Senior Product Designer
Peter HyunMyung Yang
Senior Product Designer with over 8 years of experience leading AI products, enterprise platforms, and data-heavy workflows. I combine product strategy, systems thinking, research, interaction design, and production-code prototyping to turn complex technical problems into clear, scalable product experiences.
Experience
Senior Product Designer
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
Mar 2024 to Present
New York, NY
- Led the product design for JLL Smart Building Platform 2.0, integrating complex facility operations, automation systems, and equipment data into a cohesive enterprise software solution.
- Defined the product model, navigation structure, information architecture, and dashboard framework to merge three legacy products into a scalable, unified platform.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams by synthesizing research findings, mapping workflows, and creating detailed design specifications.
- Designed AI-driven workflows to support diagnostics, risk management, work allocation, and human review processes.
- Designed Graph Builder workflows that empower teams to transform complex building data into actionable insights and AI-assisted analyses.
- Created automation configuration tools for managing schedules, rules, approvals, and bulk editing across multiple buildings.
- Introduced design QA and specification practices that improved handoff quality and sped up feature delivery.
Product Designer
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
Nov 2021 to Mar 2024
New York, NY
- Designed leasing, sustainability, analytics, and smart building management products tailored for enterprise commercial real estate users.
- Established comprehensive data visualization standards for the JLL Solstice Design System, covering chart selection, color systems, accessibility guidelines, and responsive design principles.
- Supported 31 product teams in adopting these shared visualization standards across various chart patterns and thematic designs.
- Enhanced JLL's web information architecture and user experience by improving clarity, usability, and alignment among stakeholders through thoughtful design improvements.
Teaching Assistant
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Jul 2020 to Jun 2021
Cambridge, MA
- Led workshops and critiques for graduate students, helping designers communicate visual concepts, iterate quickly, and build stronger creative judgment.
Product Designer
Hyundai Livart, Hyundai Department Store Group
Jul 2016 to Jul 2017
Seoul, South Korea
- Designed and launched five furniture products, connecting user research, market insight, physical prototyping, safety testing, manufacturing constraints, and product quality.
Design Intern
Hyundai Livart, Hyundai Department Store Group
Apr 2016 to Jul 2016
Seoul, South Korea
- Supported new furniture product research and design development through market analysis, concept exploration, material research, and presentation preparation.
Selected Product Work
- AI Agents for Facility Operations: Designed a coordinated AI agent experience that helps facility teams prioritize risks, investigate issues, and act on operational recommendations with confidence.
- Smart Building Platform 2.0: Led platform consolidation from three legacy products into one modular enterprise experience with shared navigation, workflows, dashboards, and widgets.
- Scaling Data Visualization Across the Design System: Created accessible, system-wide visualization standards adopted by 31 JLL product teams.
- Graph Builder for Data Analysis: Designed self-serve analytics workflows for chart creation, reporting, recurring insights, and AI-assisted data exploration.
- Aaside: Independently designed, built, and launched a native macOS AI productivity app using Tauri, React, TypeScript, Rust, and Supabase.
- Commentify: Designed a collaboration intelligence platform connecting Figma and Jira comments into triage, saved feedback, risk signals, and AI-assisted summaries.
Education
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Master in Design Studies, Art, Design, and the Public Domain
Explored public and social challenges through art, design, and technology, with team-based work across product design, interaction design, user research, and creative coding.
Seoul National University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design and Ceramic Craft
Studied human-centered relationships between people, objects, interfaces, and materials, developing craft, experimentation, and precision across physical product design.
Skills
Product Design
Product Strategy, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Information Architecture, Complex Workflows, Design Systems, Platform Architecture, Accessibility, Data Visualization, Cross-platform Design, Design QA
Research
User Research, Research Synthesis, Usability Testing, Workflow Analysis
Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping, AI-assisted Coding, Production-code Prototypes, Figma, Framer
AI Product Design
AI-assisted Workflows, Agent Experiences, Human-AI Interaction, Recommendation Systems, Prompt-driven Experiences
Design Engineering
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Tauri, Rust, Supabase
Product Design: Product Strategy, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Information Architecture, Complex Workflows, Design Systems, Platform Architecture, Accessibility, Data Visualization, Cross-platform Design, Design QA
Research: User Research, Research Synthesis, Usability Testing, Workflow Analysis
Prototyping: Rapid Prototyping, AI-assisted Coding, Production-code Prototypes, Figma, Framer
AI Product Design: AI-assisted Workflows, Agent Experiences, Human-AI Interaction, Recommendation Systems, Prompt-driven Experiences
Design Engineering: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Tauri, Rust, Supabase