Hi, this is Yichen.

I am passioned about crafting user experiences that embody simplicity and functionality I often employ a blend of research and coding to facilitate my design process.

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Microsoft Teams
UX Design | 2020 - Current
Leading the e2e design of attendee experiences in large online events, I set the vision for an engagement framework by reimagining features including chat, Q&A and conversation, raise hand, and reactions.

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As Teams meeting features grow to accommodate diverse user needs, managing them all through meeting options has become complex for meeting organizers. That’s why we introduced a major redesign.

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I spearheaded several design-led projects around social networking, event rehearsal, as well as Copilot and LLM in event setup, which got me multiple Patent awards. I also led fun Hackathon projects such as Designer Checklist, a Figma Plug-in to reinforce design process. Reach out to me if you are interested in learning more :)
Design Heritage Platform
UX Design + Front-end | 2019 - 2020
As the solo designer and full-stack developer, I worked on an online platform for people to share photogrammetry models, create spatial narratives and view them immersively.

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Slice of MoMA
Data Vis + Front-end | 2019
As a team of three, we designed and prototyped an interactive visualization of MoMA’s online collection with progressive exploration and machine learning.

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