Hello there! I am a user experience designer living in New York City. For the last 7 years, I’ve worked for companies like Yahoo!, eBay and Qwest. Here’s a taste of what I’ve been working on recently. There are many more things that I would like to share, so if you are interested contact me at polly429@gmail.com for more information. Thanks!Tumblr (3.0; @pollyng)http://pollyng.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvqosMPY21qznrr9o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>June 15th, 2011 - <strong><a href="http://apps.search.yahoo.com/">Yahoo! App Search</a> & <a href="http://apps.search.yahoo.com/search?p=appspot&appid=434682382&appgid=10000000&pf=iphone">AppSpot app</a> </strong>launches!</p> <p>Discovering and finding apps you want is not always easy. We created a new destination on Yahoo! Search which helps this process. Whether you are browsing or searching, there’s an easy streamlined way of finding apps and then quickly downloading either to your iPhone and Android device.  </p> <p>My role: Interaction, visual design</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/7276950432http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/7276950432Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:36:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb2hw2QvtQ1qznrr9o1_r4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb2hw2QvtQ1qznrr9o2_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb2hw2QvtQ1qznrr9o3_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Oct 13th, 2010 - <strong>Yahoo! Search Shopping Intent Experiences </strong>launches!</p> <p>Design process: From analyzing search trends and behaviors, there were direct and indirect signal that our users were in different stages of the shopping process. From researching, comparing against other products to ready to buy, we broke the mold of the traditional 10 blue links to offer a visual approach to surfacing key relevant pieces of information to the user to inform and help take them to the next step of the shopping process. </p> <p>My role: Interaction, visual design</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1433524453http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1433524453Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:52:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9set1oxA01qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>From July 12 - Aug 20th 2010, I took part in an intensive workshop at the School of Visual Arts - <a href="http://impact.sva.edu/">Impact: Design for Social Change</a>, the first of it’s kind. Yes, we were guinea pigs. 16 designers from Portugal, Brazil, Australia and the U.S. came together for 6 weeks to develop our “big ideas” for social change under the guidance of amazing pioneers in the field of social change. It was truly inspiring on so many levels. </p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1244955313http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1244955313Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:36:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9se3hdgtC1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9se3hdgtC1qznrr9o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9se3hdgtC1qznrr9o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9se3hdgtC1qznrr9o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9se3hdgtC1qznrr9o5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>My Big Idea: <a href="http://designigniteschange.org/projects/244-the-beta-school">The Beta School</a></p> <p><strong>Education meets Netflix.</strong> The Beta School is an open platform that nurtures new ideas and educational materials created and shared by new teachers from around the world. Teachers share lesson plans, create a queue of downloaded materials for their classes, rate and review ideas and receive recommendations based on their profiles. Teachers can also create their version of “textbooks” based on a compilation of their downloaded lessons from BetaSchool. Once they are done, the book will be recycled and donated to low budget schools around the world.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1244857590http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1244857590Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14293620" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>In addition to developing our own Big Ideas, we worked in teams to offer design solutions to 5 NYC non-profit organizations through an amazing organization called <a href="http://www.designnyc.org">designyc</a>. </p> <p>Our client: <a href="http://www.democracynow.org">Democracy Now!</a> - an independent news radio and tv show</p> <p>The challenge: Build audience</p> <p>Our design solution: Create a <a href="http://www.designigniteschange.org/projects/266-democracy-now">viral web marketing campaign</a> to build new audiences by mobilizing their existing loyal fan base.</p> <p>Role: Web designer and developer, art direction, project manager</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1002056105http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/1002056105Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:50:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4stc8bxas1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4stc8bxas1qznrr9o2_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4stc8bxas1qznrr9o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4stc8bxas1qznrr9o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4stc8bxas1qznrr9o5_r1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>From June 6th - June 20th 2010, I traveled to Greensboro Alabama to take part in <a href="http://www.projectmlab.com">Project M</a>, a 2 week summer program to inspire young creative people to do good by thinking wrong. We created a <a href="http://www.projectmsouth.com/lifes-a-beach/">video</a>, <a href="http://www.projectmsouth.com">website</a> and <a href="http://www.projectmsouth.com/effect-on-wildlife/">infographics</a> to bring to life the effects of the BP oil spill in the gulf. After 56 days with little new information from the media, we decided to drive down to the coast, speak to the locals and tourists, and document what we saw for the world to see. </p> <p>Role: Website interaction and visual designer, photographer, actor</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/751336442http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/751336442Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:02:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lctk8fvI1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/> Free Art Park Poster Design<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lctk8fvI1qznrr9o2_500.png"/><br/> Poster in the wild<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lctk8fvI1qznrr9o3_500.png"/><br/> Free Art Park Poster Design 2<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lctk8fvI1qznrr9o4_500.png"/><br/> Poster on billboards in NYC<br/><br/> <p>Free Art Park is a concept I came up with for my Creating a Retail Store Image class at Parsons School of Design. Free Art Park is half design studio for local artists by day and by night a lounge/gallery/interactive studio open to the public. It is completely run by the community of artists and serves as a storefront to promote their work. The goal is to bring the community together, learn and share ideas across disciplines and encourage participation from the people in the neighborhood all at the same time.