InternshipEthan G.R. LeeUnboundedRoleProduct Design EngineerProfileInternshipNotesSolo, Operational, NonprofitThe StoryA 12-week paid internship building an internal planning tool for a nonprofit coordinating school district events. I designed a facilitator dashboard that consolidated outreach and scheduling, tracking who was teaching what and reaching every known facilitator in one place. The tool is now used by the organization.
Product WorkEthan G.R. LeeResellRoleAssociate Pod LeadProfileProduct WorkNotesPeer-to-Peer, Community-Driven, PolishedThe StoryResell, built with Cornell AppDev, brings secondhand shopping to Cornell students in one dedicated marketplace. I reworked the core experience end-to-end — from event-specific spaces that surface listings for moments like Homecoming and Halloween, to the Lucid release, which introduced fluid animations and a glassy new visual layer across the app.
InternshipEthan G.R. LeeTimingRoleLead Systems DesignerProfileInternshipNotesSystemized, Scalable, FoundationalThe StoryA 12-week internship on a team of product designers, where I led the redesign of Timing's entire design system. I rebuilt it around reusable components, giving the team a systemized foundation that makes designing new features faster and more consistent going forward.
Product WorkEthan G.R. LeeHack4ImpactRoleProduct DesignerProfileProduct WorkNotesCollaborative, National, NetworkedThe StoryIMA (Internal Members Archive) gives every Hack4Impact chapter nationwide a shared home for past projects and the members behind them, making it easy to look back and reach out. Working alongside three designers on my team and Hack4Impact's national design members, I helped design the product from the ground up.
Case StudyEthan G.R. LeeStudioRoleProduct DesignerProfileCase StudyNotesZero-to-One, Collaborative, GrassrootsRecognitionBest NME ProjectThe StoryCornell students have few ways to explore outside their own major — packed schedules rule out extra classes, and clubs stay nearly impossible to join. Studio lets students teach each other, turning personal passions into peer-led classes and the connections that follow.
Case StudyEthan G.R. LeeScopeRoleLead DesignerProfileCase StudyNotesEditorial, Adaptive, RestrainedRecognitionBest UI/UX AwardThe StoryCornell students were tuning out campus news entirely, buried in cluttered inboxes and scattered across broken apps. Scope consolidates it all into one feed, built to fit into the pockets of time students already have.