# Yanshu Gu

> UX Designer @ Google

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

I’m a UX Designer with a graphic design and HCI background, strive to solve design problem with a business mindset to drive impact and collaborate better.

## Work Experience
### UX Designer @ Google
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States
Google Ads

### Senior Product Designer @ Commure
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States
Ambient AI

### UX Designer @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States
Lead end-to-end design for Amazon Shipping & Air products, launched a label scanning flow projected to save $2.4M/year and a data-heavy aircraft management product that recovered 1.5M packages/week.

Manage project timelines by aligning milestones, identifying risks, and negotiating trade-offs with cross-functional partners to ensure on-time launches.

Champion early UX involvement by leading workshops that transform ambiguous problems into actionable design concepts and align product requirements.

Partner with accessibility experts to evaluate usability and implement improvements aligned with WCAG standards.

### Product Designer @ Medidata Solutions
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### User Experience Designer @ Varian
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### User Experience Designer @ Varian
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Research Assistant @ San José State University Research Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | USERLab
Conducted pilot studies with 13 participants to test the protocol for the FDA-sponsored research study on training decay lengths.

### Visual Designer @ Synopsys Inc
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Mountain View, California
Redesigned Synopsys homepage and marketing materials for worldwide events to support the company’s brand relaunch.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Human-Computer Interaction
San José State University

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Graphic Design
San José State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yanshu-gu
- Portfolio: https://www.yanshugu.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13