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Shay Delagarza

Critic · DISC type C
Freelance Product Designer at Island Britt
📍 New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwan

A Product and UX/UI Designer with a background in architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She specializes in designing intuitive digital experiences that simplify complexity. Her recent freelance work involved redesigning an e-commerce platform, leading to 100% checkout task completion in user testing.

Her background includes extensive international experience teaching English in a dual-language (English and Mandarin) academic setting. She has a history of developing strong customer service and time management skills from a young age through long-term roles in the restaurant industry before relocating abroad.

Unique fact: She leveraged her experience teaching English concepts in Mandarin to rapidly bridge communication gaps with students and parents.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Freelance Product Designer
Location
New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Personality Overview

How Shay shows up

Negotiator
Information Seeker
Objective Thinker

They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Priorities

Topics Shay cares about

AI in Design
She believes the designer's value is shifting from creation to curation and discernment in the age of AI, where generating prototypes is becoming easier.
User-Centered Solutions
Her design philosophy focuses on creating clear, intuitive digital experiences that support inclusive and user-centered solutions, turning complexity into calm.
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Career

Work history

6-2025 - 8-2025
Freelance Product Designer
Island Britt
8-2014 - 12-2024
English Teacher
ACES English School
7-2012 - 8-2014
English Teacher / Tutor
Hess English School, Ckids, private tutoring
2005 - 7-2012
Server / Hostess
bars & restaurants
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1-2025 - 2-2026
Bootcamp Certification
Designlab
8-2008 - 5-2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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