Joel Yu

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Senior Product Manager @ Goodnotes
London, GB
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About Joel Yu

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hi - Iโ€™m Joel! Result-driven product manager with 10+ years of experience, skilled in designing and managing products cross all stages of the lifecycle with strong UX and leadership skills. Passionate about delivering user-centric solutions and driving growth in products. Led initiatives that increased DAU and video post penetration by in TikTok-China, contributing to the platform's engagements. Co-founded Soda, led product and design teams to pioneer innovative solutions and enhance user experience, managed 20 team members in a fast-paced startup and peaked 100,000+ DAU. 5 years in consultancy, can complete the entire process of user research independently or with teams.๐Ÿ’™ ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ.๐Œ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ:1. Rich experience in product design and management across multiple platforms, especially in the realms of social media, social networking and content consumption.2. Proficiency in cross-team collaboration and driving complex projects forward.3. Skilled in working with Machine Learning teams to build recommendation models for specific businesses.4. A keen sense of data, adept at identifying opportunities and validating judgments through data analysis.๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ- I put the user at the centre of all that I do - I actively engage in user research and maintain direct dialogue- I excel at identifying and breaking down core business issues.- I rigorously set both leading and lagging KPIs.- I deliver high-quality execution with keen attention to user experience details๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง, ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ- I love to win, but winning as a team brings me greater joy - I communicate efficiently with both engineering and design teams.- I swiftly identify key win-win paths in collaborative settings๐Ÿ’™ ๐‘ฐ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’.

Joel Yu's Current Company Details
Goodnotes

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Senior Product Manager
London, GB
Website:
goodnotes.com
Employees:
327
Joel Yu Work Experience Details
  • Goodnotes
    Senior Product Manager
    Goodnotes
    London, Gb
  • Goodnotes
    Senior Technical Program Manager
    Goodnotes Sep 2024 - Present
    London Area, United Kingdom
  • Digital Urban
    Product Manager
    Digital Urban Jan 2024 - Aug 2024
    Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
    [My part-time work during MBA studies]- Digital Urban is a UK tech company specialising in VR projects to enhance public engagement in urban planning.- Spearheaded a new business line aimed enhancing public engagement with mobile VR.- Defined a unique and practical product positioning that combined with the company's unique strengths.- Conducted product design independently and collaborating with engineers to ensure technical feasibility.
  • Bytedance
    Senior Product Manager
    Bytedance Dec 2019 - May 2023
    Shanghai, China
    - Led core businesses โ€˜Direct Messengerโ€™ and โ€˜Camera Effectsโ€™ at TikTok-China(Douyin)- Initiated and led innovative projects including 'profile visitors'(Annual Most Successful Project), 'redesign Duet' and 'video autocut', contributed to a 0.7% increase in DAU and 3.4% increase in video posting penetration. - Collaborated closely with the Machine Learning team to enhance features, adjust weights, and improve data accuracy, leading to an overhaul of 'in-platform sharing' that boosted messaging penetration by 3.1%.- Launched 'swift replyโ€™ and 'smart reply', combined with streamlined collaboration workflows between PMs and engineers, resulting in an 5.2% rise in direct message penetration.- Restructured pipeline of camera effects, from creation, distribution to usage, launched 'swipe to use camera effects' and 'effect cards', increased cold-start distribution efficiency, video posting penetration +4.1%.- Led the "Your 2022 Wrapped" New Year campaign by presenting socially interactive annual reports, boosting video post penetration by 3.9% while decreasing cloud rendering resources by 94.6% from the prior year.
  • Soullink
    Co-Founder & Chief Of Product
    Soullink Aug 2018 - Dec 2019
    Beijing, China
    [Soda is a premium dating app to connect young professionals. It peaked 100,000+ DAU and 40,000 posts per day. We raised $7.8M from investors including Sky9 Capital and ZhenFund, sold the company to Perfect World Co.]- Recruited and led product and design teams, overseeing product management and user experience with a team of 6, achieving a stable 42% new user Day 1 retention rate and 35% daily feed post penetration.- Spearheaded data-driven strategy, implementing a Q&A filter in account creation process that reduced low-quality male users by 7% and lifted high-quality female user retention by 3%.- Built Trust&Safety team in Tianjin from scratch and managed 15 subordinates remotely to achieve 7x24 content review and zero content safety incidents. Kept overall monthly expenses under ยฃ18,000.
  • Momo Technology Company Limited
    Senior Product Manager
    Momo Technology Company Limited Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
    Beijing, China
    [MOMO is the largest dating app in China with 35 million DAU.]- Launched short video business from 0 with a team of 6 PMs, boosting user-generated content and achieving 3 million daily video posts within 6 months by integrating videos with user profiles and social interactions and cross-functional collaboration.- Pioneered and launched "Smart Recommended Chat Partners", boosting platform messaging by 17%, marking it as a top successful project of that year and a key feature for ongoing development.
  • Eico Design
    Product Manager
    Eico Design Feb 2015 - Aug 2016
    Beijing, China
    [EICO is the leading product and design consultancy in China, known as eico design]- Specialised in User Experience design for mobile and full-process User Research during this five-year period.- Led the digital transformation for SF, China's largest logistics company, in 2015. Conducted extensive user research in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, culminating in an industry-first, mobile app-centric solution that eliminated the need for manual form-filling for shipments, setting a new industry standard.- Spearheaded user research and strategic realignment for Dingxiang Doctor in 2016, China's leading online healthcare platform. Implemented a new mobile app design and emphasised the rigorous review process behind health articles, significantly enhancing content credibility and fortifying user trust in the brand.
  • Eico Design
    Senior Interaction Designer
    Eico Design Jan 2013 - Feb 2015
  • Eico Design
    Interaction Designer
    Eico Design Jun 2011 - Jan 2013
  • Meitu, Inc.
    Interaction Designer
    Meitu, Inc. Nov 2010 - Jun 2011
    [MeituPic is the largest photo editing app in China with 243 million MAU.]- Acted as sole interaction designer for 'MeituPicโ€™s' initial version and conducted in-depth Competitor Analysis to drive improvements in product. Following its launch in 2011, it topped App Store free charts in 100+ countries and remains a leader in China.

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Joel Yu attended University Of Glasgow, Tianjin University Of Science & Technology, Weifang University.

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