# Yun Yao

> Product Designer | Illustrator

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

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Airmart
Jan 2023 – Present | Redwood City, California, United States

### Product Designer @ Scale AI
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
– Led end-to-end design for Taxonomy management tool for Content Understanding ( Improves platform experiences by enriching content metadata, discovering trend insights, and flagging sensitive content ), demo shown in Transform X, attracted 1 paying customer in a month.
– Designed Trust and Safety platform for Content Understanding from 0-1, demo to multi customers. 
– Collaborated with cross-functional teams across two business units and shipped over 10 projects.
– Contributed to Scale’s first design system to ensure consistent and cohesive product design.

### Product designer/ Illustrator @ Airfoil
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
– Staffed on multiple Web 3 projects for clients from  Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, etc.
– Create and refine interaction designs for mobile and web apps. Developed high-quality design system and hand-off specs.
– Help define visual product language and evolve illustration guidelines.

### Web / Visual Designer @ Yibang
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
– Worked with product and engineering to design and ship company’s website, helped users discover products and services. Increased user engagement by 45%.
– Collaborated with art directors to evolve the visual guidelines; optimize the effectiveness of the marketing properties.

### Editorial Illustrator @ Study Breaks
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Area
Create illustration weekly for a monthly publication.


## Education
### M.A in Web Design and New Media
Academy of Art University

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Illustration
Academy of Art University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yunyao0831
- Portfolio: https://www.yunydesign.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-30