Michelle Quin

UX Researcher

TikTok

Mar 2026 - Current (6 months)

UX Researcher III

Reddit, Inc.

Jul 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Conducted foundational and strategic mixed methods research as the primary researcher on Conversations (all things contribution and consumption) for the Core Experience team. Led the first accessibility research study and program at Reddit, and ran a large-scale study on content tagging and organization (taxonomy).

UX Researcher II

Reddit, Inc.

May 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 3 months)

Worked on generative and evaluative research across various areas, focusing on search, community growth and moderation, and new user education. Created, developed, and ran Reddit's rapid research program, which runs usability testing across all product areas.

User Experience Researcher

Chewy

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 (3 months)

Discovered user insights, trends and areas of growth with the Health team through user studies and analysis on pet owners; conducted interviews on pet health professionals for persona development.

UX Researcher and Designer

Columbia University in the City of New York

Feb 2020 - Jun 2020 (5 months)

Built an accessible and streamlined Design Systems components library for Columbia University in Figma. Ran user testing to improve administrative systems used by university faculty and staff. Designed the UX website for Columbia University's IT Department (CUIT). Updated Columbia-affiliated websites to ensure uniformity and more accessible design.

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User Experience Researcher

Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 (3 months)

UI/UX research on user behavior and empathy in anonymous media sharing, partnered with the Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab; designed and developed a photo-sharing web app after running iterative user studies and feedback surveys over WhatsApp and Google Forms; collected photos, ran data analysis, and wrote a research abstract

HCI Research Collaborator

Lodz University of Technology

Jul 2017

Invited as an NSF-funded collaborator in the SIGCHI-sponsored "The Lodz Summer School on Methods in HCI"; immersion in latest Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) methodology and technology; worked with PhD students to create interactive games, workshops and live demos.

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HCI Researcher

Jun 2017 - Aug 2017 (3 months)

National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded HCI in ubiquitous computing research under the Human-Machine Cooperation group at OFFIS institute; designed and implemented a prototype integrating vibration feedback and eye-tracking; designed and ran user experiments to evaluate optimal methods for alerting users in safety-critical environments (ex. hospital caregivers) to danger without discomfort.

Researcher

Lenovo

Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 (3 months)

Researched and analyzed competitor interface designs and user experiences; translated and edited official documents, taught weekly research workshops and led software training sessions

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