# Jany Z.

> Product Design at eBay, Former Amazon Photos

Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jany

Hi, I am Jany 🙋🏻‍♀️ I'm a multi-disciplinary designer. I love exploring and defining ambiguous problems and bringing clarity and structure when shaping the solution. I embrace a work backward mindset to start from the customer experience outcome (CXO) while thinking systematically and strategically to evaluate each decision’s implications to customers and business. 

My medium: https://janyzhang.medium.com/

Please 📧 me at: janychang0124[at]gmail.com for portfolios

## Work Experience
### Staff Product Designer @ eBay
Jan 2023 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Mentor @ adplist.org
Jan 2021 – Present
I mentor designers on ADPlist. You can book a session here for free: https://adplist.org/mentors/jany-zhang

### Senior User Experience Designer @ Amazon
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### User Experience Designer (DPReview) @ Amazon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Sr Product Designer @ Fusion92
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater Chicago Area

### Visiting speaker @ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Chicago, Illinois
Speaker on ui/ux design to students from Interface, Structure: web design class.

### Senior Strategic Designer @ Guerrero
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area
I created engaging experiences for a variety of digital products for Guerrero’s flagship brand: Profile magazine. I led a year-long redesign of Profile’s website (mobile + desktop) as a solo design lead, collaborated with other stakeholders through research, ideation to implementation, and saw a 44% increase of page views after the launch. I also led a team of 5 designers and provided mentorship and design leadership on a daily basis.

### Senior Designer @ Guerrero
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area

### Visiting Artist @ IIT Institute of Design
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Chicago Area
Book making/binding demo and instructions for foundation students from ID for their final branding project.

### Art and Production Director @ Mandarin Communications Group
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Chicago IL
Clients include: United Airlines, Moet Hennessy, BMW, Copa Airline, Hinsdale Property, Buffalo Trace, Fairmont, Conrad Chicago, Numined, Waldorf Astoria, Bloomingdale’s, City Winery, Steinway & Sons, etc.

### Visiting Artist @ IIT Institute of Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Chicago Area
Book making demos to foundation students and art critique for their final book presentation

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | loop
Worked as Teaching Assistant in two letterpress classes, responsible for: vandercook machines maintenance, shop management, files/ type sorting, supervising on students in the shop, giving demo/guidance and critiques about student work, helping them visualize the concept with letterpress media and book form.

### Teaching Assistant @ Riverview Elementary School
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Chosen by East China Normal University to work as a Chinese teacher in this trilingual school. Responsible for: teaching literature, math, science, PE, art in Chinese, helping teachers to manage the class, preparing materials and activities.

### Visual Communications Designer @ Urban China
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
responsible for editorial design of the magazine, data visualization, layout, typography, infographics design and translating/editing foreign interviews of architects.


## Education
### Master's degree in Design and Visual Communications, General
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015

### Master’s Degree in TCSOL
East China Normal University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013

### Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature, General
Tongji University
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010

### Bachelor's degree in English/ French
Institut Supérieur de Traducteurs et Interprètes
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jany-zhang
- Portfolio: http://jany-zhang.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30