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Jonathan Yu

San Francisco, California
info@jysite.com

Leadership skills in the areas of interaction, visual, and user experience design (UED) to successfully meet user needs and business objectives. Seeking new challenges in leading project teams to arrive at effective and innovative solutions through solid design principles, rigorous user research and creative inspiration.

Work Experience

06/2006 to Present - User Experience Designer - Google Inc.

09/2005 to 06/2006 - Lead Interaction Designer - Adobe Systems Inc.

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Helped organize the product design efforts in mobile.

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Led a design team through a successful release of Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service to purchase stock images within Adobe products.

1999 to 2005 - Sr. Interaction Designer - Yahoo! Inc.

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2004 - 2005

-	Redesigned the online purchasing process to better tailor offerings and prices to different job markets and increase self-service purchase revenue.
-	Streamlined resume submission process to improve apply rates.
-	New platform to facilitate faster product rollouts.

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2003

-	Transferred to New York from California to help establish a UED team at HotJobs.
-	Redesigned 80% of the job seeker product within the year.

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2002

-	Led the UED team in launching the SBC Yahoo! Service (an integrated cross-property premium service).
-	Established a product template for Rogers Yahoo! and BT Yahoo!.

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1999 to 2002

-	Led various redesign efforts for My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Companion, Finance Vision, Geocities, Broadcast and WebRing.

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Extensive experience in all facets of the design process including:

-	Definition of project vision, user needs, site architecture, and interaction flow.
-	Design (wireframe creation, visual exploration, rapid prototyping).
-	User research (usability studies, field research and focus groups).
-	Team coordination (UED, engineers, project managers, contractors).

Freelance Projects

2004 - Web Designer - Epicmotorsport
Created an e-commerce website for a car parts distributor.

2003 - Web Designer - Toddlewalker
Created an informational and e-commerce website for a new baby product.

2002 - Graphic Designer - Nova
Created a brand identity for a fashion designer.

2001 - Web Designer - KulaNaia Foundation
Created a website for a not-for-profit organization.

1999 - Graphic Designer - Papermoon Crêperie Café
Designed logotype, paper system and menu format for a Crêperie Restaurant.

Education

1999 - UCLA - B.A. in Design and B.A. in Sociology (Summa Cum Laude - GPA 3.9)

Technical Proficiency

HTML, AJAX, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, InDesign, GoLive, AllClear, Visio, Homesite, BBEdit, Dreamweaver, Director, FormZ, some Maya

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