# Rachel Yap

> Product Designer @ Netflix | UC Davis New Grad

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

Heyo! I'm Rach, a product designer who envisions how meaningful experiences can touch people with joy. I am currently a Product Designer at Netflix, crafting intuitive and scalable experiences for the Ads Platform.

I enjoy the challenge of navigating through ambiguity with fellow designers and tackling edge cases hand-in-hand alongside engineering and product to build scalable solutions.

Most of all, I love learning from cool people :)

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Netflix
Jan 2025 – Present | Los Gatos, California, United States

### Associate Product Designer @ Netflix
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Los Gatos, California, United States

### Co President @ HackDavis
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Davis, California, United States
- Directs one of the largest collegiate hackathons in California with 700+ attendees
- Leads weekly brainstorming sessions and drives team perseverance to create a comfortable space for impactful idea exchange

### Lead Product Designer @ HackDavis
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Davis, CA
- Created visual interface and experience design in close cross-collaboration with engineering, sponsorship, and marketing teams, boosting workflow efficiency by +75% during the hackathon
- Facilitated close design-developer hand-off with 6 software developers
- Leads the creative direction and designs brand identity for marketing materials through style guide, logo, and other branding assets (secured $42,000+ in sponsorships and grants)

### Visual Designer @ Design Interactive
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Davis, California, United States
Conceptualized compelling marketing campaigns across communication platforms with marketing strategists to promote UC Davis' first human-centered design student-run group

### UX Designer II @ Design Interactive
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Davis, California, United States
Collaborated with a team of with 3 product designers to craft and pitch a prototyped solution over a 6-week Design Sprint

### UX Designer @ Design Interactive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Davis, California, United States
- Collaborated with 3 associates to create Soapbox, an app concept for hate crime prevention that moves people to give to charitable causes intentionally and purposefully
- Collaborated with 3 associates to redesign LinkedIn’s interface for a more transparent job application process
- Explores the intersection of psychology, technology, and problem-solving
- Uses diverse skills in UX research, prototyping, and visual design to help solve pressing challenges

### UX Designer @ Cosmopolitan Basketball League
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Visual Designer @ Vision Possible Charity Concerts
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Houston, Texas, United States
Branding and graphic design for website/social media materials

### User Experience Designer @ Mondavi Center
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Davis, California, United States

### Brand Designer @ SacHacks
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
Crafted branding and identity for Lovelace Hacks 2021

### Art Instructor @ Young Art
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Mateo, California, United States
Tailored a unique lesson to each student to guide them through the foundations of illustration

### Design Editor @ Burlingame High School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | The Burlingame B, Student Newspaper
Redesigned newspaper’s branding identity and increased readership by 21%

### Staff Writer @ Burlingame High School
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | The Burlingame B, Student Newspaper

### Mathematics and Chemistry Tutor @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Mateo, California, United States
Chemistry, Algebra - AP Calculus


## Education
### Design B.A. and Psychology B.A. in Human Computer Interaction
University of California, Davis
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### Burlingame High School
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-30