Freda Mengqiu Hu

Freda Mengqiu Hu designs business tools at Pinterest for advertisers and merchants. Her independent project Shroom explores how a communication device with mood updates and voice messages could help children living apart from their parents stay connected.

Career

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Based in: Seattle

Senior Product Designer
Mar 2025 — Present
Product Designer II
Jun 2023 — Mar 2025
Seattle, Washington, United States
Product Designer
Apr 2022 — Jun 2023
Seattle, Washington, United States
Product Designer
Sep 2021 — Apr 2022

Microsoft

Jan 2021 — Jun 2021

Student UX Designer (master’s capstone)

OPPO

Aug 2020 — Dec 2020

Product Manager Intern

YIRENTAL

Mar 2020 — Aug 2020

UI/UX Design Intern

Samsung Electronics America

Jan 2020 — Mar 2020

Student UX Researcher

SKYWORTH

Aug 2019 — Sep 2019

Product Manager Intern

Sun Yat-sen University

Nov 2018 — May 2019

Research Assistant

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

Jul 2018 — Aug 2018

Product R&D Intern

University of Washington

MS, Human Centered Design and Engineering

Sun Yat-sen University

BE, Network Engineering

Products & media

muse.international

Designing for connection across physical and digital experiences

Freda discusses her path from engineering to product design and the research behind Shroom and Calmi. The interview explores emotional design, iterative prototyping and the challenges of combining physical, voice and app interactions.

thelondondesignawards.com

Shroom — London Design Awards

Explore Shroom, a communication device concept designed to help children living apart from their parents share mood updates and voice messages.

muse.world

Interview with Mengqiu Hu from United States

Discusses designing Pinterest business tools and the thinking behind Shroom, a two-way communication concept for children and parents living apart.

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Freda Mengqiu Hu

Pinterest

Senior Product Designer

Product Designer II

Product Designer

Product Designer

Microsoft

OPPO

YIRENTAL

Samsung Electronics America

SKYWORTH

Sun Yat-sen University

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

University of Washington

Sun Yat-sen University

Products & media

Designing for connection across physical and digital experiences

Shroom — London Design Awards

Interview with Mengqiu Hu from United States

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