Hello, I'm Natalie Ung

I'm a product designer with 2.5 years of experience working across diverse B2B and SaaS products. I’ve always considered myself a social butterfly 🦋 — I love connecting with people and hearing their stories. I'm passionate about product design because it enables me transform real stories into meaningful, inclusive user experiences.

Empathy, accessibility, and innovation are a large part of my design philosophy: I’ve found that the most impactful products always come from deeply understanding and empathizing with your audience. I also consider myself to be an accessibility specialist and I try to improve and promote accessibility in all the work I do!

Work 💼

Currently, I work part-time as a Product Designer for the University of California, Davis Transportation Department. I've also designed for companies like Commvault Systems, Volt SMS, and RadicalAI, where I developed a deep passion for promoting accessibility in products through design. I am a 4th year at UC Davis, double majoring in Cognitive Science and Design, with an expected graduation in March 2025.

Play 🤸‍♀️

Away from my computer, I enjoy swimming (leisurely and competitively!), cooking (and eating) gluten-free alternative recipes, experimenting with fashion (through thrifting and reselling clothes), relaxing by the beach, and going on adventures with friends!

Community 🏘️

I have gained 3+ years of valuable experience through participation in on-campus student organizations which have played a crucial role in developing the skills that have brought me to where I am today. I began my journey in Design Interactive, a UX Design Consultancy where I was able to participate in 3 design challenges: redesigning Hinge, making a Bike Tools App, and creating a Social Reading Platform. From there, I joined a product development organization called AggieWorks that builds products for students: I was the founding product designer of AggieExchange, UC Davis’s first student marketplace platform. Most recently, I was a member of CodeLab, another design/software-engineering organization, where I worked in a small cross-functional team on a demo project for a startup.

DI F23 AggieWorks SQ23 AggieWorks FQ23 CodeLab WSQ 24

From Left to Right: Design Interactive Fall '23, AggieWorks Spring '23, AggieWorks Fall '23, CodeLab Winter/Spring '24


Shiny Things ✨


  • Commvault Intern Project Winner (2024)
    • Voted Best Intern project (1st out of ~40) for a project focusing on Accessibility within Commvault products
  • Best Storytelling & Audience Choice (2023)
    • Awarded 'Best Storytelling' and 'Audience Choice' for a 6-week UX design project focused on creating a social book platform
  • Dean’s List (2023)
    • GPA in the top 16% of the College of Letters and Science
  • Most Innovative UX (2022)
    • Awarded 'Most Innovative UX' for successfully completing and presenting a 2-week Bike Tools App concept to a panel of judges and audience

Tools 🛠️


  • Accessibility
  • AfterEffects
  • Figma
  • HTML/CSS
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • JavaScript
  • JAWS
  • Photoshop
  • User Research
  • User Testing
  • Visual Design
  • VoiceOver
  • WCAG