Michael K. Byun
Brand Experience Designer: Branding, Front-End Development, Design Research
Los Angeles, CA, USA
917-821-0609
www.michaelkbyun.com
Multi-cultural, Multi-perspective Brand Designer interested in the role of Emerging Tech in Brand Equity and Media Education in today's culture.
A fast adapter having moved around the world at an average rate of 1 city every 3 years. I'm a natural systems thinker and a visual communicator. Keen observer and designer in the sense of dynamically combining pieces of information to create value in brands. #Diversity, #Visual, #Future, #Emotions, #Thinking, #Dynamics, #Systems, #Technology, #Design are my keywords. Also passionate about educating and bonding with real people with real talk not only in products but within teams.
Visit https://www.michaelkbyun.com/ for the most recent designs and strategy work
A fast adapter having moved around the world at an average rate of 1 city every 3 years. I'm a natural systems thinker and a visual communicator. Keen observer and designer in the sense of dynamically combining pieces of information to create value in brands. #Diversity, #Visual, #Future, #Emotions, #Thinking, #Dynamics, #Systems, #Technology, #Design are my keywords. Also passionate about educating and bonding with real people with real talk not only in products but within teams.
Visit https://www.michaelkbyun.com/ for the most recent designs and strategy work
Work Experience
GHIMAD
Creative Director/Brand Experience Designer
•Oversee creative direction for projects in research & development, branding strategy, brand identities, visual (UI/UX) design, and web development.
•Manage a team from project conceptualization to product development, executing milestones while balancing team morale and collaborative environment.
•Strategize a roadmap of brand strategies in all customer-to-brand interaction touchpoints of client projects to boost brand equity including content strategy, social media marketing, and digital advertisement.
•Train and educate creative methodologies to ease the process in work organization, workflow, team collaboration and expanding of ideas.
•Manage a team from project conceptualization to product development, executing milestones while balancing team morale and collaborative environment.
•Strategize a roadmap of brand strategies in all customer-to-brand interaction touchpoints of client projects to boost brand equity including content strategy, social media marketing, and digital advertisement.
•Train and educate creative methodologies to ease the process in work organization, workflow, team collaboration and expanding of ideas.
December 2017
- Present
New York, United States
Independent Professional
Creative Director
•Revamp old website with new UI that carters towards the audience and rebranding its logo for the company’s new initiatives by assessing current work and interviewing staffs.
•Create, design, lead The New York Center web presence by modernizing and establishing the agency as a friendly, warm, and trustworthy brand amongst international students and other education agencies.
•Guided as a creative consultant for design assets and creative direction
•Create, design, lead The New York Center web presence by modernizing and establishing the agency as a friendly, warm, and trustworthy brand amongst international students and other education agencies.
•Guided as a creative consultant for design assets and creative direction
January 2017
- December 2017
New York, United States
NYU - Faculty Of Arts And Sciences
Lead Creative Designer
•Lead creative designer in the Biology Department’s rebranding initiatives including projects in brochure design, media templates and imaging with strong typography.
•Assessed and re-branded identity to provide refreshing and inviting graphics for the existing Ph.D. program brochure.
•Problem solving to find creative ways to increase awareness of the 2016 Biology Ph.D. Program by upgrading and modernizing the brochure layout and print design.
•Assessed and re-branded identity to provide refreshing and inviting graphics for the existing Ph.D. program brochure.
•Problem solving to find creative ways to increase awareness of the 2016 Biology Ph.D. Program by upgrading and modernizing the brochure layout and print design.
March 2016
- June 2016
New York, United States
SayCel LLC
Graphic Design Freelancer
•Interpreted existing data into visual components for marketing brochures to effectively summarize the company’s mission for creating cellular network for Nicaraguan towns.
•Collaborated directly with the Co-founder to increase outreach by 50% through the booklets.
•Collaborated directly with the Co-founder to increase outreach by 50% through the booklets.
February 2016
- March 2016
New York, United States
Soulincode Inc. - Poetics
Education R&D, Part-time Intern
-Researched Common Core Standards; researched 60+ prospective researchers to work with; organized objectives on google drive and slack for -grant filing and development of research methods
-Worked closely with the creative director / artist inputting a organizational structure on process and idea development
-Worked closely with the creative director / artist inputting a organizational structure on process and idea development
September 2015
- January 2016
New York, United States
Huree University
Multimedia Department Adjunct Professor
•Managed 200 students per week, teaching a total of 48 credits covering 33% of total classes.
•Analyzed syllabi for 7 classes in collaboration with the Multimedia Department Dean, re-created and updated course content to match current technology and design industry standards.
•Supervised 50% of the thesis student body as a thesis supervisor providing guidance in brainstorming, storyboarding, video-boarding, project reviews, and thesis writing.
•Analyzed syllabi for 7 classes in collaboration with the Multimedia Department Dean, re-created and updated course content to match current technology and design industry standards.
•Supervised 50% of the thesis student body as a thesis supervisor providing guidance in brainstorming, storyboarding, video-boarding, project reviews, and thesis writing.
September 2012
- June 2013
Mongolia
Education
New York University
Masters in Professional Studies
Masters Candidate in ITP
September 2013
- Present
New York, New York, United States
Hongik University: International School Of Advanced Studies
Masters in Digital Media Design
March 2010
- February 2012
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
University Of Michigan
Bachelors of Science in Architecture
Architecture Major
Music Minor
Music Minor
September 2003
- December 2008
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Korean (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),
French (Beginner),
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Autocad,
Blender,
Brainstorming,
Branding,
CSS3,
Design Research,
Doodling,
Graphic Design,
HTML5,
JavaScript,
JavaScript,
Jquery,
PHP,
Processing,
UX Design,