Step into my world – where pixels, passion, and a dash of personality collide to tell my story.
My Values
I'm all about the belief that the experiences I craft have the power to influence someone's day, week, and maybe even their whole life – it's like creating a butterfly effect. You'll catch me constantly diving into new things, giving my all to improve each day. It's a journey of growth and making a positive impact, one design at a time.
What is your passion?
Meeting passionate designers is my joy – their energy fuels my own journey to become a better designer. Aside from my day-to-day design hustle, I am deeply invested in cultivating design communities. Currently, I'm running a Korean Canadian UI/UX Designer channel in Canada. I organize local meetups and hands-on workshops to build a healthy design community with a growth mindset!
Any fun, interesting facts?
Fun Fact #1. I am a part-time Youtuber! I focus on sharing my design knowledge, networking tips and vlogs to spread my motivation. If you are curious, I am here.
Fun Fact #2. I was in a movie with Ann Hathaway! Have you heard of ‘Colossal’?
Fun Fact #3. I was born with microtia, a condition that resulted in hearing loss on my right side from birth. This got me really into inclusive design—I'm always exploring ways to make sure everyone feels included in the experiences I create.
Testimonials that make me blush.
Cody Rainwater, Director of UX/UI Design @Shippabo
Irene is by far the most detailed, process oriented and thorough UX designer I’ve had the honor to work with. Irene's contributions not only optimized efficiency but also enriched our team's culture, making her an invaluable asset for any organization fortunate enough to have her on board!
Shannon Chang, Product Design Lead @Cadmakers
She is able to take complex design problems and come up with creative solutions often going above and beyond our expectations. Additionally any workshops and group brainstorming sessions you can count on Irene to bring the energy and the creativity to the room!
Justice Gray, Principal Software Engineer @Shippabo
She has *incredible* pragmatism as a designer, wonderful product sense and has an uncanny ability to make user interfaces and experiences that are in absolutely perfect balance and harmony, that make a user feel joy and delight, and that make an engineer excited to build.
Brain Lin, Full Stack Engineer @Shippabo
Whenever we've worked together, I'm always amazed at the quality of the graphics, UI Layout, and the consideration for UX design put into her assignments. Her ability to stay consistent with the design language and find innovative ways to express her creativity continues to astound me.