Designing the systems for 3 billion conversations

I'm a staff product designer at WhatsApp, with ten years of experience leading 0-to-1 and 1-to-many work across consumer, commerce, mobility, and social media platform products. My recent focus has been on WhatsApp's integrity and business experiences, shipping work used by over 3 billion people.

Originally from South Korea, based in London, and finishing a part-time MBA at Imperial Business School in 2026, which keeps my product thinking close to business strategy and leadership.

Portrait of Gaeul Lee
Experience

2020 — Now

Staff Product Designer

WhatsApp / Meta

Designed scalable product systems across integrity, business messaging, and ad review.

2018 — 2020

Senior Product Designer

Grab

Led design for SuperApp strategy across search, homescreen, and first-time user experiences.

2015 — 2018

UX / UI Designer

Startups and freelance

Designed digital products across commerce, B2B and R&D for startups and freelance clients.

Education

2025 — 2026

MBA

Imperial College London

London, UK.

2010 — 2015

BA, Fashion Design

Dongduk Women's University

Seoul, South Korea.

2010 — 2015

Diploma, Graphic Design

TAFE NSW

Sydney, Australia.

Recognition
  • 2021GrabFood Multi Merchant Order PatentCo-invented a multi-merchant and group-ordering product solution submitted for patent.
  • 2021Grab Breakout Hackathon, 1st PlaceWon first place for the Multi Merchant Order concept.
  • 2019Featured in Interactive Design for ScreenProject featured by Sandu Publishing.
  • 2018Featured in Asia Pacific Design No.14Project featured by Sandu Publishing.