Rosanna Yau
Founder of BackerKit
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2012 - Current
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
BackerKit manages your post-crowdfunding mayhem so that you can deliver on time.
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.
Diaspora is a technology company that offers social media integration where users can post their profiles to the social media profiles.
Interaction Designer
2011 - 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
Promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation.
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.
Designer
2010 - 2011
The Bold Italic is an online magazine, shop, and events hub in San Francisco. We celebrate the free-wheeling spirit of the city.
Graphic Designer
2005 - 2009
Web Designer at the Lawrence Hall of Science
2006 - 2008
Gallery Assistant
2005 - 2006
Education
MFA
2008 - 2010