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Christy Yao

Designing the moment before decision.

I'm a product designer who builds in code. I bring design craft and engineering judgment to AI-native and enterprise products.

Selected Work

Actian · Enterprise AI

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Actian · Enterprise AI · UX Designer · 2025

Defining the AI foundation behind enterprise investigation.

Engineers had every signal and no guidance. The system gives them the next move, in context.

~25% faster onboardingReusable AI system

ASUS · Design Systems

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ASUS · Design Systems · Design System Architect · 2022

Scaling ASUS web experiences through design systems.

ASUS web teams each rebuilt the basics their own way. This made one accessible foundation the default.

60→95% brand compliance30+ experience templates

ASUS ProArt · Consumer Web

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ASUS ProArt · Consumer Web · Lead UI Designer · 2023

Shaping the global platform behind the ProArt brand.

Creators faced near-identical spec sheets. The redesign gives each product a clear reason to choose it.

+25% primary CTA click-through80% of a11y issues closed

Bumble · Consumer

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Bumble · Consumer · Product Designer · 2025

Designed the insights that help daters swipe less and choose better.

Daters swipe on autopilot. This turns their own patterns into a reason to slow down.

Concept

E.SUN Bank · Mobile Banking

E.SUN Mobile Banking home in hand — frequently used functions and deposit overview.

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E.SUN Bank · Mobile Banking · Senior UX Designer · 2024

Designing financial decisions people can make with confidence.

Core flows for E.SUN Mobile Banking (玉山行動銀行), used by millions. Process and numbers are under NDA; the screens are what shipped.

Core experience design3.2M+ existing users
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About

Portrait of Christy Yao.

Hi, I'm Christy.Product designer in New York.

I started in electrical engineering, where I learned that every system is a set of decisions someone else has to live with. I found I cared more about the someone else than the system, which pulled me toward design and through a Master of Product Innovation at Carnegie Mellon.

Today I design AI-native and enterprise products, and I build in code, including this site, so ideas get tested where they will actually live. That work now includes AI in the loop: it drafts fast, so my job is deciding which draft is right, and which one only sounds right.

When I'm not designing, I spend a lot of time in museums and trying new tools. I'm mostly looking for the same thing in both.

Previously

Actian

UX Designer

E.SUN Bank

Senior UX Designer

ASUS

Senior UI Designer

How I Work

I design like an engineer.

I was an engineer first, so I know where designs break.

It's rarely in the mockup.

Decide

I design the decision, not the dashboard.

Dashboards show you everything. I care about the one moment you decide.

Most of the projects I work on are about that gap.

I design in working code.

I test ideas in working code, not decks.

You are looking at one right now.