I am a user experience designer and developer who is passionate about using creativity and empathy to empower people

Yufei Zhang

I am a user experience designer and developer who is passionate about using creativity and empathy to empower people

Available to hire

I am a user experience designer and developer who is passionate about using creativity and empathy to empower people

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Language

English
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Work Experience

UX Design Co-op at Royal Bank of Canada
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2024
Design ed and maintained reusable components and internal tools within the RBC Design System, supporting 800+ designers and developers across multiple product teams. Improved design system documentation and Information Architecture to enable faster information lookup, adoption, confidence, and consistency across teams. Collaborated with designers, engineers, and design system leads to ensure components meet accessibility, scalability, and enterprise standards.
UX Designer at American Family Insurance
June 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Designed AI-driven product experiences with the Data Science & Analytics Lab, collaborating closely with data scientists, engineers, and product managers. Partnered with data science teams on R&D initiatives to conceptualize and prototype new GUIs for emerging machine learning technologies. Led end-to-end UX design from problem definition and user research through prototyping, translating complex ML outputs into intuitive, decision-support interfaces.
Design Researcher / Project Lead at Momentary Experience Lab
June 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Designed and refined interaction behaviors (sound, motion, haptics) for a social robot (EMAR) used to collect community mental health data. Led a team of 3 interns to conduct 20+ user research studies and synthesize insights on community wellness visualization.
UX Researcher at Human-Centered Data Science Lab
September 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Applied machine learning classifiers to analyze 170M+ emotion-based text reviews, translating findings into accessible data visualizations. Conducted qualitative interviews with 15 fan-fiction authors to study perceptions of labor, authorship, and compensation in online communities.

Education

M.S. in Computer Science at Northeastern University
December 1, 2022 - May 1, 2025
B.S. in Economics, Informatics at University of Washington
September 1, 2018 - March 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Education