I'm Yuqi, a product designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Currently, I work at Bold, where I focus on growth, funnel optimization, and integrating GenAI features into career tools serving millions of job seekers, with a career highlight that earned 3 design patents.

With an education background in industrial and architectural design from Columbia University, I bring a rigorous systems-thinking approach to crafting thoughtful experiences and solving complex challenges.
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I believe great design evokes meaningful responses—and brings life to ideas✨

Outside of work, I enjoy hosting tea tastings with self-made ceramic cups and exploring new knitting patterns. I cherish every "breadcrumb" of beauty life has to offer.

I believe in using design as the power to pursue the social good. 
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‍SF 826 Valencia - 2022:
Consistently work with high school students, designers, and artists to design a reading room for under-resourced students at SF International High School.
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‍New York City Mayor's Action plan - 2018:
Teamed with Columbia professors, artists and designers to explore public space activation solutions for areas of high criminal activity. 

I like listen to different stories and ask many whys.
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In 2015, I joined China30s.com to write inspiring stories and published 5+ exclusive interviews with a 10,000+ likes.

In 2012, with the support from Tongji University，I took the lead in setting up the fisrt Fab Lab (Maker Space) in China, which promotes digital and personal fabrication to all age levels.
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With this experience, I had the honor of being one of the selected speakers at TEDx Youth in 2014.