Work and projects · Donghwan (Donny) Kim, Product Designer & Builder

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Handled App Store compliance for Azar, a video chat app.
Kept it compliant with Apple's privacy and security policies, protecting a core revenue stream in APAC.

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Aug 2024 - Jan 2026

Improved an ERP that tackles inefficiencies in food supply and distribution.
Got deep into how B2B SaaS products get built.

Squad

Automated Invoice Sorting
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The concept: track ingredient costs by snapping a photo.
Used OCR and Claude to automate invoice paperwork that stores were doing by hand.

ERP SaaS Operations
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Permissions, sales dashboards, tax invoices, business closure checks, and more.
Built and maintained enterprise features, driven by customer requests and interviews.

Design Chapter

So I Built a Figma Plugin
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Built a Figma plugin for the design chapter that fills components with mock data.

B2B design is built different
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Wrote a post on the company blog about designing my first B2B SaaS product and what I took away from it.

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Dec 2023 - Aug 2024

Built messaging and sales tools for e-commerce sellers in North America.
Co-founder issues cut it short, but I learned tax, legal, and Zero to One firsthand.

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Mar 2022 - Dec 2023

A local services marketplace. I was on the squad focused on usability and revenue for Pros (service providers).
Worked in a data-driven culture and helped the company break even and turn profitable.

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Pro Home Screen
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Built a new home screen for 1M Pros.

'Bulk Requests'
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Built a feature that lets customers send requests straight to multiple Pros.
Rolled it back when it missed guardrail metrics. The lesson: better usability can still hurt revenue.

'Find a Pro' Revamp

Spent 8 months improving one area of the product.
Better search, new filters and flow changes added up to a 10% lift in cumulative conversion.

Design Chapter

Version Control with Figma Branching
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Wrote on the company blog about how we set up version control for the design team's main Figma file.

The People Who Make Soomgo
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Featured in an internal interview series about growing the design chapter.

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Sep 2020 - Mar 2022

Joined a cold-chain e-commerce startup as an early member and helped build its commerce platform.
Got the full early-stage startup experience, from Seed to Series A.

Subscription MVP
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Led the build of a new subscription service.
Owned it end to end, from validating the business to product planning and design.

Building the E-commerce Platform from Scratch

From sign-up to partial refunds, I worked on every part of commerce.

Series A Pitch Deck

Helped build the pitch decks and strategy for our Seed and Series A rounds.
Kept big-picture business strategy and product development in sync.

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Codeit | Career Mentor

Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Mentored six people on their careers over two months.
Covered product design, career moves, soft skills, and business.

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Mar 2025 - Jun 2025

Built an app blocker with Cursor to fight Reels doomscrolling.
Took it through planning, building, QA, and release, and got hands-on building with AI agents.

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Dec 2021 - Feb 2025

From hand-coding to AI agents, I kept my site going with a new tool every year.
A designer's record of trying to understand the tech, not just the visuals.

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Apr 2015 - Aug 2017

Shot city life for two years and published it as a photobook.
Moments that won't come back, seen through an 18-year-old's eyes.