About

Hi, I’m Julie Kim — I build experiences where users win and products grow

Seattle-based designer.
I build interfaces that feel clear, effortless, and human.
(Currently Open to New Opportunities)
Here’s what I’ve been designing ↓‍

About

Hi, I’m Julie Kim — I build experiences where users win and products grow

Seattle-based designer.
I build interfaces that feel clear, effortless, and human.

‍Here’s what I’ve been designing ↓
‍
Experience
2023.07 — 2025.01
Microsoft, Azure - Product Deisgner
2019.11 — 2022.08
Microsoft , M365 - Product Designer
2019.01 — 2019.05
Marketing Agency - Visual UX designer
Education
2025
University of Washington - HCDE
2011
University of Washington - Architecture
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Projects

01
Reshaping Cloud Quota Management UX 🔒
Microsoft, Azure | '23 -'25
Setting the strategic foundation for future quota management UX
02
Bringing AI Guidance to Cloud Workflows 🔒
Microsoft, Azure | '24 -'25
Integrated AI where users struggle most—helping them troubleshoot errors with Copilot-powered guidance.
03
Designing for Responsible AI at Scale 🔒
Microsoft, AI | '24 - '25
Leading UX effort to scale Microsoft’s Responsible AI tool
04
Creating Better Self-guided Journey to Adopt M365
Microsoft, M365 | '19 -'22
Improving the experience to enable faster and more efficient adoption of M365 services
05
Hwatu Scorekeeper - App design and design system
Personal Project | '25
Creating a game score tracker app and design system
04
Improving UX Process
Leveraging research insights to build a strong user foundation and inform product decisions
05
Building a Mobile App to Calculate Game Scores
Help users effortlessly calculate scores after playing Hwatu game matches —designing and building a design system
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Hi, I'm Julie

I'm a Product designer based in Seattle. I’m driven to create designs that make experiences more valuable, efficient, and meaningful.

I’ve worked with the Azure and Microsoft 365 teams at Microsoft. — Before transitioning to UX, I designed physical spaces, moving from crafting walls and spaces to creating seamless digital experiences. This background shapes how I approach digital design—balancing system, functionality, and a focus on human connection.

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Works

I led design to transform Cloud Capacity management experience at Microsoft.

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform, supporting over 350,000 business customers and reaching 1 billion users worldwide.

In July 2023, I joined the Azure team, leading design and shaping the strategy for the cloud management experience over 1.5 years.

Contribution

  • Implementing features to enabling users to manage cloud capacity and resolve related issues more efficiently
  • Leveraging research insights to build a strong user foundation (user journey, roles, JTBD, pain points) and inform product decisions
  • Envisioning North Star and new product opportunities to reimagine the end-to-end capacity management journey
  • Integrating Copilot-enabled experiences to streamline capacity management and improve issue resolution
  • Click here to read more ↗

Impact

- 70%

Reduced capacity issues

+50%

Increased task efficiency

Along with the cloud capacity design works, I led design on Microsoft's Responsible AI tool.

As AI grows, ensuring compliance is crucial for minimizing risks and maintaining trust — Microsoft built an internal Responsible AI tool to help teams manage compliance and governance with ease.

In May 2024, I joined this team. With constant user feedback and an inconsistent experience, I collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve the tool’s experience.

Contribution

  • Designed key features to improve efficiency, like "Quick copy", "Group actions", "Data loading" functionalities
  • Led north start initiatives to improve end-to-end experience
  • Improved collaboration by refining the design process with structured intake documents and streamlined hand-off workflows, while also creating a component library to ensure consistency, accessibility, and scalability
  • Click here to read more ↗

Impact

100%

Adoption rate

-50%

Reduced AI development time

# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency
# scalable design
# design efficiency
# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency,
# scalable design
# design efficiency

Also, I collaborated with multiple teams on short-term projects, bringing concepts to life through prototypes.

One project focused on improving observability and validation to help SAP users manage systematic issues more effectively.

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Another involved envisioning the integration of sustainability metrics, offering actionable recommendations to help customers reduce their environmental impact.

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Previously, I worked with Microsoft 365 design team to improve onboarding experience.

Organizations adopt Microsoft 365 (M365) for several reasons, primarily to improve productivity, collaboration, and security.

From November 2019 to August 2022, I led the design for FastTrack, a service that helps users seamlessly adopt Microsoft 365 tools.

Contribution

  • Revamped the landing page to improve the onboarding experience
  • Created self-guided flows to simplify complex adoption and setup processes
  • Wore multiple hats, leading user research to uncover key insights and drive continuous improvements.
  • Click here to read more ↗

Impact

+3x

Increased in adoption rate

~90%

Self-guided flow completion rate

# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency
# scalable design
# design efficiency
# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency,
# scalable design
# design efficiency

Currently, I’m focused on building a design system for a mobile app

# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency
# scalable design
# design efficiency
# Streamlined process
# workflow efficiency,
# scalable design
# design efficiency
Microsoft, Azure
Nov 2023 - Ongoing
Improving UX workflows with design system

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