Yvon Huang

UX Designer/Mentor | MIT Bootcamper | Girls In Tech TW

Yvon Huang is a UX consultant at Toptal and Founder/Instructor of UXY program. Prior to the current position she was worked as a remote UX designer at Sketch and product designer at Codementor (top 1 on 1 coding mentorship platform) and KKBOX (Asia’s biggest music streaming service).

Besides Yvon's design career, she is also active in several entrepreneur communities. She was the 2017 scholar and the venture pitch winner of MIT global Bootcamp (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Moreover, Yvon support and advocate for female professionals in Taiwan tech industry and is the 2018 representative in design for 40 Under 40 selected by Girls in Tech Taiwan. 

Work Experience

Founder/Instructor at UXY

Remote | 2021 - Present

Helping people break into UX

UX Consultant at Toptal

Remote | 2021 - Present

Working remotely with worldwide clients.

UX Designer at Sketch

Remote | 2019 - 2021

Designing user experience across Sketch Cloud and Mac App platform.

Design Mentor at Sofasoda

Remote | 2020 - Present

Helping freshman step into the design field via 1:1 mentoring session.

UX/UI Design Consultant at TEAMY Design Co.

Taipei | 2018 - 2020

Helping business grow through measurable design services from ideation and strategy to final execution.

UX Design Mentor at Designlab

Remote | 2018 - 2019

Guiding and helping people develop UX design career through 1 on 1 sessions.

Product Designer at Codementor

Taipei | 2017 - 2018

Led user experience design for the core marketplace platform - improved the conversion rate by 20% by optimizing end to end matching work low and increased new user NPS by 20% by refining the on-boarding

UX/UI Designer at KKBOX (Uta Pass)

Taipei | 2015 - 2017

Worked with KDDI (one of Japan largest wireless carrier) , designed its core mobile radio service Uta Pass through market research. concept design. user testing which has been downloaded by 45 million mobile subscribers.

Brand/Website Designer at TRAVOBOOK (NAPKY INC)

Taipei | 2012 - 2014

Travobook is a startup of traveling lifestyles in SCU incubator. I worked as a chief designer and core team member. Defined the future product strategy and built the overall company identity and marketplace platform.

Education

MIT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Alumna (Beyond the Food Class)

2017

Received full scholarship among 20 countries interviewers. Won 1st place in new venture pitch competition among 9 teams. Got interviews by 5 national TV channels.

B.F.A., Industrial & Product Design, Shih Chien University

2011 - 2015

Worked closely with Compal inc. product team built an award-winning IoT project. Won 1st-place in taiwan young product designer competition.