Design Designer

WENJIA ZHAO

UX/UI designer pursuing

simplicity in complexity.

Product Designer, Yirental

*/**** - */**** *******

• Launched and led the end-to-end design of roommate matching feature for mobile IOS.

• Launched and solely responsible for the responsive web design of long-term rental.

• Launched and redesigned account/profile management.

• Initiated and built up the web design system V1. Architectural Designer II, Perkins+Will

3/2016 - 6/2019 Seattle

• Involved into full project life cycle from ideation to construction – responsible for providing concept sketching, schematic design and construction documentation.

• Collaborated cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders including users, clients, con- structors, engineer consultants, etc.

• Provided service for diverse clients cross-industries, including UW, Aramco, Swedish Healthcare, Seattle Genetics, etc.

Digital Fab Lab Manager, Washington University

9/2012 - 12/2015 St.Louis

• Managed and operated 3D Printer, CNC milling woodwork machine.

• Instructed art students about modeling and fabrication. Junior Designer, Turenscape Institue

6/2010 - 7/2012 Beijing

• Led conceptual design and presentation - providing ideation, sketches, illustration, modeling, rendering, etc.

• Worked on systematic research and site analysis in the pre-design stage.

• Collaborated on varied projects from 5000-acre urban planning to private garden. Design Intern, Sasaki Associate

05/2015 - 9/2015 Boston

• Used 3D printing to create five facade design options and optimized design iteratively based on clients’ feedback for Dartmouth student housing project. One of the ideas has been adopted for final construction.

EXPERIENCE More professional experience listed on Linkedin TOOLS

2D: Sketch / Figma / Adobe Suite

Prototype: Protopie / Principle / InVision

3D: Rhino / 3D MAX / Unity /Maya

Render: Vray / Maxwell / Cinema 4D

Motion: After Effect / Premiere

Code: HTMLCSS / P5JS / D3

Fab: Lasercut / CNC / 3D printing

SKILLS

Interaction Design

User Flow / Information Architecture

/Wireframing /Lo & Hi-fi Prototyping

/Motion Design/User Journey

User Research

Survey / Interview / Contextual Inquiry /

Usability Testing / Market analysis

3D Design

3D Modeling / Rendering / Handcrafting

/ Digital Fabrication

Interface Design

Web&Mobile interfaces design

/Design System/ Redline/Branding

/Visual Design

SELECTED PROJECTS

Octopus - Smart Hub for Parenting

12/2019 - 3/2020 Seattle

• Incorporated IoT technology with a holistic design process from user research, information architecture, user flows, test and prototyping to micro-interaction. Joybite- AI-based Solution for Food Discovering

1/2020 - 3/2020 Seattle

• Included Data lifecycle design and ethical design for AI. Virtual Studio- Capstone Project Sponsored by Intel 3/2020 - Current Seattle (in progress)

• A collaborative studio space based on live-video for instructors and students in design disci- plines to co-create, co-share, or just hang out.

M.HCI + D. University of Washington

8/2019 - 8/2020 Seattle

UX Certificate, UX Academy of Designlab

6/2018 - 12/2018 Seattle

M.Architecture (Full Fellowship), Washington University in St. louis 8/2012 - 12/2015 St. louis

B.S. Landscape Architecture, China Agricultural University 9/2007 - 7/2011 Beijing

EDUCATION

Tel: 314-***-****

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

Portfolio: www.wenjiadesign.com

Merit Award, 2016

P+W Global Annual Design competition

Selected Work for Exhibition,2014

American Annual Housing Design

McDonnell Scholar, 2012-2015

Gloal Leadership Program in Wash U

Second Pride, 2011

Yuanye International Design Competition

HONERS

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