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/555993932http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/555993932Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:41:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lc4aU3jo1qznrr9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Storefront sketch<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lc4aU3jo1qznrr9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Floorplan sketch<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1lc4aU3jo1qznrr9o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Artists' gallery sketch<br/><br/> <p>Sketches of the store front concept - Free Art Park</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/555969729http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/555969729Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:26:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1itffDaVa1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>April 15th 2010 - The new Image Search Landing Page experience showcases the latest image searches letting the users browse the trending topics visually. Autoscrolling allows the users to sit back and watch a stream of images that is trending go by without having to click. With this new interaction, it gives the user a chance to discover new and interesting content on the web that they may not have known to search for.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/552715654http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/552715654Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:47:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzh9ibaib1qznrr9o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyzh9ibaib1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>March 3rd, 2010 - <a href="http://images.search.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Image Search</a> Oscars special. When searching for the oscars or the nominees, we created an experience for users to see the latest images of the event. Refiners were also provided to let users dive deep into the the event for a particular nominee.</p> <p>Check out the Yahoo! Search <a href="http://www.ysearchblog.com/2010/03/03/countdown-to-the-oscars-with-yahoo-search/">blog post</a>.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/435340972http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/435340972Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:03:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspgl54DAA1qznrr9o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oct 30th, 2009 - <a target="_blank" href="http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=A0S00MlEivRKW1IBZaP7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBncGdyMzQ0BHNlYwNzZWFyY2gEdnRpZAM-?p=jackson+5&fr=sfp&ei=utf-8&n=21&tnr=20&y=Search">Yahoo! Video Search</a> Relaunch. Visual refresh of the search results page with Music facets.  Facets helps users narrow down videos by the artist’s albums and single tracks.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/235251999http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/235251999Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:51:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspgeivpnO1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yahoo! Video Search: On click of an album, refines the video results matching that album. Play Now plays the video inline.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/235249154http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/235249154Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:47:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmgoiR9vo1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sept 21, 2009 - Relaunch of new Yahoo! <a>Image Search results page</a>. Celebrity and travel searches trigger facets in the left rail which allows users to dive deeper into the concept and explore related concepts that they may not have been aware of.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer, Product Manager</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233640973http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233640973Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmgn00cXC1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Clicking on “Amy Poehler” unveils images of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together. User can also run a search for only Amy Poehler. Other facets for celebrities include related movies, related tv shows and related concepts.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233640243http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233640243Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:59:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmggcwwfv1qznrr9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Image Search Frame Page: Users can explore other matching image results easily. User can also branch of and explore other related concepts without having to go back to the previous page.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233637291http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/233637291Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:55:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/QXjUVE10zp1lfsbk5JpEKxBYo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>May 2009: Yahoo! Image Search <a target="_blank" href="http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?fr2=frw&ei=utf-8&y=Search&fr=sfp&p=New+York%2C+NY">Location Facets</a> (design has been updated during Sept 21st relaunch)</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/128492096http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/128492096Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:20:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/QXjUVE10zp1ldxvgRYnfHBBNo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>On click of Central Park, slides out images specific to Central Park in New York City.</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/128491430http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/128491430Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:19:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/QXjUVE10zfpfk2n93zMl4zrGo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oct 30th 2008 - Launched Yahoo! Image Search Search Assistance.</p> <p>Search Assist provides users with suggestions to help complete their image searches. It also offers visuals to aid them in their search.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/57167128http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/57167128Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:05:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/QXjUVE10z8yaib39cgr3CGK4_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>2007 | For fun. </p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/34680156http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/34680156Tue, 13 May 2008 13:12:47 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/QXjUVE10z8y9zlraeQLh6KuL_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>2007: Yahoo! | Yahoo! Charity Search concept, “Search to Give”.</p> <p>Concept: For every search the user does on Yahoo!, a user-facing tool that keeps track of points which contributes to the user’s favorite charity.</p> <p>Screenshot: User selects the charity that they want their searches to contribute to. On the right, it shows a preview of the search results page with a customized header representing the selected charity.</p> <p>Role: Interaction and Visual Designer</p>http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/34678886http://pollyng.tumblr.com/post/34678886Tue, 13 May 2008 12:58:00 -0400