About me – YunSheng Zhou

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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.

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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

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