Xiaofan Yan
About Xiaofan Yan
Xiaofan Yan is a Senior Experience Designer at ThoughtWorks in Germany, specializing in integrating design thinking with value proposition to address complex user experience challenges. She holds a Master's degree in Game and Interactive Media Design from Northeastern University and has extensive experience in service design and user research.
Work at ThoughtWorks
Xiaofan Yan has been employed at ThoughtWorks as a Senior Experience Designer since 2021. In this role, she focuses on integrating design thinking with value propositions to address complex user experience challenges. Prior to her current position, she worked as an Experience Designer at ThoughtWorks from 2018 to 2020 in Beijing, China, and again from 2020 to 2021 in Germany. Her experience at ThoughtWorks emphasizes her commitment to enhancing product strategy through service design and user research.
Education and Expertise
Xiaofan Yan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media from Beijing Normal University, where she studied from 2010 to 2014. She furthered her education at the City University of Hong Kong, earning a Bachelor's degree in New Digital Media from 2012 to 2013. Yan completed her Master's degree in Game and Interactive Media Design at Northeastern University from 2014 to 2016. Her academic background supports her expertise in user experience design, service design, and interactive design.
Background
Xiaofan Yan has a diverse professional background in user experience and interactive design. She began her career as an Interactive Designer at inSegment from 2015 to 2016 in Newton, MA. She also worked as a UX Designer at Skelmet Inc. for 9 months in 2016 in Cambridge, MA. Following these roles, she served as an Experience Designer at Allen & Gerritsen from 2016 to 2018 in Boston. Her volunteer experience includes a position at Room to Grow in 2015, where she contributed for four months.
Achievements
Throughout her career, Xiaofan Yan has demonstrated a strong focus on service design and user research. She utilizes test results to inform strategic decisions in her experience design projects. Her design process includes whiteboard sketching, which aids in visualizing and iterating on ideas. Yan's commitment to conducting user research allows her to refine product design strategies effectively.