# YO Chanyontpatanakul > Design Leader at Visa Location: San Ramon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/yochanyontpatanakul Quick-thinking visionary design leader with a passion for bringing big ideas to life across a wide range of disciplines. A career of 13+ years in both the United States and overseas with expertise in web/graphic design, motion graphics, video, management, branding strategies, content coordination, and contract negotiations. Able to develop relationships at all levels of production and management. Well organized and proactive in gathering information and conveying product and task vision to team members to implement. A proven track record of innovative ideas exceptionally executed, reflecting a passion and talent for pushing boundaries not only in self but among colleagues. Versatile and enthusiastic about spearheading a variety of projects and coordinating with teams and clients around the world. Specialties: • Photoshop • Illustrator • Dreamweaver • Flash • HTML, CSS, XML • Dot Net Nuke • Premiere • After Effects • Google Adwords/Analytics • Web Trends • Omniture • 21 other martial arts you've never heard of ## Work Experience ### Head of Design Consumer Products @ Visa Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Senior Director, Global Product Design @ Visa Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### UX Director of Global Core Product Design @ Visa Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | United States ### UX Director of Innovation & Strategic Partnership @ Visa Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco The essence of design is to open the hearts of the user, and to move them in such a way that they are glad to be on this earth... ### User Experience Design Manager @ Visa Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Foster City Making the world of payments a wonderful place... ### Creative Director @ YO21 Studios Jan 2000 – Jan 2015 • Work with CEO, Production Directors, and other direct reports to establish and enforce art processes, schedules, tools, budgets (between $15,000 to $500,000), best practices, task definitions, & pipeline issues • Cultivate project development that include flow charts, GUI design, system design, implementation, load and regression testing, and deployment • Define and maintain the milestone schedule and content, as well as validate key milestones deliveries in relation with the objectives • Ensure executive clients are kept up to date on state of projects, secure approvals from executive team for key product initiatives • Fully responsible for each product/project's development cycle including concept, budget, pre-production, production, approval, quality assurance, release, foreign translations and ports • Review and modify the studio’s current processes and organizational structure to enable significant future expansion • Responsible for developing powerful communications and immersive consumer experiences on both a local and an international scale • Enforce process rules and deadlines for creative assets as they move through the production pipeline, ensuring timely delivery of assets to the development team • Lead the art team in demonstrating a high level of creativity, originality, and respect in treatment of both licensed and owned intellectual property • Continually drive for quality through ambitious, guided creative direction • Inspire, motivate, and mentor other designers in the cohesion, processes, and best practices of production Client list include: - Cisco Systems - Major League Baseball - Mazda - Yamaha - Absolut Vodka - Stoli Vodka - Smirnoff Vodka - Dekuyper Liqueur - Heartwood Studios - Brown & Caldwell - Intellect International (USA) - Raytheon - Apple Blossom - All System Cabling - Oracion - Daichi Kosho - ECC Please view website (http://www.yo21.com) for complete list. ### Senior Web Designer @ Logitech Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Brought more awesomeness. ### Web Designer @ Logitech Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 Brought order and process. ### Senior Web Designer / Developer @ Southern Wine & Spirits Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 • Deployment of enterprise wide solutions in the forms of .Net driven public websites with content management systems, a robust B2B site, a robust intranet, and mobile sales force automation devices for the largest alcoholic beverage distributor in the U.S. • Developing a B2B selling channel that brought in over $11 million nationally in 2008; Growing business more than 3 times the revenue of each past calendar year • Designed over 100+ product promotions for the public site for major wine and spirits suppliers • Contributed to the 80% surge in intranet usage with aggressive web strategies which saved company an average of $10,000 in printing cost per year • Go-to person for all matters concerning web initiatives in major markets (California, New York, Florida, Illinois) • Liaison between developers and business side to come upon a compromise of functional specification/enhancements for company applications and services • Manage time efficiently by planning, task prioritization, resource coordination, risk assessment, and proactive problem solving in order to meet stringent deadlines • Create strategic and proactive programs to gain user rate and analyzing/understanding of the buying trends • Provide strong leadership as a mentor for peers and overall career development ### Multimedia Designer @ Southern Wine & Spirits Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 • Designed online banners for major wine and spirits suppliers • Created and deployed intranet through out the all divisions in the United States • Maintain knowledge of competitors and social networking/new media markets ### Senior Web Designer @ Heartwood Studios Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Create awesomeness. ### Multimedia Content Developer / Senior Lecturer @ Temple University Japan Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 • Designed and implemented web design, animation, and video editing curriculums • Created web based tutorials with Flash and HTML • Lectured on multimedia and industry subjects • Collaborated with students with in-class projects then delegated responsibilities according to optimum results • Advised individuals on best career choice and future skills to acquire ### Instructor @ Waseda University Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 Web/Graphic Design and Video Editing ### Assistant Producer / Designer / English Language Consultant @ Oracion Jan 2002 – Jan 2004 • Handled outsourced companies’ resources in high profile projects • Managed quality assurance of projects, including usability, accessibility, testing and debugging • Analyzed then translated and adapted new documentation into a user friendly web format • Troubleshooting cross platform and browser compatibility • Worked in a fast paced, deadline based and extremely interactive group environment ## Education ### BA in Multimedia & Graphic Design California State University - East Bay Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 ### Highschool Diploma Westmoor Highschool Jan 1990 – Jan 1994 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yothinc --- Source: https://flows.cv/yochanyontpatanakul JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/yochanyontpatanakul/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07