About

Hi, I’m Julie Kim — a product designer who obsesses over clarity and craft

I love turning ambiguous problems into elegant product experiences — ones that feel intuitive to use and delightful to look at. My work is driven by a deep respect for users, systems thinking, and high standards for visual quality.

Currently open to new opportunities — open to teams that value clarity, craft, and impact

Explore my recent projects ↓‍

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 ↓
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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

Projects

Reshaping Cloud Quota Management UX 🔒

Microsoft, Azure | '23 -'25

Setting the strategic foundation for future quota management UX

Bringing AI Guidance to Cloud Workflows 🔒

Microsoft, Azure | '24 -'25

Integrated AI where users struggle most—helping them troubleshoot errors with Copilot-powered guidance.

Designing for Responsible AI at Scale 🔒

Microsoft, AI | '24 - '25

Leading UX effort to scale Microsoft’s Responsible AI tool

Streamlining M365 Adoption Through Better Self-Guided UX

Microsoft, M365 | '19 -'22

Improving the experience to enable faster and more efficient adoption of M365 services

Hwatu Scorekeeper - A Minimal Scorekeeping App

Personal Project | '25

Creating a game score tracker app and design system

Improving UX Process

Leveraging research insights to build a strong user foundation and inform product decisions

Building a Mobile App to Calculate Game Scores

Help users effortlessly calculate scores after playing Hwatu game matches —designing and building a design system

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
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Impact

- 70%

Reduced capacity issues

+50%

Increased task efficiency

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
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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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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.
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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

About

Hi, I’m Julie Kim — a product designer who obsesses over clarity and craft

About

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

Projects

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.

Connect

LinkedIn
Email

Experience

CV

or continue to read below

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

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.

Contribution

Impact

100%

Adoption rate

-50%

Reduced AI development time

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.

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

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

Impact

+3x

Increased in adoption rate

~90%

Self-guided flow completion rate

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

About

Hi, I’m Julie Kim — a product designer who obsesses over clarity and craft

About

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

Projects

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.

Connect

LinkedIn Email

Experience

CV

or continue to read below

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

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.

Contribution

Impact

100%

Adoption rate

-50%

Reduced AI development time

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.

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

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

Impact

+3x

Increased in adoption rate

~90%

Self-guided flow completion rate

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

LinkedIn
Email

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.

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.