# Shaowen Yao > UX Designer | Sr UI Designer | former UI dev + AI user Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shaowenyao UX designer with a frontend dev background, passionate about using AI tools and user insights to create smarter, more intuitive products. From startups to ex-MAANG, I blend design and tech to craft thoughtful, data-driven experiences that make an impact. ## Work Experience ### UX Designer | Freelance @ Astoria AI, PeerDesk, AgendaApp, Upwork, UX Wizards, self-employed Jan 2023 – Present UX Designer @ AgendaApp: Mar 2023 - July 2023 engage stakeholders for product requirements, user research testing and QA, worked with external consultants for user-centered requirements Product Designer @ PeerDesk: Feb 2023 - April 2023 engage stakeholders for product requirements, user research testing and QA, worked with external consultants for user-centered consistent intuitive requirements Sr UX Designer @ Astoria AI : July-Oct 2023 led user research & synthesis, managed a design team for user interface and engage stakeholders for product requirements, worked with external consultants for product requirements leveraging ChatGPT Upwork Freelancing: UX and UI product development for NDA clients Designer & Host @ UX Wizard: Jan 2023 - Oct 2024 Hosted the weekly Portfolio Accountability meetup - helping UX students and designers with their portfolios as a fellow designer with empathy & industry knowledge Assist in the UX/UI of the website contents and any web development needs with Canva for automated needs ### Sr UI Designer @ IntelliBridge Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 I collaborate cross-channel with UX researchers, UX designers, UI developers and fellow UI designers to produce deliverable for FedCiv, nonprofit, and commercial clients. We emphasize user empathy, disabled users user accessibility, and inject modern creativity into our designs. • Collaborate with stakeholders and developers to define user experience, user scenarios, prototypes, wireframes, and product journeys via Agile/HCI mockups • Create user centric story driven UI designs for FedCiv, nonprofit, and commercial clients with client web deliverables for improved user experiences with ChatGPT ### CMS Specialist | Brainrider@Meta(formerly Facebook) @ Brainrider Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | @Meta(fomerly Facebook) I wore several hats expanded from my role. With my end-to-end web experience, I designed, developed, project managed, implemented developer documentation, and updated the live product for any stakeholder needs in terms of stakeholder content and the Meta/brand specific UI/UX journey. • Co-designed many Meta product marketing pages for our business channel. Top examples include Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp. Engaged cross-functional stakeholders as sole UX/UI designer to relaunch pages to a 50% increase in signups. • Co-designed and developed content for the Meta F8 2021 Conference. Deployed 50+ live assets within 8 hours which held 200% traffic for 4 weeks post-conference with brand consistency. • Worked cross channel with marketing groups with Meta AI suite. Was project manager, UX content strategist, UI designer, and UI developer. Created live assets for internal marketing channels with large SEO returns post-release. ### UX/UI Consultant @ Deloitte, CSU East Bay, UpWork(self) Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 I helped bring great value to projects from my UI designs, UX empathy and research, and my frontend development experience as their sole resource. I helped the client navigate complicated problems without having to rely on other resources with my extensive knowledge and end-to-end project capabilities. • Freelanced as a UI/UX designer and built out proof-of-concept webapps from their vision
. • Clients included from UpWork and Deloitte. Produced positive feedback from stakeholders. ### Mobile Developer @ City and County of San Francisco Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 I co-designed and developed web app and website content with user accessibility as the top priority for universal access government resources employing modern UI elements and UX flow processes. • Designed an informational technology parking locator and food search (Yelp) in the City of San Francisco mobile webapp
using industry trends/design patterns • Designed for accessibility by using 508 compliance practices and inclusivity with disabled user friendly access. Webapp had 100% RO in 1 month. ### Technical Consultant | Perficient@Salesforce @ Perficient Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | @Saleforce As the sole designer and frontend developer on a team of 20+ Saleforce consultants, I scoped, designed, developed, and deployed custom Salesforce projects which reflected the UI brand and UX empathy value of the client. I worked with business and development teams as the bridge to communicate the needs of both to each other for a great end product to the client with satisfied feedback. • Designed Salesforce web app portals for fortune 500 clients. As designer-developer, worked cross functionally between the client and internal teams. Launched sites with 50% ROI increase. ### Web Developer @ Cost Plus World Market Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 • Implemented weekly email and marketing pages with defined user parameters to execute usability A/B testing effort for eCommerce landing pages with conversion increases up to 50%. ### Web Developer @ Telava Networks, Inc. Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 • Helped design UI/UX and lead development for dynamic back-end content (eCommerce, sign-up, etc) to be user friendly and follow company creative identity with end-to-end implementation. ## Education ### UX Design bootcamp in Design and Visual Communications, General Springboard ### Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design University of California, Davis ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shaowenyao - Portfolio: http://shaowenyao.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/shaowenyao JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shaowenyao/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13