# Jiayang Zhang

> Sr. UX Designer Google | CMU |  Skipper

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jiayang

## Work Experience
### Sr. UX Designer - Google Beam @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### UX Designer - Project Starline @ Google
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### UX Designer - Daydream @ Google
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California, United States

### User Experience Designer @ Oculus VR
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
- Designing interactive VR experiences to demonstrate lab research on
Computer Graphic. 
- Responsible for UI/UX design, evaluation, and user testing.
- Rapid prototyping with Unity and Unreal.

### UX Designer & Frontend Developer @ Electronic Arts (EA)
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Project Tada of ETC

Worked with the Global Insight and Analytics team of Electronic Arts to design an interactive platform to help EA employees better understand the in-game data and user-generated content on social platforms. 

- Built SPA frontend with Node.js and React. Integrated 3rd-party visualization libraries as well as customized graphs and interactions. 
- API design 
- Conducted user research and user test.
- Created prototypes of varies fidelities. 
- Worked with the other designer to create interface and UI elements.

### Art Teaching Assistant of National High School Game Academy @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
Coordinated with faculty and other TAs to teach students about the game industry and game development. Delivered lectures and workshops on art fundamentals, UI & UX design, and playtesting.

### UX/UI Designer @ Carnegie Museum of Art
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
Project PlastAR at ETC

Worked with CMU School of Architecture to design and develop an Augmented Reality experience on Google Tango for Carnegie Museum of Art's Hall of Architecture. 

- Designed experience and interfaces for an AR application on Google Tango.
- Conducted user research including surveys, focus groups, user interviews and field studies. 
- Developed prototypes and mockups in various fidelity. 
- Led rounds of usability tests and data analysis.
- Created and refined UI and supporting visual materials

### User Experience Researcher @ Kaizor Innovation
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Beijing City, China
- Assisted in user interviews and focus group study in multiple projects
- Created persona and experience maps. 
- Conducted market research and deep analysis of data. 
- Generated research reports, which served for business decisions.

### Product Designer @ P1
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
• Optimized product UX and designed new features through wireframing and prototyping 
• Participated in graphic design for newsletters and in-app stickers

### Frontend Developer @ Tantan (探探)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Beijing City, China
• Responsible for maintaining homesite and developing web applications
• Designed and implemented email generating tool using Node.js
• Implemented JavaScript animated mobile web apps for campus promotion

### Data Analyst @ P1
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
• Collected and analyzed the performance data from large-scale databases of P1 users
• Provided suggestions and solutions to increase retention and conversion rate by analyzing users' behaviors


## Education
### Master of Entertainment Technology in Entertainment Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Digital and Physical Fabrication
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science
Renmin University of China
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016

### Chinese Young Development Program in Consulting, Finance, Media
Columbia University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jiayangzhang

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Last updated: 2026-03-25