Problem & users
Parents miss everyday details that children may struggle to explain directly.
Toronto · Product · Growth · Visual Design
Renee Ng
Product designer building emotionally engaging consumer apps from 0→1.
0→1 product
253.4K organic views
$0 ad spend
Featured 0→1 product
Hunny
Parent-child connection app
Founder · Product Design · Growth
- 253.4K
- organic views · $0 ad spend
- 0 → submission
- concept to App Store review
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Work
UX/UI + Research
Event Discovery Website
A desktop flow for discovering, saving, and revisiting workshops.
Focus Information architecture, discovery flows, favourites
Output Desktop prototype and interface system
OG Transparency Hub
A research-led dashboard showing students how university fees are allocated.
Make tuition allocation easier for students to understand.
Conducted surveys, user interviews, and primary and secondary research with a student team. Findings were synthesized into user needs and translated into a browsable tuition breakdown and term-comparison concept.
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Featured work
Featured Product
Hunny
An independently designed and built parent-child app, taken from concept to App Store submission and organic launch.
253.4Korganic views
1,070followers in one month
Submittedfor App Store review
Building a playful bridge between a child's day and a parent's world.
Hunny uses child conversations and creative play to help parents understand the small moments in their child's day.
- Role
- Founder & Product Designer
- Scope
- Strategy, UX/UI, brand, build, growth
- Build
- Independent, AI-assisted development
Product decisions
Separate child and parent journeys turn playful interaction into useful summaries.
Build & launch
Built the MVP, visual system, launch site, App Store materials, and growth strategy.
Distribution is part of product design.
Building the product and its audience together revealed which emotional needs resonated, informing positioning, onboarding, and future content.
Dental Appointment App
A mobile booking flow covering registration, appointments, reminders, and account settings.
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Growth case study
Content that earns attention.
Research-led content testing grew Hunny from zero to 1,070 targeted followers and generated 253.4K organic views in one month.
- 1,070
- organic followers
- 253.4K
- organic views in 30 days
- $0
- advertising spend
01 · First signal
69.5K views · 327 likes
After typical posts received roughly two likes, a research-informed post became the account's first major breakthrough.
02 · Refined repeat
125K views · 2,057 likes · 1,547 sends
Three weeks later, the refined strategy produced a second, stronger result with high sharing behaviour.
03 · Account total
1,070 followers · 253.4K views
Archived 30-day account result with no advertising spend.
Results shown are from archived Instagram Insights. The campaign account is no longer publicly accessible following an enforcement action affecting an associated account.
Methodology
How I built the growth system
Build the research library
Collected high-performing videos from the same niche in a structured spreadsheet instead of relying on vague trend watching.
Map emotional drivers
Analyzed hooks through emotions such as fear, hope, envy, relief, and aspiration, then identified repeatable patterns.
Translate, don't copy
Combined proven hook structures with original illustration and storytelling tailored to the values of potential app users.
Use performance as feedback
Compared reach and sharing behaviour, refined creative hypotheses, and planned cross-platform distribution across Instagram and TikTok.
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Work
Graphic Design + Illustration
Children's Book Illustration
Paintings
Graphic Design + Illustrations
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About Renee Ng
Creative thinking. Measurable outcomes.
Profile
I'm Renee Ng, a product designer, growth marketer, and visual storyteller based in Toronto. I combine research, product thinking, and visual craft to create experiences that feel clear, emotional, and memorable.
My path through psychology, fine arts, and information design shapes how I work: I care about how people think, how visuals make them feel, and how products earn attention. That perspective comes together in Hunny, which I independently took from concept through UX/UI, AI-assisted development, App Store submission, and organic audience growth.
Background
- Information (UX/UI) University of Toronto
- 2025-2027
- Fine Arts OCAD University
- 2023-2025
- Psychology Queen's University
- 2022-2023
Experience & Recognition
Product Designer / Founder
Hunny · Independent Product
Led the product from 0→1—shaping the strategy, research, UX/UI, brand, and launch while growing an organic audience to 253.4K views with no advertising spend.
Art Portfolio Assistant / Instructor
Lin's Portfolio
Provided rotating one-on-one instruction and portfolio critique across concept development, technique, composition, and visual presentation.
Selected Group Exhibition
The Holy Art Gallery · London, UK
Original fine artwork selected and presented in an international group exhibition.
Skills
UX/UI Design
- User research & needs synthesis
- User flows & wireframing
- Prototyping & interaction design
- Mobile & responsive design
Product Design
- 0→1 product development
- Problem framing & MVP planning
- Feature and journey design
- AI-assisted product development
Growth & Content
- Organic audience growth
- Viral-content research
- Hook and audience analysis
- Short-form visual storytelling
Visual Design
- Illustration & fine art
- Brand and visual systems
- Art direction
- Psychology-informed storytelling
Tools & Technical
- Figma
- Canva
- Adobe Illustrator
- Procreate
- Supabase
- CapCut
- AI-assisted prototyping
- Codex
Contact
Currently seeking opportunities in app growth, social/content, product and UX design, and visual design.