Understanding client’s background, vision, stakeholders, targeted audience, and vision
Strategizing, conceiving, overseeing, and producing a wide range of creative products
Developing unique and consistent branding across a range of materials
Managing design projects and supervising designers and art directors
Researching and developing knowledge of emerging and state-of-the-art technologies to meet project needs
Incorporating best practices, processes, and procedures
Developing culturally sensitive and culturally relevant designs; creating multilingual products
Preparing and managing budgets
Digital and software skills: Adobe (After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premier Pro), Final Cut Pro, HTML, project management systems (Basecamp, RoboHead), WordPress
Language skills: English, Mandarin, Cantonese
M.F.A., Integrated Design, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 2016
B.S., cum laude, Corporate Communications, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 2008
Diploma, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, 1994
November 2014 – May 2018: Palladian Partners (Silver Spring, MD), Senior Art Director
July – November 2014: Discovery Communications (Silver Spring, MD), Senior Designer/Art Director
March – July 2014: Center for Applied Linguistics (Washington, DC): Senior Designer
July 2011 – February 2014: International Arts & Artists (Washington, DC): Design Studio Director
September 2009 – June 2010: KTD Creative (Washington, DC), Intern
August 2006 – May 2011: University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD): Graduate Assistant
December 2000 – January 2006: eadc (Singapore), Co-founder and Director
2002 – 2007: WOMAD Projects Singapore (Singapore), Operations Manager
July 1994 – November 2000: Singapore Armed Forces (Singapore), Army Officer
2 Platinum, 2 Gold and 1 Honorable Mention, AVA Digital Awards, 2018
2 Bronze Awards, Vega Digital Awards, 2017
1 Gold Award, Hermes Creative Award, 2017
1 Bronze Award, 38th Telly Awards, 2017
1 Platinum and 2 Honorable Mentions, dotCoMM Awards, 2017
3 Award of Distinction, The Communicator Awards, 2017
1 Silver, 1 Bronze and 1 Merit Award, Digital Health Awards, 2017
2 Award Winner awards, Graphic Design USA, Health + Wellness Design Award, 2017
1 Award Winner award, Graphic Design USA, American Web Design Award, 2017
1 Bronze Award, Vega Digital Awards, 2016
5 Award Winner awards, Graphic Design USA, Health + Wellness Design Award, 2016
1 Silver Award, 11th Annual W³ Awards, 2016
1 Honorable Mention, MarCom Awards 2016
2 Award of Distinction awards, The Communicator Awards, 2016
3 Award Winner awards, Graphic Design USA, Health + Wellness Design Award, 2015
Silver Award and 5 Honorable Mentions, Creativity Awards, 2013
Award Winner, Creative Quarterly, 2012
2 Silver Awards and Honorable Mention, Creativity Awards, 2012
Gold Award, Graphis New Talent Annual, 2011
2 First Place and 1 Third Place, International Design Awards, 2010
Excellence Award, UCDA Design Competition, 2010
Silver Award and Honorable Mention, Creativity Awards, 2010
2 Award Winner awards, Graphic Design USA, American Inhouse Design Awards, 2010
3 Merit Awards, AIGA/Flux Student Design Competition, 2010
2 Runner Up awards, Creative Quarterly, 2010
Award Winner, American Graphic Design USA, American Inhouse Design Awards, 2009
Second Place and Third Place, American Design Awards, 2009
2 Merit Awards, AIGA/Flux Student Design Competition, 2009
2 Honorable Mentions, Creativity Awards, 2009
Award Winner, Good Design, 2007
Gold Award, American Design Awards, 2005
Standard of Excellence, Web Marketing Association WebAwards, 2005
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