A UX designer likes to huddle with his kitties 😸😸
After living in East Coast for over 9 years, in 2021, I moved to San Francisco Bay Area with my family to pursue a new life and great weather. Now, beside being an architectural designer working remotely, I am also practicing UX design as a freelancer. Yes I am learning to adapt to silicon valley 😎.
I have been working as a designer in my whole life, handling work ranging from Urban Design, Architectural Design, Product Design, to UX Design. My multidisciplinary design experience allows me to think widely and provide different perspectives from other disciplines. I enjoy the time discovering problems and thinking solutions to solve them. This is how designing things makes my life meaningful.
Say Hi to me?
Email: yangyu1012@gmail.com
Phone: 734-546-2533 (I keep my Michigan number forever, GO BLUE)
Work Experience
UX Designer - Part-time Contractor | Remote | February - March 2022
Visual Goodness
UX Designer | Remote | October 2021 - Present
Freelancer
Project Designer | New York City ~ Remote | November 2016 - Present
Hill West Architects
Project Designer | New York City | April 2013 - October 2016
Kimmerle Group / Kimmerle Newman Architects
Education
Google UX Design Professional Certificate | Remote | Sep 2021 - Present
Google - Coursera
UX Portfolio Coaching Program | Remote | October 2021 - Present
Mentorship from Senior UX Designer Isabela Carvalho
Master of Urban Design | Ann Arbor, MI | 2011 - 2012
University of Michigan, TCAUP
Bachelor of Architecture | New Taipei City, Taiwan | 2003 - 2008
Tamkang University
Design Skills
App Design
Mobile App Design
Responsive Design
User Research
User Interview
Affinity Map
Persona
Journey Mapping
Site Map
User Flows
Wireframing (Lo-Fi Sketch)
Interface Design
Design System
Prototyping
Usability Testing
Branding
Proficient Tools
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite:
Illustrator
Photoshop
Indesign
Acrobat
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros 3D + Vray
SketchUp + Vray
Microsoft Office Suite:
Word
Excel
Powerpoint