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Design Tools
Figma
Framer
Principle
Adobe Illustrator
Photoshop
After Effects
Webflow
Maze
Dovetail
Miro
Notion
Professional Summary
Senior UX and brand designer with 8 years across consumer fintech, e-commerce, and media. Led redesign of a payments app used by 2.4M users — NPS improved from 31 to 58 post-launch. Built and managed design systems adopted across 4 product teams. Recognised as Communication Arts Interactive Annual 2024 winner. Fluent in English and Japanese.
Experience
Stripe, New York
- Led end-to-end redesign of Stripe Dashboard onboarding flow for 2.4M SMB users — task completion rate up 34%, NPS improved from 31 to 58.
- Owns and maintains Stripe's internal design system (Sail) across 4 product teams; reduced component duplication by 60%.
- Ran 28 user research sessions in FY2024; surfaced 3 critical pain points that informed Q2 roadmap.
- Mentors 2 mid-level designers; both promoted within 12 months of mentorship programme start.
Shopify, Tokyo (Remote / Relocated NYC 2021)
- Designed checkout optimisation for Japanese market — conversion rate improved 18% post-launch for 14,000 JP merchants.
- Created full brand identity system for Shopify Japan launch including typography, colour, motion, and localisation guidelines.
- Produced 6 case studies published on Shopify Engineering Blog; combined 140K+ reads.
Mercari Inc., Tokyo
- Designed iOS and Android UI for seller listing flow — average listing time reduced from 4.2 to 2.6 minutes.
- Contributed 42 components to Mercari's first design system (Needle).
Recognition & Portfolio
- Communication Arts Interactive Annual — Winner, UX Design, 2024
- Awwwards Site of the Day — yukitanaka.design, March 2023
- Dribbble Top Player — 48K followers
- Portfolio: yukitanaka.design (password: fieldcraft for case studies)
Education
BA Visual Communication Design
2013 – 2017
Tama Art University, Tokyo — Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Work