stephanie yung

board advisor

About

Director of Design at Smart Design

Country

united states

City

brooklyn

Industry

design

Skill

art direction, concept development, user centered design, design thinking, product design, experience design, product development, design strategy, brand development, interaction design, illustrator, creative direction, graphic design, digital strategy, creative strategy, advertising, product innovation, social innovation, innovation consulting, storytelling, visual design, brand strategy, user experience design

Experience

public speaker

stephanie yung

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

* Stephanie has shared her expertise and thinking across topics that span user-centered design - including designing for social impact, inclusive design, behavior change and designing for women. * Includes: * 99u Conference, Master Class: Inclusive Design: The Power of Designing for One * Microsoft, Hack for Her Summit: Saving Good Women from Bad Design (speaker) * Microsoft with Motherboard and Warner Bros., Captivated by Her Hackathon: Love Craft. The Subtle Art of Designing Relationships (speaker) * The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy: LARC Summit (expert panelist) * The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Go Home or Go On: Birth Control for Millennial Women – Low Maintenance, High Results (expert panelist) * Women in Innovation, Designing a Gender Inclusive Future (host and speaker) * Women in Innovation, Designing for Women: Designing for Women Across the Generations (moderator) * Yale University, Spark Social Impact Conference: Creating Impactful Products (expert panelist)

mentor

stephanie yung

2009-1 - Present · 17 yrs 9 mos

* Stephanie has mentored and judged a range of multi-disciplinary teams and programs focused on human-centered design. * Including: * High Design Makeathon (Mentor) * Parsons, The New School: BFA Thesis (Design critique) * Tribeca Innovation Awards Anti-Summit: Promising Early HIV Detection Workshop (Mentor) * Unesco & Pratt Incubator: HIV & AIDS Cultural Approach Prevention Toolkit . (Mentor)

instructor

ocad university

2003-1 - 2004-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

associate creative director

taxi

2002-1 - 2007-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Art Director, TAXI Toronto (2002-2005) Group Head of Design & Interactive, TAXI NYC (2005-2006) Associate Creative Director, Design & Interactive (2006-2007) Clients (partial): Amp'd Mobile, BMW Mini, Butterfield & Robinson, The Canadian Film Centre, College Sports Television, The CNW Group, Oskar Mobility, Sunglass Hut, Telus Mobility, Toronto Raptors/Maple Leaf Sports, WestJet Airlines & Valentino.

designer

bløk design

2000-1 - 2002-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Clients (partial): Club Monaco, Caban, El Zanjon de Granados, Nike Roots, Roots Air and Teknion.

board advisor

simprints

2016-12 - Present · 9 yrs 10 mos

director of design

smart design

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

Stephanie leads the Brand Experience practice at Smart Design. Her expertise in strategic design innovation provides a universal approach to the needs of her clients, including Gatorade, The National Campaign, NYC Taxi Commission, Under Amour, American Express and OXO. Establishing a vision based on consumer insight, Stephanie conceptualizes and creates complete solutions that resonate throughout the entire consumer experience.