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Christopher Yang Product
Designer
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Designer Accomplished professional with expertise leading and collaborating projects that prioritize user trust and deliver intuitive solutions. As a Lead UX Designer at Pearson, I directed teams, formulated strategic plans, and ensured consistent design systems. Navigate ambiguity, shape product design strategy with emphasis and support on team building.
Collaborative Product Designer with expertise in determining functionality and enhancements. Knowledgeable in creating production-ready designs. Offering a successful career history comprising more than 10 years.
Overview
15
years of professional experience
2
Languages
Work History
Pearson
Lead Product Designer
01.2015 - Current
Job overview
- Designed features for Bronte Workspace and delivered design on time by delegating design tasks and aligning design direction
- Assisted project managers in defining scope and prioritizing projects for Workspace redesign, which subsequently served as a model for other teams
- Released improved Bronte Workspace design within 4 months, increasing content production efficiency by 20%
- Oversaw design system, boosting efficiency on cross functional collaborations and deliverables
- Led team building and collaboration activities, producing a better feedback loop.
Pearson English Business
Solutions Senior UX Designer
01.2012 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Managed mobile design for 6 Learning Apps, ensuring each web apps were mobile friendly or released to app store
- Collaborated with Pearson Writer product manager and guided the designers to champion mobile release; with 20K users in the 1st quarter, and gaining $1.7M in revenue for following year
- Designed and launched complete Pearson Prep App, attracting 2K users during beta release, and later gained 13.2K unique users while being integrated into the Pearson Plus platform.
GlobalEnglish Corporation
UX Designer
01.2009 - 01.2012
Job overview
- Created visual framework and established company’s website information hierarchy, accelerating product release
- Partnered with product and engineering stakeholders, building interface wireframes
- Met regularly with marketing team, aligning on-site content strategy and building other micro-sites.
Education
University of CaliforniaDavis
Bachelor of Science from Communication
University Overview
- Relevant Coursework: Graphic Design & Media design
- Professional Development: Worked in Design Service utilizing coding and graphic design skill.
San Jose State University
BFA from Graphic Design
Skills
- Product design
- Strategic Problem Solving
- Information Architecture
- Navigating ambiguity
- Creative Direction
- User Experience Design
- Interaction Design
- Wire framing
- Prototyping
- IOS/Android
- Accessibility
- Research
- Workshop Facilitation
- Triaging feedback
- Tools
- Figma
- Usertestingcom
- Miro
- Product Design
- User Experience Design (UX)
- Style Guidelines
- Responsive Web Design
- Adobe Software
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeContract WorkWork Location
RemoteHybridOn-SiteImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementSoftware
Adobe creative suites
Miro
Usertestingcom
Sketch
Interests
Movies
Video Games
Timeline
Lead Product Designer
Pearson
01.2015 - Current
Solutions Senior UX Designer
Pearson English Business
01.2012 - 01.2015
UX Designer
GlobalEnglish Corporation
01.2009 - 01.2012
University of California
Bachelor of Science from Communication
San Jose State University
BFA from Graphic Design
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