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UYEN PHAN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stanford, CA 94305
uyenphan08@gmail.com
Mobile: 763 - 276 - 8716
UXCam (500 Startups Batch 10) - UX Designer (1 mo. part-time contract)
San Francisco, CA, Sep 2014 - Present.
// Analyze existing website to restructure the information architecture.
// Redesign and optimize global navigation, landing page, onboarding and product installation process, documentation pages, and dashboard for data visualization.
// Produce wireframe sketches, working prototypes in Axure, and functional specs to gain rapid feedback from founders, development team, and UXCam customers.
// Write copy and create illustrations to communicate core value propositions.
// Refine design of pitch deck for presentation to potential investors.
LinkedIn Profile
www.uyenph.com
EDUCATION
Yale University
New Haven, CT, 2008 - 2012
BA in Architecture, GPA: 3.59
Foci - App Designer (freelance)
San Francisco, CA, Sep 2014 - Present.
// Generate design concepts for an Android photography app in coordination with founder and lead developer.
// Create assets, including: pixel-perfect icons, animation mockups in AfterEffects, and app logo. Design app screens and prototype the app’s website.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation - Junior UX/Interaction Designer (3 wk. contract)
Mountain View, CA, Sep 2014 - Present.
// Optimize user experience and workflow for enterprise-level rollout of an existing web app and service-exchange platform for older adults.
// Generate actionable recommendations by producing diagrams, mockups, wireframes, level of effort estimates and prioritizations.
// Analyze usability barriers to user recruitment and engagement.
// Collaborate with the Innovation Center Program Director, Community Engagement Coordinators and Technical Project Manager.
EXPERTISE
Design
User experience
Interaction
Product
Graphic
Visual
Photography
Architecture
Public art
Juxtaposition Arts - Design Lead and Studio Assistant Instructor
Minneapolis, MN, Jul 2012 - Jun 2014.
// Led design and managed $50,000 commission from a local non-profit developer.
// Designed marketing portfolio for print and online distribution.
// Trained youth apprentices in the Environmental Design studio to generate
and fabricate designs for local art commissions (up to $70,000).
Project delivery
Concept development
Branding and identity
Product and user research
Budgeting and scheduling
Client presentations
Deliverables coordination
HobNob iOS Professional Networking App - Designer (freelance)
Menlo Park, CA, Jan 2014.
Created logo and provided recommendations for new app features.
Henning Larsen Architects - Intern
Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug 2012 - Feb 2013.
Produced design work for international competitions, including 3 winning proposals.
SKILLS
Dissing + Weitling Architecture - Intern
Copenhagen, Denmark, May - Jul 2010.
Participated in 3 high-profile national competitions.
Adobe
Illustrator
InDesign
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
AfterEffects
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
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Wireframing
Axure
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PUBLICATIONS + RECOGNITION
3D modeling
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2014
Front-end
jQuery, HTML 5 / CSS 3
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Language
English
French
Vietnamese
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Yale College - Graphic Designer
New Haven, CT, Jan 2010 – Apr 2011.
Designed print collateral, logos, and assisted in marketing and branding campaigns for
several undergraduate organizations.
College of Design: University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN
Spring 2014 Grad. Arch. Studio: Millennial Artist Housing - guest critic.
2013
Danish Architecture Center | Copenhagen, Denmark
”In Dialog With the World” Exhibition - curator and participant of a 2 week
live studio. Exhibition received 5/6 stars from national newspaper, Politiken.
2012
Retrospecta Journal, Yale School of Architecture
Featured project: “Eli Whitney Museum Extension”
2012
Yale Alumni Community Service Summer Fellowship
2007
QuestBridge Full Scholarship to Yale University