Myoungeun Kim

Myoungeun

Kim

Interaction DESIGNER at Google.

 

With 15 years of experience, I am a strategic, systems-thinking Principal Designer specializing in bridging gaps to solve complex systems problems. I translate chaotic, deeply technical data into seamless global products.

Currently, I shape the transportation ecosystem within Google Search.

 

Work


Global transportation search

Build Transportation ecosystem in Google search

Led unified design for Trains and Buses unit, Directions unit and Mode nudge unit, scaling a highly localized, data-dense system into a coherent UX framework.

Role

Product strategy / UX design

Year

2022-2025

 

Transportation AI transformation

Build Directions and Trains/ Buses IN google search AI Mode

Designed Transportation UX in AIM, defining the future concept and design framework for Trains and buses, Directions queries.

RoLe

Product strategy / UX design

Year

2025

 

More works

Multi-modal Travel Booking Post MVP Strategy

2021 | Omio

Restaurant List Redesign

2019 | DeliveryHero

Racing Car HMI UX Design

2016 | Iconmobile

 

Strategy


I view design as a strategic tool rather than just an execution phase. My strength lies in stepping into highly ambiguous product spaces, bringing product, engineering, and data science together, and translating high-level business strategy into concrete, scalable user experiences that engineers can actually build.

Here are the primary tools I leverage to approach complex design challenges.

Design brief

Outlines the core scope, goals, milestones, and constraints of a design project in the beginning or before the beginning of the project as a shared source of truth or a North Star—that aligns the design team, cross-functional partners, and stakeholders.

 

Insight analysis

Leverage data driven insights to shape and validate the design collaborating with researcher and engineer.

 

User journey mapping

 

Functional framework

 

 Collaboration


High-impact design is achieved through effective teamwork and collaboration. I cultivate highly collaborative, low-friction cross-functional environments by translating complex technical and business constraints into a shared product vision.

Myoung led her team on heir first+ever AI workstream. She partnered with senior engineer leads and drove a successful alignment and ideation session and highly praised by attendees.

Paula M, at Google

Myoung ramped up to a very complex topic when there were no straight answers. Myoung kept asking questions and sought for answers through multiple different avenues, partner teams and colleagues. She was able to obtain the, hard-to-come-by, answers and successfully designed a solution that minimized disruption to our users and partners.

Signe N, at Google

Myoungeun has a great understanding of key methodologies for all aspect of the product design process. She is a great team player who knows how to communicate with developers, product managers. She made smart decisions to improve our product at any moment.

Yeongjung L, at Miro