# Yinjian Huang

> Product Design @ Nooks | 6+ years in AI, SaaS, B2B | Agentic Systems, GenAI, LLM, ML | 0-1 | UX & UI

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

Product designer with 6+ years of experience, specializing in AI/ML/GenAI/LLM/Agents, SaaS and B2B products. My expertise lies in designing intuitive enterprise tools that drive business impact with strong systems and product thinking.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Nooks
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Designing the future of sales pipeline generation powered by AI, LLM and agentic workflows
First design hire in the U.S

### Founding Designer, GenAI/LLM @ Praisidio
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led 0-1 product, design, PLG and branding. Built AI assistant for HR teams to ask data (HRIS, Payroll, talent, benefits etc.) questions, manage data and share data across teams.  

Core UX:
HR AI assistant
Reporting & data visualization
User management & data permission control
Scheduling & automation

Led end-to-end product design (research, visual design, interaction design). Collaborated with a cross-functional team of CEO, CTO, and engineers to define the product requirements & roadmap.

### Product Designer, AI/ML @ hireEZ (previously Hiretual)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, California, United States
Owner of AI sourcing, AI recommendation, AI Rediscovery and Home Dashboard

### Product Designer, 0-1 @ AiTou Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Built a job-seeking website for international job seekers from 0 to 1 and helped the project selected as the cohort of Columbia Startup Lab.

### Product Designer, AI/ML @ Squirrel AI Learning by Yixue Group
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Shanghai, China
Developed fundamental designs for AI-powered adaptive learning platforms for self-paced English education.


## Education
### MA in Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design GPA:4.0
Columbia University

### BA in English, Communication Design
Fudan University

### 1-semester exchange program with full scholarship in Media
St. Mary's College of Maryland

### Summer School in Macroeconomics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yinjian-huang
- Portfolio: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/07/how-design-effective-conversational-ai-experiences-guide/
- Portfolio: https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/5-ux-patterns-for-better-generative-ai-search-6fecb37142a1

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Last updated: 2026-04-13