Hi there, this is Jessie! You can also call me Yuan, my Chinese name.

I am a user experience designer based in Toronto, Canada.  My expertise is user research and usability testing. I am familiar with the human-centered design framework. 

Prior to my UX designer career, I worked as a researcher in cognitive neuroscience field for couple years. Motivated by the idea of bringing advanced knowledge of psychology and neuroscience to the human-centered design, I made a career change from a scientific researcher in academia to a UX designer in IT industry.

My psychology and neuroscience background gives me a deep understanding of human cognition and behaviours, also shapes my way of thinking towards better UX designs.

Skills

Research

Interviews
Contextual Inquiry
Surveys
Usability Testing
Eye-tracking
Personas
User Journey Map
Mental Model
Analytics

Design

Sketches
Wireframes
Site maps
Prototypes
UI
User Flow
Storyboards
Photography
Videography

Software

Photoshop
Sketch
Tobii Pro
Balsamiq
HTML/CSS
MS Office
SPSS
Matlab

Psychology

Human Cognition
Psycholinguistics
Emotion 
Functional MRI
ERP
Eye-tracking

Work Experience

UX Designer & Business Partner @Cinetx Inc.
Markham, Canada (Jun 2018 - Present)

UX Designer Intern @AlterSpark Corp.

Toronto, Canada (Jan 2018 - Feb 2018) 

Education

Graduate Certificate in UX Design
Humber College, Canada  (2017 - 2018) 


Awards

UX Design Research Awards > Hyundai Auto
Humber College, 2018

Stellar Student Project >
Paper prototyping
Humber College, 2018

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