# Masayo Okamoto

> Senior Product Designer | Designing a 4.8★ rating app

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/masayo

I’m a Senior Product Designer with a background in interaction and visual design, a balanced thinker and doer who enjoys turning ideas into shipped products in fast-paced environments.
Got an idea but no time to flesh it out? Sketch it anywhere... napkin, notes, whiteboard, anything! I’ll turn it into thoughtful, high-fidelity designs that actually meet your users' needs. 🙂

## Work Experience
### UX Design & Research, Concur @ SAP Concur
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Sr UX Designer, TripIt @ SAP Concur
Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA
Led design and research for one of four agile teams in a data-driven environment focused on improving user engagement for TripIt, SAP’s itinerary management product used by 17 million users. Defined end-to-end user experiences and shipped numerous enhancements across multiple product phases.
Mentored junior designers and interns in design principles, project planning, and cross-functional collaboration.

### Freelance @ Attack Cat
Jan 2010 – Present | San Francisco
Providing design services to underserved communities and organizations.

### Product Designer @ Clover Network, Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA
(Acquired by FirstData)
Led end-to-end design of mobile apps and a web-based Merchant Dashboard. Collaborated with Product and Marketing to define user experiences and understand merchant needs, translating insights into intuitive interfaces. Built prototypes and delivered final designs in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

### UX Design Lead @ Huddler.com
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco
Owned all aspects of UX, including ideation, user flows, interaction design, wireframes, and mockups. Designed simple and intuitive experiences for 12 million users across 20 enthusiast discussion forums. Collaborated with product managers to define new features, navigated SaaS platform constraints, and delivered final design specifications to developers for implementation.

### Sr. UX Designer @ Yahoo!
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | Sunnyvale
Led UX design for new features from concept to launch on Yahoo! Groups, one of the world’s largest online discussion platforms serving over 115 million members.

### UX Designer @ Bix.com
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Palo Alto, CA
(Acquired by Yahoo!)
Managed all aspects of UX from ideation and interaction design to mockups and design specifications, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced agile environment.

### UX Designer @ eBay
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | San Jose, CA

### QA Engineer @ Macromedia, Inc.
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 | Redwood City, CA


## Education
### Computer Programming
General Assembly

### Visual Design
Nagoya Zokei Art College (名古屋造形芸術短期大学)

### Computer Programming
City College of San Francisco


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/masayossy
- Portfolio: http://www.bewareofcat.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13