Hi there again!

My name is Sarah Jun. I was born and raised in Flushing, New York, and moved to Massachusetts to study Human Factors Psychology and Film & Media Studies at Tufts University.

I'm currently in Boston working as a product designer at Wayfair for the Global Supplier Technology team. Feel free to check out my experience, awards, and personal interests below :)

Sarah Jun

Experience

Product Designer, Wayfair

Building AI-powered tools and experiences for Wayfair's supplier platform. Collaborating closely with machine learning scientists, data scientists, front-end and back-end engineers, and product managers to create intuitive supplier-facing workflows.

Sept 2025 – Present

Cofounder & Founding Product Designer, Freebites

Cofounded and scaled a campus food-discovery app from 0 to 1, reaching 3k+ downloads and 420+ postings across three Boston-area universities. Led a 20-member cross-functional team through the full product lifecycle, from concept to launch to growth. Secured multiple venture competition wins, grant funding, and press in The Tufts Daily, Tufts Now, and the Gordon Institute.

July 2023 – March 2026

Product Designer, Massachusetts National Guard

Designed a mobile inventory management app that streamlined supply tracking workflows and reduced inventory management time by 75%. Partnered directly with National Guard officers and soliders to understand operational needs and validate design decisions in the field.

Jan – May 2025

Product Researcher, Samay

Conducted product research for Samay's AI-driven acoustic resonance wearable, the first non-invasive device using active acoustic sensors, audio signal processing, and machine learning to measure air trapping and monitor COPD. Partnered with other researchers, software engineer, and audio architect to shape the product's new pinch point experience.

Sept – Dec 2024

Product Researcher, Tufts University

Researched and designed a LiDAR-driven wearable to help visually impaired people navigate indoors by translating real-time distance data into spatial audio and haptic feedback. Developed prototypes and tested best interaction patterns. Research presented at the 2024 HFES Conference as the only undergraduate team.

Nov 2023 – Nov 2024

Product Design Intern, Wayfair Professional

Delivered shipped new features for Wayfair's B2B project management platform. Worked alongside other product designers, engineers, product managers, and supplier operations stakeholders to ship designs that improved task completion and workflow clarity for professional members.

June – Aug 2024

Product Designer, Keep Massachusetts Beautiful

Designed and built a website serving 30k+ users for a 40+ chapter environmental nonprofit. Collaborated with project manager, product designer, tech lead, and software engineers to drive the research and wireframing process through development and launch.

Sept 2023 – May 2024

Awards

Audience Choice, Wayfair AI Hackathon

Used Figma MCP with Cursor to streamline design-to-code handoff using Wayfair's design system

2025

John Kreifeldt Excellence in Human Factors, Tufts University

Awarded to 3 students in the graduating class that recognizes graduating students in human factors engineering or psychology who have made outstanding academic achievement and applied research.

2025

Montle Prize for Entreprenurial Achievement “The Senior Award”, Tufts University

Recognizes 1 Tufts undergraduate who has demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial growth, initiative, and impact throughout their time at Tufts.

2025

Winner @ New Venture Competition, Derby Center at Tufts University

One of winners in state-wide flagship startup venture competition, earning funding to grow the venture. Judges included industry leaders and investors.

2025

Winner @ Hult Prize at Tufts, Hult Prize Foundation

One of winners for Hult Prize, the “Noble prize for students” – the world’s largest startup startup accelerator run with the United Nations to support ventures addressing urgent global issues.

2024

Winner @ IDEA Competition, Derby Center at Tufts University

One of winners for pitching an innovative product concept with validated market opportunity to earn funding and mentorship.

2024

2nd Place @ Tufts Hackathon, Tufts University

Built Daysync, a productivity app that won 2nd place for its intuitive design and technical execution during a 24-hour build sprint.

2024

Beyond work

When I'm not building something, you can find me running, watching a reality tv show, sleeping, or eating. Here's a collection of some things outside of work that make me smile.

Jun sisters

Jun sisters

Always fun spending time with my little sisters :)

My cute cats

My cute cats

Meet Lola (big spoon) and Cola (little spoon)! They're passionate about eating and sleeping.

Flushing

Flushing

I grew up in Flushing (best part of nyc -- definetly not biased at all). This is a picture of some yummy food stores in Main Street.

Comfort food

Comfort food

It's either this Korean Seolleongtang or two cheeseburgers from McDonalds or both.

Snow

Snow

I love snow! It's so beautiful and peaceful, espeically in Boston's North End.

Monster

Monster

uhhhhh they actually don't have as much caffiene as you think and the designs on the cans are so cool!

Favorite company

Favorite company

I'm a huge fan of Nothing's mission and design philosophy, especially their Glyph Matrix interface work (the Apple ecosystem does have a chokehold on me though)

Drive My Car

Drive My Car

My favorite movie of all timeeee. Such a beautiful story about love, grief, and forgiveness <3

Casual F1 fan

Casual F1 fan

I have this exact lego set of the Williams' FW46. Huge fan of Alex Albon and James Vowles :)

Current fixation

Current fixation

Rice balls from Bovas bakery. I could literally eat the steak and cheese rice ball every day if I wasn't lactose intolerant -.-

Memories of Murder

Memories of Murder

Best film from my favorite korean director, Bong Joon-ho. His films are very genre-bending and have strong social commentary which I find really entertaining.

IKEA

IKEA

IKEA is a nostalgic place for me. Always ate meatballs and soft serve ice cream here with my family.