Mixology&Creations

A curated menu of work, ideas and impact.
Mixing strategy with design to create products people love.

SHANNON MA

Signatures · The Menu

seven pours, served chilled
The Patchthe patch
Flavor
A full AI recruiting ecosystem. A B2C career companion for candidates, a B2B skill-based evaluation platform for recruiters, and a school dashboard to monitor student progress.
Ingredients
Figma · Lovable · Notion · OpenAI · ElevenLabs · Mixpanel · Claude Code
Category
AI / SaaS Product Design
Vintage
2025 — Present
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The Patch — Websitethe patch — website
Flavor
The public storefront of The Patch. A quiet, scroll-driven site that introduces the product, the team, and the mission.
Ingredients
Lovable · Git · AWS
Category
Marketing Site / Web Design
Vintage
2026
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Mellow Mindsmellow minds
Flavor
An interactive data visualization exploring how music genre, lyrics, and mood quietly affect cognition.
Ingredients
p5.js · Sketching · dataset analysis
Category
Interactive Data Visualization
Vintage
2023
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Tombstone Tussletombstone tussle
Flavor
A Halloween-themed maze game where zombies are the protagonists and policemen the threat.
Ingredients
JavaFX · interaction design · game mechanics
Category
Game Design & Interaction Programming
Vintage
2023
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Interactive Atlas Onboardinginteractive atlas onboarding
Flavor
A non-linear onboarding system that makes complex climate data visualizations legible to newcomers.
Ingredients
Figma · Vue.js · Node.js · user research · educational theory
Category
UX Research & Design
Vintage
2024
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Knot Craftknot craft
Flavor
A modular 3D-printing system for decorative accessories. Design a few reusable base components, then swap in different ornamental patterns to customize belts, lamps, or jewelry without reprinting the structure. More eco-friendly, endlessly reconfigurable.
Ingredients
Autodesk Fusion 360 · 3D printing
Category
Digital Fabrication Design
Vintage
2023
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About · The Mixologist

a quiet introduction

A perpetual traveler on a journey through life and design. From Asia to Europe, from cybersecurity to human-computer interaction, from dev tools to design tools, I navigate across cultures, systems, and disciplines.

Cocktails have always felt like more than alcohol to me. They are mixology, craft, and quiet storytelling, as well as a balance of ingredients, timing, texture, and intention. In many ways, I see myself the same way: a blend of cultural layers, technical foundations, product thinking, and design sensitivity.

This portfolio borrows the language of a cocktail menu because it reflects both what I love and how I work: mixing strategy with research, structure with creativity, and complexity with clarity.

Shannon Ma portrait

Moving Track

Six cities, one ongoing journey — from the Pearl River Delta to the Seine.

GuangzhouChengduHangzhouShenzhenStockholmParis
0% · Paris

Education

MSc., Human Computer Interaction Design
Europe · 2022 — 2024
MSc., Computer Science — HCI Design
Île-de-France · 2023 — 2024
MSc., Computer Science — HCI Design
Stockholm · 2022 — 2023
BE., Computer Engineering — Cyber Security
Chengdu · 2018 — 2022

Work Experience

The Patch (by Zetos)
AI SaaS Product Manager & Designer
Paris · 2025 — Now
Inria
UI/UX Designer Intern
Île-de-France · 2024
Tencent
Product Manager
Shenzhen · 2021 — 2022
Alibaba
Project Manager Trainee
Hangzhou · 2021

Ability

Programming
PythonJavaScriptCJavaSQLHTML5CSS
Tools
FigmaFigma
ProcreateProcreate
SketchSketch
WebflowWebflow
NotionNotion
MiroMiro
MixpanelMixpanel
LovableLovable
CodexCodex
ClaudeClaude
ElevenLabsElevenLabs
CanvaCanva
Languages
Mandarin (Native)English (C2)French (B1)Cantonese

Fun Facts

R&B Lover

A dedicated fan of R&B, Blues, Neo Soul and Jazz.

Mixology

Passionately obsessed with mixology and whisky.

Sketching

Why not just do it for fun.

What's SHA?

Short for Shannon · Secure Hash Algorithms.

Resume · The Recipe Book

vintages & techniques
Signatures
About Me
Contact
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