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✦Kayla Jung

human, capable

Hi, I'm Kayla — Korean-born, LA-based, six years in. I build products for SaaS, B2B, enterprise, and AI operations. Currently at AOL, previously at Microsoft.

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YahooAOLMicrosoftInvisible TechnologiesPaciolan / LearfieldDistilled Strategy
Featured Projects·3 of 7 · cinematic

Three from the top of the stack.

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Design System Enhancement
2025·Design System · Accessibility

Design System Enhancement

Rebuilding a 15-year-old design ecosystem without freezing the squads who depend on it

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AOL Community
2025·Consumer · Community

AOL Community

Articles as conversation starters, not endpoints

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Access Control 2.0
2024·B2B · Enterprise

Access Control 2.0

Live event access — simple enough for first-time staff, powerful enough for enterprise

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Process·how the work happens

From blank file to ship.
Five stations.

Phase / 01
Discover.
  • User shadowing
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Audit + benchmarks
Phase / 02
Define.
  • Problem framing
  • JTBD + personas
  • North-star metrics
Phase / 03
Design.
  • IA + flows
  • Wireframes → hi-fi
  • Tokenized components
Phase / 04
Test.
  • Maze + moderated
  • A/B + analytics
  • Iteration loop
Phase / 05
Ship.
  • Storybook handoff
  • Cross-squad QA
  • Post-launch read
System·atoms · molecules · foundations

I think in tokens.
Then I build up.

01 / color tokens
color/fg
color/bg
color/accent
color/muted
color/line
color/surface
02 / case-card
Card · 280 × auto
Bambi NEMT
2022 · B2B + AI
+34% efficiency
03 / buttons
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04 / badges
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05 / input
kayla@
password
Focus ring · 2 px · accent
06 / grid foundation
Grid · 12 col · 8 px gutter

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