About:

Hi, my name is Yaoming Hao. I am an interaction designer / art director / illustrator based in Boston area.

Over the past decade, I've had the luxury working with some amazing brands and people. I am obessed searching THE balance point between aesthetic and usability through design process. Whether you are looking for refreshing your digital apperance or improving general customer experience, I am ready to help.

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Experience:

2022 - present

Senior Digtial Product Designer - Ford Motor Company

  • Build, evolve, and maintain one of Ford's design systems that supports the cohesive and scalable design of Ford’s digital product ecosystem.
  • Work closely with engineers, product managers, UX researchers, and other stakeholders to define and deliver compelling user experiences for Ford’s next-generation vehicles.
  • Create innovative digital product designs centered around in-vehicle experiences, ensuring seamless integration and high usability.
  • Develop high-fidelity prototypes including UI mockups, human-machine interface (HMI) flows, wireframes, interaction models, user workflows, business use cases (BUCs), visual designs within the vehicle environment, storyboards, and animations.
  • Design and develop user research materials, plan, and lead user interview sessions to gain critical insights into user needs, behaviors, and pain points.
2019 - 2022

Lead Digital Designer - Pegasystems

  • Maintain and evolve Pega’s design system Bolt, and partner with marketing stakeholders and development team to ensure our toolbox (design system and CMS) is always sharp to support business needs.
  • Collaborate with brand, content, video production, product, publishing, marketing, and leadership teams to ensure brand consistency on user-centered best practices through Pega’s web properties.
  • Drive the design directions of digital projects to build consistent and innovative web experiences for our customers.
  • Lead a small design team, providing my guidance and helping them succeed through the process.
2011 - 2018

Designer/Art Director — BEAM Interactive

  • Helped clients build up their visual identity, websites, CRM, illustration, app interface, commercial videos, and all kinds of campaign works.
  • Focused on app/web UI design, establishing detailed style guide for clients.
  • Worked closely with DEV team make sure the high quality delivery.
  • Lead on art direction on animation production, character design, and storyboards.
  • Clients included MINIUSA, Fidelity, AMG, Bozzuto, and Converse.
2011

Freelance Designer/Illustrator

  • Conducted UX/UI research and designed both applications and websites.
  • Created varies style of illustrations for multiple clients included Zynga and AT%T

Education:

MFA

Massachusetts College of Art

Boston, MA USA

BA

Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Beijing, China