# Yijin Zhao

> Product Designer at OccamSec

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

Hi, I am Yijin, a creative designer specializing in Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, Product, and Service. My passion lies in solving people's problems through design.

As a natural team player with strong communication skills, I collaborate seamlessly with engineers, project managers, end-users, and stakeholders.

Specialties:
• UX/UI Design, User Research, Wireframes, Rapid Prototyping, 3D Modeling
• Adobe Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe XD, AfterEffects), Figma / Sketch / Invision / Principle, Maya / Rhino, AutoCAD / Revit
• Website and mobile device UI
• Advertising prototyping and optimizing
• Motion graphics experiments - animated sticker collection
• Develop brand strategy and statistics systems.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ OccamSec
Jan 2021 – Present
• Led the end-to-end design of the client-facing Cyber Security web application and built the product from ground zero to its launch, resulting in a 70% increase in the user base.
• Implemented a comprehensive self-service knowledge base for the SaaS product, leading to reduced customer support tickets by 40% and increased customer satisfaction.
• Redesigned the company's internal app to streamline the workflow, leading to a 55% higher click-through rate.
• Designed and implemented a robust design system, collaborating closely with front-end developers to document and test components in Storybook.

### UX Designer @ Olexicon
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Designing customer relationship management products from scratch.
• Collaborating with a cross-functional team.
• Translating requirements into appealing high-fidelity mockups using
Sketch and Adobe XD.
• Building interactive prototypes for user-testing and stakeholder presentations
using Figma.

### UX/UI Design Intern @ Springboard
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
• Created a peer to peer tool rental mobile app from scratch as the only designer in the team. 
• Collaborated with the product manager to find opportunities for new features & validate assumptions through user research and testing.
• Conducted user interviews.
• Developed personas, site maps, task flow, and wireframes. 
• Built interactive prototype and final UI design using Sketch and Principle.

### Architectural Designer @ CCS ARCHITECTURE
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Work on commercial and residential projects in various scales.
• Actively involved in all architecture design phases.
• Develop design drawings based on feedback from team meetings and client meetings. 
• Collaborate with project managers in several design teams.
• Coordinate with consultants from different specialties to develop the design. 
• Meeting with DBI to revise the permit set and the bid set.

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Washington University in St. Louis
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | United States

### Architectural Intern @ Standard Architecture | Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles, CA
Work with architects to produce digital models, renderings and presentations
for commercial and residential projects.


## Education
### Master’s Degree in Architecture
Washington University in St. Louis

### Bachelor of Construction Management in Civil Engineering, Construction Management
Southeast University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13