Palida Pongmekin (Sai)

User Researcher

A dedicated User Researcher with expertise in leading end-to-end research for top enterprises, helping organizations build user-centered digital products while supporting strategic business outcomes.

Linkedin

palidapongmekin@gmail.com

Experience

Consultant (User Researcher)

Deloitte Digital

February 2025 – Present

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Lead end-to-end UX research and support research process for digital products across top Thai enterprises and global clients. Work closely with Deloitte teams across Southeast Asia and Japanese collaboration team.

User Researcher

Appsynth

May 2022 - February 2025

Remote

  • Managed end-to-end UX research for leading Thai digital platforms, defining objectives to actionable recommendations that helped guide clients’ decision-making process, resulting in enhanced user experiences that aligned with clients’ business objectives.

 

  • Proactively identified friction points on the client's platform by collaborating with data analysts to pinpoint areas for product improvement, cultivating a proactive working environment and driving client satisfaction.

 

  • Developed foundational UX research process guidelines, including proposal templates and timeline worksheets, to enhance collaboration efficiency and transparency with stakeholders, resulting in time and cost savings in the research process.

 

  • Key clients include: 7-Eleven (Retail), Siam Commercial Bank (Finance), Bangchak (Oil & Gas), HomePro (Retail), and EVMe (EV)

User Experience Designer

Orange Cap Innovative

October 2021 - April 2022

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Was responsible for experience and visual design for various projects.

 

  • Talk To Peach: Initiated a UX design for “Talk To Peach”, an application enabling anonymous online consultations with sexologists.

 

  • EasySign by EasyCOMPANY: Contributed to the UX/UI part of the EasySign by EasyCOMPANY, an award-winning project at the Hackathon: Finding the Best Enabler (e-Solution: Opportunity Enabler for SMEs)

User Research Assistant

Freelance

August 2017 - May 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Conducted user research: in-depth interview, card sorting, and diary study

 

  • BEACON Interface by KBTG and ABLE Lab: Assisted on usability-testing for a financial application for the visually impaired

Skills

Research

 

  • User Research: both generative and evaluative studies, including usability testings, in-depth interviews, heuristic evaluations, and other design testings
  • UX Research Project Management
  • Design Workshop Facilitation

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration (especially with data analysts and designers)
  • Stakeholder Communication

Strategic Oversight

 

  • Business Alignment
  • Timeline Development & Execution

Education

Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts Program in Industrial Design International Program

KMUTT (Thailand)

2015 - 2019

 

Relevant Coursework:

Human-Centered Design, Research for Design, Collaborative Product Development

Master of Science in Digital Design

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)

2025 - 2026

Activities

Speaker

2024

Design Thinking for Digital Products at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Assistant Workshop Facilitator

2019

Design Thinking Workshop at Provincial Electricity Authority

Certifications

Driving Business Impact with Data

2025

Skooldio

Human-Computer Interaction Foundation

2024

The Interaction Design Foundation

Perception and Memory in HCI and UX

2023

The Interaction Design Foundation

Introduction to Psychology

2021

University of Toronto with grade Achieved 82.09%

Academic Second-Class Honors

2019

by KMUTT with a 3.54 Overall GPA

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Palida Pongmekin (Sai)

User Researcher

A dedicated User Researcher with expertise in leading end-to-end research for top enterprises, helping organizations build user-centered digital products while supporting strategic business outcomes.

Linkedin

palidapongmekin@gmail.com

Experience

Consultant (User Researcher)

Deloitte Digital

February 2025 – Present

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Lead end-to-end UX research and support research process for digital products across top Thai enterprises and global clients. Work closely with Deloitte teams across Southeast Asia and Japanese collaboration team.

User Researcher

Appsynth

May 2022 - February 2025

Remote

  • Managed end-to-end UX research for leading Thai digital platforms, defining objectives to actionable recommendations that helped guide clients’ decision-making process, resulting in enhanced user experiences that aligned with clients’ business objectives.

 

  • Proactively identified friction points on the client's platform by collaborating with data analysts to pinpoint areas for product improvement, cultivating a proactive working environment and driving client satisfaction.

 

  • Developed foundational UX research process guidelines, including proposal templates and timeline worksheets, to enhance collaboration efficiency and transparency with stakeholders, resulting in time and cost savings in the research process.

 

  • Key clients include: 7-Eleven (Retail), Siam Commercial Bank (Finance), Bangchak (Oil & Gas), HomePro (Retail), and EVMe (EV)

User Experience Designer

Orange Cap Innovative

October 2021 - April 2022

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Was responsible for experience and visual design for various projects.

 

  • Talk To Peach: Initiated a UX design for “Talk To Peach”, an application enabling anonymous online consultations with sexologists.

