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Yael Park

Verified Expert in Design

Designer

Location

Boston, MA, United States

Toptal Member Since

March 29, 2019

Yael has over a decade of product design and strategy experience leading large-scale design initiatives across the globe. Her strong background in computer science and human-computer interaction as well as extensive knowledge of design thinking, web accessibility standards and guidelines, and current competitive trends in UI/UX design help her deliver intuitive, highly targeted and user battle-tested design solutions to her discerning clients.

Communication User Interface (UI)User Experience (UX)Mobile Design Prototyping Product Design Lean UX UI Design UX Design Web App UI Web App UX UI Branding SaaS Windows UI Design Design Systems

Work Experience

Principal UI/UX Designer

2011 - PRESENT

E8 Labs

Conceived, managed, and led project designs from start to finish, creating intuitive and engaging design solutions for mobile and desktop applications for a large financial management institution.
Initiated and managed usability research and testing processes, creating interactive prototypes, moderation guides and testing scenarios for usability studies of key eCommerce platform.
Conducted a comprehensive site audit of financial management platform, compiling findings into “quick wins” assessment and strategically broke down the functionality into a highly scalable MVP solution that iteratively built toward a full site redesign.
Drove and indoctrinated comprehensive agile methodologies within a historical waterfall development environment for a large government organization.
Established and evangelized global UI/UX standards and best practices across a large government organization.

Technologies: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Zeplin, Abstracts, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Sketch, Mobile

Lead User Experience Designer, Global UX

2008 - 2011

Monster, Inc.

Led the UX process development and organizational strategy by creating an extensive UI pattern library with reusable templates and stencils using OmniGraffle and Photoshop.
Spearheaded the complete user experience overhaul of Monster’s $300 million flagship product line, resulting in a conversion increase of over 15% for the products’ bundled sales.
Led the redesign of a key enterprise product line that resulted in an 18% user retention rate increase.
Created a robust cloud API for the next generation $150 million product suite that provides talent analytics and customized reporting to Monster’s enterprise customers.
Guided multidisciplinary teams across a variety of diverse projects, providing support from concept definition to execution of product vision.

Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Sketch, Mobile

Education

2003 - 2006

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science with a Minor in Human Computer Interaction

Brandeis University - Boston, MA, USA

Certifications

JUNE 2010 - PRESENT

Human-Computer Interaction

Adaptive Path

JANUARY 2000 - PRESENT

Computer Science

The Chubb Institute

Experience

Mobile Design - 15 years Responsive Web Design (RWD) - 15 years Product Design - 15 years Prototyping - 15 years App Design - 15 years InVision - 9 years Sketch - 9 years Figma - 5 years

Tools

Sketch Figma InVision

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