About · Xueyi (Sherry) Zhou

Hi, I’m Sherry. 

Product designer. Raised in Beijing, based in Toronto.

I design for millions of people at work, and for two cats at home.

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01The short version

I grew up in Beijing and spent seven years at Tsinghua University, leaving with a bachelor’s in Information Art and Design, a second bachelor’s in Journalism and Communication, and a master’s from the same interdisciplinary lab.

Since 2020 I have designed across every screen size: phones, tablets and foldables at Huawei, an OS for 700 million people at Xiaomi, and growth flows measured in dollars at AppLovin.

In late 2024 I moved from Beijing to Toronto with AppLovin, switched my daily working language to English, and started sketching what comes next. This site is part of that.

02The path
2013 to now · hover a row
2013–2017

Tsinghua University · two bachelor’s at once

Information Art and Design, plus a second degree in Journalism and Communication. First taste of the industry as an interaction design intern at Alibaba’s Cainiao Network.

2017–2020

Tsinghua University · master’s

MA in Information Art and Design. Future Lab research on scent visualization and tactile graphics for blind users, with internships at Schlumberger and Huawei along the way.

2020–2021

Huawei · UX Designer

Human factors and HCI group. Gesture design and cross-device interaction across phones, tablets and foldables, plus patent writing for cross-device features.

2021–2023

Xiaomi · UX Designer → Senior UX Designer

Promoted to senior in year two. Led shared design standards across 7+ teams on an OS used by 700 million people, including the design system and lock screen work on this site.

2023–2025

AppLovin · Product Designer

Out-of-box flows shipped with Samsung, T-Mobile and other OEMs, where every design decision is A/B tested against installs and revenue. Moved from the Beijing office to Toronto in late 2024.

2025–now

Toronto · what’s next

Settling into a new city, building this site, and staying curious about what to design next.

03Off the clock

Powder in winter, cats all year.

Sherry on a snowboard, looking down a deep powder slope
Winter is the busy seasonRan a university ski club as president. Now the meetings are optional and the snow is deeper.
Two cats lounging on a desk, rendered in a thermal color filterA cat looking up into a lamp in a dark roomA gray cat mid-yawnThe supervision teamTwo cats. They sit in on every design review, contribute nothing, and approve nothing.
  • 📰 Trained in news writing and photography
  • 🤲 Co-authored tactile display research for blind users
  • 📄 Wrote patents for cross-device interaction
  • 🗣️ Bilingual, Mandarin and English