agency, shipped award-winning web and app projects from concept to delivery for SMB and start-up clients.

Playa agency project — e-commerce interfaceStorage Unit System
Hulu Culture - iTour & H.A.D Walk WebsiteDistrict Cultural Event Exhibition App & Web
Creation Cabin Novel Reading PlatformOnline Novel Reading Platform
The Children Development Center CRMCRM for SENs & Parents
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Apple
Cross Content Intern
2012 – 2013

Deferred from university for 1-year full-time internship at iTunes & App Store team to curate APAC editorial content for apps, films, music and books.

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Education

The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts
IDEO U
Human Centered Strategy · 2023
Glide
Glide Certification Level 1 – 3 · 2024

Community

Friends of Figma, Hong Kong logo
Friends of Figma, Hong Kong
Community Leader
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Into Design System
Host and Organiser · 2025 July
Architecting design for scale
Host of Friends of Figma World Tour · 2025 July
Config Watch Party Hong Kong
Leader of Friends of Figma Hong Kong ·2022 - 2026
Campus Recruitment: HKUST Firm Visit
OKX Product Design Team Representative · 2023
Let's talk about Design System
Host of Friends of Figma HK · 2022 Sep
Web3 Design Pal
Open source side project · Figma plugin for mock crypto wallet addresses in UI work
View on GitHub →

Awards

Google Play
Best of 2022 — Everyday Essential Nominee · 2022
OGCIO
Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme Triple Gold Award · 2018, 2016
HKIRC
Best .HK LegCo Members Website Award (Gold) · 2017
Cyberport
Hong Kong Cyberport Creative Micro Fund · 2016

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