What kind of designer is Ben Shih?

Ben Shih is a senior product designer with deep experience in AI design, growth design, onboarding, activation, and product strategy.

What work can I review in this portfolio?

The portfolio includes public product design case studies, talks, writings, and shipped side projects across Miro, Lokalise, and independent products.

Is this a good product design portfolio reference?

This portfolio is a strong reference for people looking for examples of AI product design, onboarding redesigns, activation work, growth design, and shipped product case studies.

What should hiring teams expect from Ben Shih's portfolio?

Hiring teams can expect product design case studies with business context, design reasoning, shipped outcomes, and examples spanning AI, onboarding, activation, experimentation, and side projects.

Hi, I'm Ben.
Product Designer & Builder.

Lead Product Designer with a Data Science background, focused on onboarding, activation, and AI experiences.

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Recent work

See how I turn messy product problems into shipped experiences.

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Indie apps

I’ve shipped 20+ indie apps over the last decade, mostly because I can’t stop building.

What I've Shipped

Public talks

I speak about design, growth, AI, and the craft behind building better products.

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A bit about me

Being a designer builder
was a dream I had to fight for.

That's probably the biggest reason that wakes me up every day now. Seeing all the possibilities in creating things.

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Some recent work

(from full-time jobs)

2025

AI-first Miro

Redesigned how work begins in Miro, turning the blank-board moment into an AI-guided starting point for faster collaboration with AI.

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Miro Recap

Created Miro Recap from scratch, turning year-end reflection into a shareable product ritual delivered to more than 10 million users.

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2024

Onboarding redesign

Redesigned Lokalise’s onboarding end to end, from homepage to in-product checklist, lifting sign-up, activation, and trial-to-customer conversion.

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2023

AI Translation Review

Redesigned Lokalise’s translation review flow from spreadsheet-heavy manual work into an AI-first system for faster, more consistent QA.

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Some recent work

(from full-time jobs)