Sunghan Kim

Service design professor

Education

M.Des., design, Illinois Institute of Technology
M.B.A., management, Imperial College London
B.F.A., industrial design, Kookmin University

Credentials

Professor of service design, 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Head of service design (Suwon site) for Samsung Ads Service, 2016–23, Service Business Team, Samsung Mobile Communication Business, Suwon, South Korea

Service design director, 2015–16, Samsung Pay, Samsung Mobile Communication Business, Seoul, South Korea

Service UX director, 2012–14, MSC (Media Solution Centre), Samsung Electronics, Suwon, South Korea

Design manager, 2007–12, SDE (Samsung Design Europe), London, UK

Designer for education service, 2006–07, SADI (Samsung Art & Design Institute), Seoul, South Korea

Designer for education service, 2002–04, Samsung Design Membership, Seoul, South Korea

Product designer, 1998–2002, Network Business Division, Samsung Electronics, Seoul, South Korea

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Annual Award in Samsung, 2016
The Prize of Korea Association of Industrial Designers, 2001
Good Design Award, 2000
The Prize of Korea Association of Industrial Designers, 1998
IDEA Bronze Award US, 1997
2nd Rank: Samsung Design Competition, 1996

Publications and presentations

"Ecosystems Rule Over Products Now Here's How Samsung's Designers Are Coping," (Fast Company, May 22, 2012), Chosun Daily News, May 2, 2013