 

  • EasySign by EasyCOMPANY: Contributed to the UX/UI part of the EasySign by EasyCOMPANY, an award-winning project at the Hackathon: Finding the Best Enabler (e-Solution: Opportunity Enabler for SMEs)

UX Research Assistant

Freelance

August 2017 - May 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Conducted user research: in-depth interview, card sorting, and diary study

 

  • BEACON Interface by KBTG and ABLE Lab: Assisted on usability-testing for a financial application for the visually impaired

Skills

Research

 

  • User Research: both generative and evaluative studies, including usability testings, in-depth interviews, heuristic evaluations, and other design testings
  • UX Research Project Management
  • Design Workshop Facilitation

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration (especially with data analysts and designers)
  • Stakeholder Communication

Strategic Oversight

 

  • Business Alignment
  • Timeline Development & Execution

Education

Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts Program in Industrial Design International Program

KMUTT (Thailand)

2015 - 2019

 

Relevant Coursework:

Human-Centered Design, Research for Design, Collaborative Product Development

Master of Science in Digital Design

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)

2025 - 2026

Activities

Speaker

2024

Design Thinking for Digital Products at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Assistant Workshop Facilitator

2019

Design Thinking Workshop at Provincial Electricity Authority

Certifications

Driving Business Impact with Data

2025

Skooldio

Human-Computer Interaction Foundation

2024

The Interaction Design Foundation

Perception and Memory in HCI and UX

2023

The Interaction Design Foundation

Introduction to Psychology

2021

University of Toronto with grade Achieved 82.09%

Academic Second-Class Honors

2019

by KMUTT with a 3.54 Overall GPA

Palida Pongmekin (Sai)

User Researcher

A dedicated User Researcher with expertise in leading end-to-end research for top enterprises, helping organizations build user-centered digital products while supporting strategic business outcomes.

Linkedin

palidapongmekin@gmail.com

Experience

Consultant (User Researcher)

Deloitte Digital

February 2025 – Present

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Lead end-to-end UX research and support research process for digital products across top Thai enterprises and global clients. Work closely with Deloitte teams across Southeast Asia and Japanese collaboration team.

User Researcher

Appsynth

May 2022 - February 2025

Remote

  • Managed end-to-end UX research for leading Thai digital platforms, defining objectives to actionable recommendations that helped guide clients’ decision-making process, resulting in enhanced user experiences that aligned with clients’ business objectives.

 

  • Proactively identified friction points on the client's platform by collaborating with data analysts to pinpoint areas for product improvement, cultivating a proactive working environment and driving client satisfaction.

 

  • Developed foundational UX research process guidelines, including proposal templates and timeline worksheets, to enhance collaboration efficiency and transparency with stakeholders, resulting in time and cost savings in the research process.

 

  • Key clients include: 7-Eleven (Retail), Siam Commercial Bank (Finance), Bangchak (Oil & Gas), HomePro (Retail), and EVMe (EV)

User Experience Designer

Orange Cap Innovative

October 2021 - April 2022

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Was responsible for experience and visual design for various projects.

 

  • Talk To Peach: Initiated a UX design for “Talk To Peach”, an application enabling anonymous online consultations with sexologists.

 

  • EasySign by EasyCOMPANY: Contributed to the UX/UI part of the EasySign by EasyCOMPANY, an award-winning project at the Hackathon: Finding the Best Enabler (e-Solution: Opportunity Enabler for SMEs)

UX Research Assistant

Freelance

August 2017 - May 2019

Bangkok, Thailand

  • Conducted user research: in-depth interview, card sorting, and diary study

 

  • BEACON Interface by KBTG and ABLE Lab: Assisted on usability-testing for a financial application for the visually impaired

Skills

Research

 

  • User Research: both generative and evaluative studies, including usability testings, in-depth interviews, heuristic evaluations, and other design testings
  • UX Research Project Management
  • Design Workshop Facilitation

Strategic Oversight

 

  • Business Alignment
  • Timeline Development & Execution

Communication & Collaboration

 

  • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration (especially with data analysts and designers)
  • Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts in Industrial Design (International Program)

KMUTT (Thailand)

2015 - 2019

Relevant Coursework:

Human-Centered Design, Research for Design, Collaborative Product Development

Master of Science in Digital Design

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)

2025 - 2026

Activities

Speaker

2024

Design Thinking for Digital Products at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Assistant Workshop Facilitator

2019

Design Thinking Workshop at Provincial Electricity Authority

Certifications

Driving Business Impact with Data

2025

Skooldio

Human-Computer Interaction Foundation

2024

The Interaction Design Foundation

Perception and Memory in HCI and UX

2023

The Interaction Design Foundation

Introduction to Psychology

2021

University of Toronto: Grade achieved 82.09%

Academic Second-Class Honors

2019

KMUTT: Overall GPA 3.54 / 4