Hi, I’m Jihyun Hong. I bring structure to complex data and workflows.

4 years shipping products end to end, from generative AI ads to global food trade. Now studying HCI at the University of Birmingham.

Selected works

The company directory on a desktop screen, showing a company list beside a world map.

Map-Based Food Trade Company Directory

One company model and a map that bring traders back to discovering suppliers.

The purchase order detail page on a laptop.

Purchase Order Management

One standard for purchase orders, designed from the data model.

The inbox on a phone, listing notifications about quotations and purchase orders.

Inbox Notification

Notification logic that keeps everyone in the loop across linked workflows.


About

I like untangling complex systems until they feel simple for anyone who uses them. These days, my curiosity is in how people work alongside AI and stay in control of it.

Experience

TridgeProduct designer · 2024–2025

B2B trade intelligence and workflow tools

Led the company directory redesign, and designed purchase order management, AI data migration and the inbox for Eye Book, the trade management system.

Pion CorporationUI/UX designer · 2020–2022

Generative AI advertising SaaS

Led product design of VCAT.AI, a generative AI tool that lets sellers without video teams make their own ads, from first concept to launch.

WAGTIGraphic designer · 2019–2020

Tokyo 2020 Olympic licensing

Designed the Olympic Heritage 2020 Tokyo project as an official Olympic licensee.