
Yingjie Li
User Experience Designer

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About me
Product Designer II at Cisco. Ex - Microsoft, TikTok
Education

Xiamen University
-Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Urban and Rural Planning 3.64 (Rank 2/28)Award of Outstanding GraduatesNational Scholarship

The University of Texas at Austin
-Master of Science - MS Information Science (UX Design Track) 3.94
Experience

Microsoft
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021User Experience Designer· Designed user-centered weather features for 1 billion Windows users which include weather cards, timeline, historical weather chart, air quality index graphic, and weather map. Achieved over 50% DAU YOY increase for weather website through iterative design improvements. The CTR of weather on Windows Prong 1 ranked Top 1 among other content service verticals.· Assisted my mentor in creating a Design System for the MSN Money website. I focused on creating the color, font, component and icon library. (I created a color library includes 48 colors, a font library includes 11 kinds of fonts, a component library includes 25 variants)· Designed Trending Topic cards and maintenance status page for the Bing News website. Assisted in creating users flows and cards for Map & News Mode on Bing Maps. All pages and features were launched in May 2021.· Designed the Night Owl Mode during a design workshop for Edge Browser, which is selected for further in-depth design and added into the development plans.· Microsoft Hackathon 2020 (Team leader of LOHAS). Show less

TikTok
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021User Experience Designer· Designed 9 basic functions for the Lark Email product, including Document Authorization, Serial Number Editing, Mail Label, etc. All functions were publicly launched in August 2021.· Based on the product creative document written by PM, I explored 4 innovative features of Lark Email and completed design drafts, which passed high-level review and were added to the development plan for the next quarter.· Participated in the Annual Product Design Review where I sorted out current experience problems of Lark Email through competitive product analysis and user feedback (about 4000 feedbacks) and assisted mentor in completing an annual design report. Show less

Indeed.com
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021UX Researcher - Sponsored Course Project· Identified usability problems in the user interface design of Indeed's current website. Completed a 36-page Heuristic Evaluation Report. · Collaborated with 3 teammates and invited 8 users to do a comparative usability test between Indeed and Handshake. Based on the interview records and SUS data, we summarized the current problems of the Indeed website, and draw design sketches to provide 6 suggestions.

Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022Product Designer· Completed an Analysis Report containing 14 issues about the visual style, information structure, and interactive way on the website, providing design suggestions.· Created a Design System for the current website which includes a color library with 28 colors, a font library with 10 fonts, and a card component library with 12 variants.· Designed the homepage and navigation bar, providing a clearer information structure and a better interactive experience.

Cisco
Jun 2022 - now· Drove the end-to-end design of the Subscription flow for a B2B e-commerce platform at Cisco, eliminating 20+ pain points and increasing user satisfaction by 25%.· Redesigned the Purchase Order workflow in a $5B SaaS program, reducing clicks by 55% and significantly improving process efficiency.· Collaborated with cross-functional teams to craft user journeys and generate 3+ realistic use cases for integrating AI into a customer facing product.
Product Designer II
Nov 2023 - nowProduct Designer
Jun 2022 - Nov 2023
Licenses & Certifications
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Mathematics for Machine Learning (Imperial College London)
Coursera Course CertificatesJan 2020 - View certificate

Generative AI: Working with Large Language Models
LinkedInMay 2024
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Yingjie LiMUSE Design Awards - Gold Winner - Apr 2025
- Awarded to Yingjie LiNY Product Design Awards - Silver Winner - Mar 2025
- Awarded to Yingjie LiAmerican Good Design Award - Silver Winner - Sep 2024
- Awarded to Yingjie LiChinese University Computer Competition - Mobile Application Innovation Competition 2020 Apple & AFCEC (Association of Fundamental Computing Education in Chinese Universities) Nov 2020 First prize in South China (Team leader)
- Awarded to Yingjie LiOutstanding Graduates of Xiamen University - Jun 2020
- Awarded to Yingjie LiNational Scholarship - Sep 2018
Volunteer Experience
Product Designer
Issued by Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development on Jan 2022
Associated with Yingjie LiUX Researcher - Sponsored Course Project
Issued by Indeed on Aug 2021
Associated with Yingjie LiVolunteer
Issued by International Experience Design Committee (IXDC) on Dec 2020
Associated with Yingjie LiVolunteer
Issued by ICACHI official on Jun 2019
Associated with Yingjie Li
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