Kaia Guan

I make complex products feel clear.

I’m a product designer who connects user insight, product strategy, and interaction design to create systems teams can build on.

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Enterprise HR · Leave managementPaycom

A guided HR workflow for complex leave policies.

I designed the shipped Custom Leave setup so HR teams could configure employer-created, state/local, and country-specific policies and reuse shared rule profiles.

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Role
Sole Product Designer
Scope
Systems design, interaction, delivery
Status
Shipped
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Health & fitness app conceptOlive

A connected app for everyday health and fitness.

I used research and prototype testing to connect Program, Discover, Reminder, Activity, and Diary in one mobile concept.

Role
Product Designer
Status
Independent concept
Scope
Research, UX/UI, prototyping
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Olive plan and home screen
Olive reminders screen
Olive activity logging screen
Olive diary screen
Desktop sandbox creator platform
Tribaliii

A sandbox creator platform for building playable Worlds.

As the UI Designer in a cross-functional Agile/Scrum team, I delivered Creative Mode, Publish, and Play Mode flows for a high-fidelity MVP prototype.

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Role
UI Designer
Delivery
~6 months of active sprint work
Status
High-fidelity MVP prototype