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Hi! I am Inken, a designer driven by the passion to infuse joy into every experience.

Hi there! I am YunSheng. You can also call me Inken!

I design interesting experiences within user-centric systems that impact people. I'm a currently a Master of Fine Arts student at Rochester Institute of Technology. I have a lot of experience in the design studio and have been interned in different places.

 If you want to chat with me, you can reach me at my contact information below:

Email: [email protected]

Resume

Senior Product Designer @Yahoo - search team
Art Lead/Game Designer @Vigorus - Indie game on Steam
Design Mentor @ADPList
Something about me

I am an end-to-end designer who is energized by tackling challenging projects. Currently work as a Sr. Product Designer at Yahoo, launched 10+ features for web and mobile across different squads, including ads, search utility, news, sports, and shopping. Before that, I worked @Siemens as a UX/visual designer, shipped 7 products from B2B industries to boost internal operation efficiency.
My diverse freelance UX journey spans sectors like education, finance, consulting, exhibition, retail, online shopping, health care, entertainment, etc.
Also, as a mentor on the ADP list, achieved top 1% design mentor on the ADP list for four consecutive months in 2023. Mentoring 100+ sessions for a total of 3,000+ hours and assisting 100+ students worldwide.
In my spare time, I wear the hat of a game designer and artist, having created 10+ indie games; notably, launched the indie game Vigorus on Steam, which boasts over 40,000+ downloads.

 

Patent
  • Monitor and control for distributed system (Patent No. US11231846B2). U.S. Patent.
  • Conversational design bot for system design (Patent No. US20220269838A1). U.S., C.N., W.O., E.P. Patent.
  • Performance based system configuration as preprocessing for system performance simulation (Patent No. US20220283784A1). U.S., C.N., W.O., E.P. Patent.

 

Awards
  • Gold winner in PC game Category; Gold winner in Digital Art Category
- Indigo Design Award 2024
  • The Winner of the Gold in the User Experience Design
    - Best Use of AI & Machine Learning category
    2023 London Design Awards
  • Mobile/Web Application Design Silver Award
    2023 International Design Awards (IDA)
  • Design Awards Winner
    2023 60th GDUSA Awards
  • Library of Congress Challenge Winner
    2020 UX Design Hackathon
  • Grand Prize, 2020 RPI GameFest
  • Award of Excellence & Judges' Selection Award
    2017 Microsoft ID Xbox

 

Want to know more about my work?
Feel free to contact me by email or Linkedin.

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Copyright @Inken Zhou 2023 all rights reserved. All images, videos, and illustration in this site were created by Inken.

Copyright @ Inken Zhou 2023 all rights reserved. All images, videos, and illustration in this site were created by Inken.