[ Intro ]
Yao is a UI/UX designer with 6+ years of experience across SaaS platforms, NAS systems, surveillance products, wearables, and e-commerce services. Specialized in simplifying complex systems and workflows into intuitive product experiences, with experience in design systems, dashboard visualization, and cross-platform interfaces. Strong focus on UI consistency, scalable component structures, and design-to-development collaboration.
hi@yaohsu.com
[ Experience ]
PChome
Senior UI Designer
2026/01 - 2026/04
Improved the shopping experience for PChome 24h, focusing on search-to-purchase flows and conversion optimization. Contributed to AI-oriented review and recommendation experiences to improve product discoverability in conversational search scenarios.
Designed AI-generated review summaries and keyword extraction to reduce decision-making time.
Improved review submission flows and structured feedback mechanisms to increase content quality and AI visibility.
Designed personalized ad placements within shopping flows while balancing user experience and monetization needs.
Synology
UI Designer
2022/02 - 2025/06
Led UI design for Synology consumer products, focusing on simplifying NAS and private cloud experiences for home users. Contributed to design system development, DSM redesign concepts, and cross-device product experiences.
Led end-to-end UI design for BeeStation, simplifying NAS setup flows for non-technical users and establishing the Bee product design system.
Contributed to DSM 8.0 redesign concepts, including Design Tokens, dark mode, and accessibility support.
Designed onboarding and Bluetooth pairing flows for Synology camera devices within DS Cam App.
YOCTOL.AI
UI Designer
2019/02 - 2021/11
Worked as the sole designer for SaaS subscription products, covering chatbot platforms, marketing tools, analytics dashboards, and product websites. Collaborated closely with PMs, engineers, and marketing teams from concept to launch.
Designed Seeker, a Facebook marketing platform, including dashboard visualization, onboarding, subscription flows, and campaign analytics experiences.
Refined Creator chatbot platform IA and UI consistency, and collaborated with engineers to build the Tailor UI design system and component documentation site.
Supported product marketing through landing pages, social creatives, and brand visuals.
Leadtek
GUI Designer
2018/07 - 2019/01
Contributed to wearable and healthcare product interfaces, including smart bands, health monitoring apps, and hospital kiosk systems.
Designed health monitoring and ECG-related experiences for the amor HealthKeeper app.
Designed smartwatch UI and health guidance flows for abnormal heart-rate and ECG detection scenarios.
[ Education ]
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Masterʼs Degree in Design, Graduated 2018
Majored in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) theories and practices, with key topics including slow technology, critical design,speculative design, and object-oriented ontology. The masterʼs thesis, “Botanical Printer: An Exploration on Interaction Design with Plantness,ˮ was published at the ACM DIS 2018 international conference. It explored interaction design principles inspired by the agency of objects, using plant life as the main theme.
Taipei National University of the Arts
Bachelorʼs Degree in New Media Art, Graduated 2014
Majored in Interactive Art, focusing on interactive installations as the main form of creation. Keywords included interactive programming, sensor interaction principles, performance art, sound art, and video art.