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Rosanna Yau

Co-Founder at BackerKit

San Francisco, California

Work Experience

2012

  • Co-Founder

    2012

    BackerKit helps thousands of crowdfunding creators all over the world focus on doing what they love. Our software is the premier crowdfunding platform for empowering project creators to grow their business and manage their campaigns with confidence. We're currently hiring passionate folks to join us in our mission to help make creativity happen: https://www.backerkit.com/careers

2012 - 2012

  • Designer

    2012 - 2012

    Product, interaction, visual, and graphic design for a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service that started out as a Kickstarter campaign.

2011 - 2012

  • Interaction Designer

    2011 - 2012

2008 - 2012

  • Founder

    2008 - 2012

    Promoting the practice of entomophagy, the consumption of insects as food through a self-initiated awareness campaign. Efforts include creating and updating content on minilivestock.org, creating educational and promotional material, corresponding and collaborating with professional individuals and organizations, and involvement in community events. (www.minilivestock.org)

  • Graphic Designer

    2010 - 2011

  • Teaching Faculty

    2010 - 2011

    Teaching a graphic production course under the Engage Initiative within the Diversity Studies and Community Arts program. Students learn design practices, production tools, human-centered research methods, documentation practices, and presentation techniques.

2010 - 2011

  • Designer

    2010 - 2011

2005 - 2009

  • Graphic Designer

    2005 - 2009

2006 - 2008

  • Web Designer at the Lawrence Hall of Science

    2006 - 2008

  • Gallery Assistant

    2005 - 2006