I’m From Seoul🇰🇷,
Now in Seattle area👋🏻

Hazel Kim

A highly skilled and versatile visual designer with 8+years of experience. 
Innovative creator with tech-friendly and attention to detail. In-depth knowledge of typography, design tools, color theory and hierarchy. Tech geek, Coffee enthusiast, and a person who is always making something.

Visual Designer | Samsung Research America, 2024 - 2025

  • Supported the team in raising awareness of Samsung Health products by creating visual materials and engaging conference experiences, including decks, interactive displays, short videos, infographics, brochures, and posters.
  • Created in-app elements, such as onboarding visuals, to enhance user understanding across multiple health services in collaboration with a cross-disciplinary team.
  • Designed presentations for executive-level stakeholders, ensuring clarity, visual appeal, and strategic alignment with business objectives.
  • Contributed to building scalable design systems for consistency across products and platforms.
  • Worked on monthly promotional projects aimed at retaining and expanding the Samsung Health user base.

Visual, UX/UI Designer | Self-Employed , 2016 - Present

Collaborated with a diverse range of clients across various industries, including public institutions like the Government of the Republic of Korea, universities, research foundations, startups, and small businesses. I delivered tailored design solutions by understanding each client’s unique needs, fostering positive relationships that led to repeat business and referrals. Working on a variety of design projects has given me a broad perspective on how to adapt design solutions to different scales and requirements.

Web ∙ UI design

  • Defined and refined visual language across products, creating UI designs that enhanced usability and consistency.
  • Built high-fidelity prototypes from initial concepts, translating product ideas into polished, testable designs aligned with user-centered principles.
  • Created visually compelling user interface with an intuitive UX design principles.
  • Drove early-stage product design, establishing UX direction and visual identity for new features.

Branding ∙ Editorial ∙ Graphic design

  • Developed comprehensive brand identities to ensure cohesive visual communication.
  • Created brand guidelines and design systems to maintain consistency across all marketing and design materials.
  • Produced marketing and social media collateral to support branding initiatives.
  • Collaborated with researchers to accurately and effectively present their findings through visually appealing editorial designs, considering the diverse needs of the audience.

Video Editing ∙ Managing Social Media

  • Handled the entire video production process from shooting to editing and live streaming, creating compelling and polished videos.
  • Managed multiple clients’ YouTube channels, and my own two personal channels, achieving subscriber counts of 74K+ and 12K+, through consistent content delivery and interactive audience engagement.

Tool

Skills

Education

Bachelor of Products Design & Counseling Psychology
2009 – 2016, Handong Global University

Language

Korean (native), English (fluent), Chinese (reading)

My homecafe setup for espresso!
The place that makes my heart beat the fastest💓
tennis newbie🎾 (yes, I love mint color lol)
BIG fan of line friends (his name is Brown)