# Howard Vidal-Yuan

> Product Designer

Location: Diamond Bar, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/howardvidalyuan

Passionate technical Product Designer with a fine arts foundation and graphic design background

Check out my portfolio: https://uxfol.io/howardvyuan

I bring a unique blend of creativity, curiosity, and technical backed expertise into product design projects. My approach involves not only solving technical challenges but also ensuring that every pixel serves a purpose in enhancing user satisfaction. My design choices are formed with strong fine arts fundamentals. Each choice, from the colors, typeface, border width, to the overall layout and composition of containers, are all carefully selected to convey specific ideas utilizing core art principles. My experience as a graphic designer has honed my attention to detail and ability to problem solve creatively, ensuring the product adheres to specifications.

UX Design: Figma, FigJam, Miro, Lottie Animation, Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, XD, Wireframing, Design Systems & Component Libraries, Prototyping, Personas, Journey Mapping, A/B Testing.
Programming Languages: Python 3, JavaScript ES6+, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
Front-End: React, DOM manipulation, Websockets, Bootstrap
Back-End: Django 4, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, FastAPI, RabbitMQ
Developer Tools: AGILE/SCRUM, Git, Docker

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ SonicWall
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Milpitas, California, United States
● Innovated on complex long form UX strategies for complex nested configurations.
● Spearheaded product rebrand, focused on consistency and design cohesion. Creation
of a comprehensive figma component library supporting multiple platforms.
● Developed design guidelines for all products, ensuring a consistent user experience.
● Collaboration with engineering and product to design, test, and develop world-class IT
security features for SSE, ZTNA, MSSP, MES Mobile Endpoint Security, Gen AI ML, and more.

### Product Designer @ Banyan Security
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States
● Creation of a brand new design system and co-created the rebrand of the product.
● Product design for mobile app, web app, browser extension, and native desktop clients.
● Product development with product managers to introduce brand new features.
● Led UX research and UI design for advanced data visualization and charting for
dashboard components and feature specific historical data analysis.

### Freelance Graphic Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2017 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Designed apparel, flyers, posters, graphics for film usage, wedding banners, table settings, invitation cards, address designs for letters, welcome boards, table seating charts, etc.

### Graphic Designer @ CyberPowerPC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | City of Industry, California, United States
● Art direction for digital marketing campaigns
● Illustration and design work for web and mobile applications
● Supporting marketing with brand assets like color libraries, typography, icons, and art.
● Micro-animation sequences for web and mobile.


## Education
### UX/UI Design
California State University, Fullerton

### Computer Software Engineering
Hack Reactor

### Associate of Arts - AA in Fine and Studio Arts
Mt. San Antonio College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hjlyuan
- Portfolio: https://uxfol.io/howardvyuan

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Last updated: 2026-03-31