Sohyun Yim
Design Engineer · Spatial Experience Designer

Seven years leading commercial, cultural and modular architecture — Shinsegae, Hanwha, Lotte, Hyundai — now building the frontend of AI products. Same discipline, one scale down: from spaces people move through to interfaces people think through.


Sohyun Yim — CVupdated JUL 2026 · shny.design

Experience

SHNY / Independent practice · AI-native design engineering
2025 — PRESENT · LA
  • 15 browser-native studies of agentic UX — orchestration visualisations, an agent-office simulation, a digital-twin robotic arm — designed, prototyped and shipped end-to-end, solo.
  • Small tools in daily use: a realtime Claude-updates tracker, a job-search scraper.
Betwin Space / Senior Designer
AUG 2024 — SEP 2025 · SEOUL
  • Design lead on Starfield Village — Yuseong Hotel redevelopment (Shinsegae Property): concept to design development — façade, plaza, F&B commons — owning client presentations, stakeholder communication and vendor coordination.
  • Spatial and brand design for Hanwha Galleria, Lotte Department Store and the NCsoft HQ pitch; directed the Oliveyoung USA photo shoot.
Spacewavy / Architectural Designer
FEB — JUL 2024 · SEOUL
Led design of a modular building for US export; site supervision and Hyundai Motors B2B project management.
Studio Grays / PM · Interior Designer
NOV 2022 — AUG 2023 · SEOUL
Led a 5-person cross-functional team across design and construction phases — 100% of deadlines met.
Unsangdong Architects / Architectural Designer
FEB 2018 — JUL 2022 · SEOUL
  • Junior architect to project team lead; 6 of 12 competition entries premiated — a 50% win rate across cultural, retail and mixed-use architecture.
  • Concept design, schematic drawings, 3D modeling and construction documentation — SONO Dosan residences, Ramp Up Tower, Chronotope Wall (built 2021); 3x3 Cube House, built 2023.

Awards

35th Seoul Architecture Award
— Special Prize, Student (2017)
SAF Excellence Award
— graduation project (2017)
13th Graduation Exhibition Award (2017)
DDP Young Designer Challenge (2017)
9th Space Design Award (2016)

Capabilities

Design
Figma · design systems · rapid prototyping · motion design · data visualisation · editorial typography
Engineering
React · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML/CSS · WebGL / GLSL · R3F · Remotion · Python
AI systems
Agentic workflows · LLM-based design tools · Claude & OpenAI APIs · computer vision · ComfyUI
Spatial
Rhino 3D · AutoCAD · SketchUp · 3D modeling & rendering · Lumion / Enscape / D5 · Adobe CC

Education

SCI-Arc
M.S. Architectural Technologies
2025 — 2026 · LOS ANGELES
Chung-Ang University
B.A. Interior & Spatial Design
/ Excellence Award, graduation project
2014 — 2018 · SEOUL

Languages

Korean — native · English — professional · Chinese — HSK 6

Activities

Zerobase Online Startup School (2025) · Zero100 Entrepreneur Building Program (2024) · Post-COVID Architectural Ideas Competition (2020)