Canada

UX Design

Product Design

Certificate of Psychology

User Experience Designer Program

Font End Development Certification

Master of Science (MS)

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)

Yizhi “Catherine” Zhang

Staff Product Designer

Usability Testing

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Design systems

Human computer interaction

User research

ChatGPT

Figma

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Design SaaS products to help healthcare providers run a successful private practice online.

- Build the design team in EQ with a flat organizational structure, develop the hiring flow and recruit designers and interns
- Lead in documenting, improving and helping product design team with agile projects process by managing Notion Pages, Github Projects, Figma Teams
- Bring UX research insights into the design process, align with Business Groups, Product Management, Business Analysts and Development teams on the problem and approach, and drive design decisions through qualitative and quantitative data
- Create design solutions for EQ's B2B SaaS products LOCUS, ATOM and consumer-facing products Paymi, including strategy decks, wireframes, flowcharts, prototypes, feature matrices, and detailed visual mockups
- Design the EQ open-sourced design system (Lumen Labs): implement new governance processes, design principles and guidelines; create Branding Assets/Components/Modules that meet the accessibility standards in design and code

-Helped define the user experience for our DSP(Demand Side Platforms) and DMP(Data Management Platforms ) products with data-driven workflows
-Developed the persona, storyboard, wireframes, mockups, and style guide with Sketch/Figma
Prototyped design solutions with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more to communicate interaction and design ideas
-Built RESTful API with Node.js and SQL by working with Data scientists to understand datasets and pipeline
-Developed location intelligence products with Mapbox, Deck.gl, React.js and popular UI frameworks such as Semantic-UI and Materiel UI
-Created interactive data visualizations that drive insights on the dashboard
-Cooperated with teammates on GitHub and Zeplin based on Agile methodology
-Assessed the usability of tools and products and make constructive suggestions for improvement

• Identify new market opportunities;
• Design, build and maintain the social media presence;
• Prepare content generation including newsletters, media releases, posts, emails, and blog articles;
• Evaluate emerging technologies. Provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate;
• Identify and engage with online influencers

• Served in a voluntary capacity.
• Organized events.
• Enabled students to get access to free courses in English, French, economics, and philosophy.

Although I was a coordinator, I had the honour of assisting the Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine with the design of its website. I was also involved in web page management, using Drupal, and participated in digital channel management.

• The company is a provider of secure digital signatures.
• Using WordPress, I built a website, maintained it, and optimized it using SEO techniques, including the addition of keywords.
• Conducted an email campaign. Promoted our company using social media.
• Managed our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

• Served in a voluntary capacity.
• Built the Vouloir WeChat platform and established a Facebook page.
• As a result, was able to attract 4,000 followers in 3 months.

• In this part-time position, I developed and tested campus information systems for 10 universities. Did so in collaboration with a team of five staff.
• Maintained company website using HTML and CSS.

Yizhi “Catherine” Zhang🇨🇦