Hi, I'm Karissa Wong
Selected Works
Self-Learning Philosophy
I’m currently designing a website for ida, a period product start-up by my friend Hanji. I’m also building a base of design resources.
I plan to get the UX google certificate and take a course on web accessibility to get a stronger understanding of UX principles and accessible design.
I’ve previously practiced my product design skills through 3 mobile apps, 1 web app, and 1 physical product.
Kind Words
Product Designer
@ Red Door Interactive
I had the pleasure of working with Karissa Wong, a UX/UI Intern on our team during a crucial project period. While our senior designers were on prolonged PTO, Karissa stepped in and made an immediate impact. Karissa quickly adapted to the complexities of our project, showing an impressive ability to contribute with minimal onboarding. Notably, she quickly designed mobile versions of our desktop website layouts, provided multiple iterations of website modules, incorporated feedback efficiently, and always met tight deadlines. Her designs were both visually appealing and user-friendly, reflecting her understanding of foundational UX principles.
What truly sets Karissa apart is her adaptability and proactive nature. She quickly understood our team’s needs, communicated effectively, and consistently delivered high-quality results. Because of this, during the second half of her internship, she was onboarded onto other client projects and will be joining us as a contract UI/UX Designer.
Senior Product Designer
@ Red Door Interactive
I had the pleasure of working with Karissa during her UX/UI design internship at Red Door Interactive. She joined our team during an especially busy period, filled with complex, high-level client work and tight deadlines. Karissa seamlessly integrated into our processes, maintained her composure, and consistently rose to the challenges, demonstrating her ability to navigate both UX and UI disciplines.
Her expertise and insight are impressive, and she approaches each task with a maturity beyond her role.
Beyond her technical abilities, Karissa brought a positive energy to our team. Karissa’s supportive and empathetic approach made the workplace more enjoyable and productive for those around her. I highly recommend Karissa for any future opportunities—she’s a talented designer with a bright future ahead.
Co-founder & Lead Engineer
@ Machyna
Karissa first joined us as an engineering intern at Machyna and produced exceptional work from the get-go. Especially when it came to engineering drawings and diagrams, she made easy work of presenting all the information in intuitive and concise manners - we still use these diagrams to this day! To us, it was clear she would excel as a designer.
Fast forward a year and Karissa returns to Machyna as a Graphic Designer and since then, has completely re-imaged how we approach branding, UI/UX, and graphic design as a whole. Despite being put in an early stage startup environment with ideas constantly flying around with critical deadlines to meet, she has taken up every task we've thrown at her under her own wings and produced creative and inspiring results every time.
With us, Karissa has been an exceptional communicator of ideas, differences, and potentials while she navigates complex and foreign tasks that we give her. Through this all, she is able to quickly adapt and respond to changing criteria and environments while balancing her own and others' ideas in play - not so easy with engineers!
Ever since then, I've been boasting to our team that she has been an amazing influence for our company and our company's future designers. Karissa has truly been a significant force on our team and I'm confident that she will continue to be so in her future design endeavors, wherever she finds herself.