Ashley Xie

About

Ashley Xie is a UI/UX designer and product thinker focused on how people make high-stakes decisions. She studied Human-Centered Design, Entrepreneurship, Classics, and Studio Art at Dartmouth College.

Most recently, she designed the Lennar Investor Marketplace — a product that gained 6,500+ users and drove $64M+ in new revenue within its first two months. She currently works at Locate Alpha, shaping proptech experiences for serious investors.

She brings a research-first mindset to every project, balancing sharp visual craft with a deep curiosity about user behavior. Outside of work, she dances bachata, draws figure models, and watches birds.

Skills

  • User experience design
  • UI design & prototyping
  • User research & testing
  • Design systems
  • Brand & visual identity
  • Marketing design
  • Content strategy
  • Digital & growth marketing

Experience

Ashley has designed across startups and enterprises — from early research through development-ready UI.

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  • Locate Alpha UI/UX Designer 2025 – Now
  • Augmendo UI/UX Design Intern 2024
  • Kyndryl (formerly IBM) Product Design Intern 2023
  • DALI Lab, Dartmouth Product Designer 2022 – 2023

Mini Projects

Map Menu Overhaul: Comparative Market Analysis Software

Cleaning up an awkward map menu to properly surface its layer controls, CMA coloring modes, and slide-out panel.

Before — mismatched icons, clumsy UX language, unclear relationship between items

After — clear title added, tightened UX language, reordered items to match common user actions, switched checkboxes to toggles, added indents to show item hierarchy, line separation between unrelated items, reset capability

Locate Alpha Investor Marketplace Landing Page

A conversion-focused landing page for Locate Alpha's investor-facing marketplace — built for clarity, brand cohesion, and lead capture.

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Locate Alpha Investor Marketplace landing page hero

Hero section — Locate Alpha Investor Marketplace