User Experience Researcher

Hang Yu

UX Researcher + Designer

Contact

Portfolio: http://hangyu.me

Tel: 206-***-****

Email: ********@*****.***

Education

University of Washington Seattle, Washington Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2013

Master of Science Human Centered Design & Engineering GPA: 3.8

Xi’an Jiaotong University-XJTU Xi’an, China Sept. 2007 – Jun. 2011

Bachelor of Engineering Software Engineering GPA: 3.4

Working Experience

UX Research Intern Amazon.com Seattle, Washington Apr. 2013 – Sept,2013

Conducted usability testing sessions, analyzed results and discussed findings with designers

UX Design Intern The Hive 6 Seattle, Washington Jun. 2012 - Oct. 2012

Led a team of four, researched and designed mobile the UX of a cloud storage and collaboration system for

a start-up company

Product Support University of Washington Seattle, Washington Apr. 2012 – Sept, 2013

Offered product support including needs analysis, prototyping, website design and development and

content management

Project Manager Intern Hwadee Ltd. Chengdu, Sichuan, China Jan. 2010 - Mar. 2010

Managed a team of eight and implemented an online shopping system for mobile ringtones for China

Mobile Ltd.

Projects More at http://hangyu.me

Advertisement Effectiveness Research Microsoft Advertising Jun. 2012 – Sept. 2012

Designed and conducted quantitative research in building up a predictable framework about advertisement

effectiveness aiming at 90% accuracy

HTC Ice Winter 2014 Olympics App Design HTC & University of Washington Mar. 2013 – Jun. 2013

Designed an app for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games that can help international travelers to better

schedule their visits and manage their tickets

Chase eBills Usability Test JP Morgan Chase & University of Washington Jan. 2013 – Mar. 2013

Conducted usability tests for Chase's new online banking feature called eBills, identified usability issues

and gathered design recommendations

Redesign of Box.com University of Washington Oct. 2011 – Dec. 2011

Identified design recommendations that benefit working professionals in small to mid-sized businesses for

Box.com

Remote Usability Research University of Washington Sep. 2011 - Jun. 2012

Designed and conducted research of WebLabUX, a toolkit that enables the study of user interaction with

information systems through remote user testing

Automobile Navigation University of Washington Oct. 2011 - Jan. 2012

Designed and built a physical prototype for an automobile navigation system, conducted usability tests

Botnet Visualization system Xian Jiaotong University Apr. 2010 - Jun. 2011

Designed and implemented a real-time data visualization system of more than 1 billion botnet data using

JSON and Google Maps

Skills

Prototyping: Balsamiq Axure Justinmind Paper Sketching Paper Prototyping Keynote

Usability Testing: Morae Suite SliverLight Tobii

Design: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Fireworks

Development: HTML(5) CSS(3) JavaScript Java C C++ C# PHP

Courses

Interaction Design

User Centered Design

Social Research Method

Usability & Software Testing

Experimental Research Method

Empirical Research Method

Information Design & Visualization

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