Yiwen Zhao

About Yiwen Zhao

I love being a product designer who gets invigorated by a highly collaborative team environment of markers, sticky notes, and whiteboards.I got my Bachelor\'s degree in Graphic Design. Being intensely analytical, aesthetic, and inventive at the same time helps me discover innovative solutions for intricate products or problems. I am proficient at building high quality annotated user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes (no matter if they’re made by paper and pen or by Sketch and Origami Studio) for establishing or justifying product direction.

Experience

1. Senior Product Designer

   Zillow

   Jun 2017 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Personalized search- Co-shopping- Home comparison- Home details page IA- Customer engagement features like Saved homes and Comparison- Zillow native component library contributor- Interview talented design candidates- Prototyping training/native experience training workshops

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master’s Degree, Human-Computer Interaction

  2015 — 2017

• Southern Polytechnic State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Magna Cum Laude, Technical Communication (Graphic/Info design)

  2010 — 2012

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science (MS), International Relations and Affairs

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• User-Centered Design
• User Research
• User Interface Design
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Focus Groups
• Usability Testing
• A/B Testing
• Persona
• Contextual Inquiry
• Interviews
• Rapid Prototyping
• Technical Writing
• Paper Prototyping
• Survey Design
• Photography
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Technical Communication
• Graphic Design
• Indesign
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Html
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator