Melody Yin

Melody Yin

Senior product designer in San francisco bay area, She/her

About

I’m a Senior Product Designer at Walmart with expertise in AI/ML, SaaS, Data, and B2B products. My work has been recognized as a Fast Company finalist and was featured in the CES keynote.

I can transform complex processes into intuitive experiences. I like to collaborate with diverse teams to deliver innovative, user-centered solutions.

Work Experience

2024 — Now
Senior product designer at Walmart
San francisco bay area

Created cutting-edge AI and machine learning-powered forecasting, analytics, and data tools to optimize Walmart e-commerce data analysis and drive increased sales.

2021 — 2024
Senior product designer at Walmart US
Seattle (Remote)

Led the design and development of a digital platform Sidekick from 0 to 1, leveraging AI to enhance store operations, serving over 1 million users across 5,000+ Walmart US stores. Responsibilities included creative direction, strategic execution, cross-functional team collaboration, iterative design, user testing, and visual quality assurance.
Led research, strategy, design, and implementation of redesigned Price Changes app in MVP and following feature enhancements, released to all Walmart US stores and leveraged by over 350 Canadian stores, resulting in $100 million savings.
Led strategy, design, and execution for key features in the Me@Walmart app, including fulfilling online orders, RFID, Fresh Production, Claims, Metrics, etc.
Organized and conducted 15+ accessibility (A11y) workshops, training 50+ designers and enhancing over 100 projects with A11y annotations. Launched Walmart's first A11y annotation library and integrated A11y checks into product development.

2019 — 2020
Product designer at Walmart International
Aransas

Led design and execution for Inventory Management App in 5,000+ international Walmart stores across 8 countries.
Redesigned launcher layout for store handheld devices, improving efficiency and released in Japan and Canada. The project and myself got recognized at the organization's All Hands meeting.

2018 — 2019
Co-teacher at Rhode Island School of Desigb
Providence, Rhode Island
2018 — 2019
Graduate Research Assistant at Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island

Analyzed research and implemented experiments on machine learning influenced by culture. Assisted with establishing the experiential space for the exhibition.

2018 — 2019
Product design intern at Philips Investment, Incs
Shanghai, China

Co-designed Singapore Woodlands Health Campus Appointment app and Pediatric Magnetic Resonance Accessory. Responsibility includes research, workshop analysis, high-fidelity design.

Speaking

2024
Accessbility best practice at Walmart at Teach Access

I was honored to join as one of the panelist for sharing Walmart's bast practice on Accessibility product development

2022

Me@Walmart app has won Fast company workplace finalist

2016
Ada medal Microsoft beauty of programming from Microsoft research asia & IEEE

Volunteering

2024 — Now
Design mentor at ADPList

Education

2017 — 2019
Master of Industrial Design at Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island
2016 — 2017
Excellent exchange student at at Tongji University, Design and innocation college
Shanghai, China
2013 — 2017
Bachelor of engineering (Industrial Design)) at Shandong University
Shandong