Resumé - Sandy Hong

Sandy Hong-san Chen
www.sandychen.net | [email protected] | new york city
about
skills
experience
A passionate designer seeking to provide useful, beautiful and functional solutions.
• Experience with app, web, mobile, and responsive design.
• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Keynote and Powerpoint.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, Wordpress and PHP which helps derive logical design solutions
• Excellent organization and communication skills with ability to handle multiple projects.
• Mentor designers by discovering their individual strengths, as well as an empathetic approach.
• Active in digital photography, health-focused cooking, writing and crafting.
MOMENT | April 2013 – Current
Design Lead | December 2014 – Current
Leading groups of 2-4 designers to define project/product scope and budget in order to shape the
design paths and deliverables. Guiding and creative-directing designers to ensure high-quality and
innovative designs. Representing the design group for sales and business developement.
Senior Designer | April 2013 – November 2014
Working with principals to refine and define digital products. Collaborate with clients to uncover
opportunities for their audience through workshops and analysis. Perform design researches and
create systematic web and app interfaces. Leading the visual design practice by establishing
processes, mentoring designers and performing interviews. Clients include USA Today, NFL,
Sparta, JP Morgan, American Express, and Morgan Stanley.
BEHAVIOR DESIGN | May 2012 – March 2013
Freelance Visual Design Lead
Lead visual and interaction design to develop responsive design framework. The project required
excellent attention to details for the volume of content, innovation for responsive layouts, and logic
to deliver user-friendly and beautiful interfaces. Clients include Royce Funds and O’Connor’s.
BLOOMINGDALES | June 2011 – March 2012
Freelance Art Director
Worked directly with Creative, UX and Tech Leads to develop and launch the mobile site and
mobile app experiences on top of managing the overall functional and visual enhancements for
Bloomingdales.com.
RAZORFISH | March 2008 – May 2010
Designer
Responsible for supporting Art Directors and Creative Directors for design executions and
production. Interacted with project managers and various disciplines to determine creative needs
on projects. Clients include EMC, Siebel Energy Free Home, Prudential, Ford.com, Syncmyride.
com, Travel Channel, History.com and Billboard.com.
FEARLESS CONCEPTS | January 2006 – January 2008
Interactive Designer
Responsible for design and production of online marketing elements for clients including: Island
Def Jam Music Group, Perlier and Blue Note Records. Projects ranged from flash banners,
promotional video pages, newsletters, mini-sites and full artist sites.
education
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
MFA in Design + Technology, June 2005
AAS in Graphic Design, May 2003
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
BA in Economics and Business Administration, May 2001