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E.K. Chung

VP of UX at Reddit and Head of Design at AI-native VoyagerX; formerly Google director for Android, Pixel, and Ads UX

ExecutiveLeads from the backHybrid schoolProductAIOrg
A planetary-scale product design leader stepping into an AI-native design role and building the transition with his team rather than around it.

Signature win. Led UX for Android OS and Pixel, shaping interfaces and interaction patterns used by more than a billion people every day.

The case

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CraftLead UX for Android OS and Pixel; drove visual modernization, gesture frameworks, and task simplification across products used by 1B+ people daily.9
CommunicationPublished Google Design essays articulating design rationale; runs a centralized interdisciplinary org making design legible across consumer and ads at Reddit.8
BusinessDirector over Google Ads Platform and Pixel hardware UX, and now VP UX over Reddit consumer + ads — design tied directly to revenue surfaces.8
EducationLeads a centralized interdisciplinary product design and research org (people-growing structure) and teaches publicly via Google Design writing; specific reskilling programs not documented.7
InnovationMoved into Head of Design at AI-native VoyagerX to build with AI as a leader lifting a team — elevate-positive, not craft-shedding.8

Endorsed by peers

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OverallI'd work for them73
CraftRaised my craft bar82
CommunicationMade the case for design73
BusinessMade design matter to the business73
EducationTaught me something I still use64
InnovationShowed me a new way to work73

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