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Edmund Yu
Mail: 13231 119th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034
Email:edmund@edmundyu.com
PORTFOLIO www.edmundyu.com
EXPERIENCE Lead User Experience Designer
GlobalScholar (Bellevue, WA)
February 14, 2008 - Present

  • Developed rich internet applications for K-12 Education and Distant Learning.
  • Responsible for all phases of the design process.
  • Built and managed a dynamic team of user experience design professionals.
  • Coordinated with stakeholders, customers, product managers, and senior developers to define requirements.

Major projects include:
  • Reporting: report library, report designer, customizable dashboards, ETL, schedulable data extraction tool. Tableau, QlikView, Canvas, and SSRS integration.
  • Collaboration tools: email, instant messaging, announcements, surveys, discussion forums, wiki pages, interactive whiteboards.
  • CMS: workflow engine, version control, content sharing, access and privileges, creation templates, resource library, content ingestion tools.
  • LMS: creation and management of curriculum, standards, lesson plans, learning activities, IMS/SCORM packages, rubrics, individualized learning plans.
  • Assessments Solution: assessment designer, item bank manager, item designer, online assessments, paper assessments, assessment scanner tools, student response systems, games, audio and video capturing tools.
  • User management: roles, groups, permissions.
  • Planners: calendars, classroom playbooks, task lists.
  • Alerts and notifications: generic alerts framework, watch list notifications, news feeds.
  • User portals: customizable pages, navigation menu management, single sign-on, Sharepoint integration, impersonation, parent portals, guest experience, district/school public pages, application management.
  • Professional development: course offerings, self-enrollments, wait lists, gated learning, user portfolios, certifications, mentors.
  • Mobile experience: iPhone, iPad, Android, WAP.
  • Accessibility: 508 and WAI compliancy.
  • Web 2.0 framework: Ajax patterns, customizable pages, single sign-on integration.

User Experience Designer
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
November 5, 2007 - February 13, 2008

  • Developed product designs for contextual ads platform.
  • Responsible for all phases of the design process.

Major projects include:
  • Reporting dashboards
  • Revenue payouts
  • Account creation

Interaction Designer / Flash Developer
Vizrea / WebFives (Seattle, WA)
September 26, 2005 - November 5, 2007

  • Responsible for user interface designs, visual designs, and Flash development.
  • Developed award winning user experience for the Web 2.0, WAP, mobile devices, and the PC.

Major projects include:
  • Social networking: blogging, customizable user web portals, commenting and messaging
  • Content management: photo, blogs, video, music, access and permissions, content/device synching
  • Account management: revenue sharing, billing, user profile, signup process

SKILL SUMMARY
Product Design Software Languages
Interaction Design Adobe Photoshop Actionscript
Information Architecture Adobe Illustrator ASP.NET
Prototyping Adobe Flash Javascript
Usability Testing Adobe After Effects jQuery
User Research Discreet 3ds Max PHP / MYSQL
Visual Designs XHTML / CSS
EDUCATION The Art Institute of Seattle
School of Design
Interactive Media Design
Associate of Applied Arts - December 2005
4.0 GPA President's List
University of Washington
Department of Economics
International Economics
Bachelor of Arts - June 2000
AWARDS 2005 Macromedia Design Contest
Flash Website Design Winner.
The Art Institute - Best Portfolio Show
Best Portfolio Show in 2005 Graduating Class.
REFERENCES Upon Request