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Brief Facts.

Product Design Expert with 8+ years of experience, left Baidu with level U7 (U3 to U9)

Led UX design of Baidu Input Method, Baidu Maps facing millions of users. Possess 20+ invention and GUI Patents

Excel at solving complicated problems to fulfill objectives and boost user experience

Mentor of designers, cultivated over 10 interaction and visual designers. Experience of the public design workshop

Experienced design presenter with rich communication skills

Work Experience.

GOOGLE | Mountain View

 

UX Designer via Signature | Map the World Team | 2019.8 - Now

Design for internal Geo data tools, supporting engineers/operators/systems to process millions of data in daily work. 

BAIDU CHINA | Shanghai & Beijing

Design Lead Augmented Reality Team | 2018.8-2019.2

Design for AR related capabilities, including SLAM, photo effects, etc.

Worked on the research of interaction framework for AR experience. To overcome the technical obstacles with better design solutions

Design Lead | Baidu Maps & Service Design Team | 2016.11-2018.8

2+ years design experience focused on Map related projects, including Baidu International Maps and POI crowdsourcing product. Built and managed small design teams across cities. 

First UX designer of Baidu International Maps. Defined the core usage scenarios and audience, designed and iterated Travel Maps, Trip Plan and other key features.
Led innovative designs to help data growth. Hands-on design about exploring surroundings.

Won an innovation award in Map Business Group in 2017.

Baidu Input Method Design Team  | 2012.1-2016.11

4+ years deeply design on input method, notes, and voice product. Designer and patent owner of current interaction framework of Baidu Input Method. Helped Baidu Input Method keep excellent experience to achieve a Chinese Best Tool Award in 2015. Also had expertise to design innovative note products from 0 to 1.

UX Design Lead | 2015.3-2016.11

Lead of 6-people interaction design team. Led the redesign of a new generation of Baidu Input Method and helped the breakthrough of 100 million DAU.

Guided design solutions of innovative features to promote keyboard user experience, including search, clipboard, floating keyboard, etc.

Launched & presented design-driven topics to product teams, by conducting mini design sprints.

UX Designer | 2013.7-2015.3

Independent designer of LifeNote, Input Method For the elderly, Voice Assistant, etc.

Designed interaction solutions with intact process from research, wireframes, prototypes to evaluations 

Close communication with PMs, DVs, and Visual Designers in every key phrase

UX Design Intern | 2012.1-2013.1

1 year full time intern, responsible for interaction design of Input Method on iOS & Android

Design Background.

MASTER OF ARTS | 2010.9-2013.6 

Hunan University, Changsha China    

The most prestigious design graduate program in China

Entered as No.3 in China, graduated with honors

BACHELOR of ENGINEERING | 2006.9-2010.6

Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin China

Studied industrial design

Top 3 student every semester

Activities & Patents.

WORKSHOP HOST, SPEAKER | 2017.7

ixDC(International Experience Design Conference), Beijing

Speaker of a speech about rationality and sensibility in product innovation designs

Hosted a workshop on how to conduct an innovation design

PATENTS FOR INVETION & GUI

Method & System for Inputting emoticon(CN107153496A)

Method & System for Expansion of emoticon package in input method(CN105975100A) Method & System for displaying elements of input method( CN105718150A)

and other 22 GUI patents of Maps and Input Method

© UX design Yi Wang @ Santa Clara

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