Christina Yung

Boston, MA, USA
Professional designer with 6+ years of experience in print, branding, environmental graphics, web and app UI design.

Typography maven, color expert, multi-project juggler, production-savvy, quick learner. I spent 5 years in exhibit design but recently made the change to freelancing full time, with the goal of gaining a UI/UX position at a company. Freelance projects include branding, marketing, UI design, UX strategy, and web design.

Work Experience

Verndale

Web Designer

• Collaborates with Sr UX Designer and Sr Information Architect to create site interface designs in Photoshop
• Designs various marketing/promotional fliers, brochures, ads
April 2013 - Present Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Lyons Zaremba Inc.

Lead Graphic Designer

Develops complete interpretive graphic systems for educational exhibits (information panels, interactive elements, and environmental graphics). Collaborates with architects, fabricators, clients, and education specialists. Also involved in copywriting, photo research, illustration, promotional materials, and website maintenance. Manages multiple projects and deadlines. Negotiates photo contracts to be under budget.

Clients include: Oakland Zoo, GulfQuest Museum, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Houston Zoo, Zoo Miami, National Audubon Society.
May 2007 - January 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Softcafe LLC

Freelance Designer - MenuPro Templates

Creating templates for auto-populating menu software, illustrating graphic accents like borders and backgrounds.
November 2012 - Present United States

SkyNite Inc

UI/UX Designer

Designed user experience, interface, and identity for Privie, an iPhone app that helps you find the right nightclub/bar and explore the local night scene. Sketched wireframes, made mockups, created assets for developers.
June 2012 - October 2012 Medford, Massachusetts, United States

The Ad Club

Freelance Designer - HATCH Show

Layout and print production for 250-pg award show book.
July 2012 - September 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sweet Idea

Web Designer / Graphic Designer

Designed logo. Redesigned website with WordPress CMS. Created marketing materials like shirts, stickers, magnets.
March 2012 - May 2012 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

MIT Komaza

Freelance Designer

Lays out each issue, typically 2-4 issues per year. Also has role as copywriter and illustrator. Successfully meets short deadlines. Designed logo and visual identity for the magazine.
April 2009 - May 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

MIT Battlecode

Freelance Designer

Creates web graphics, promotional posters, t-shirts. Assists with in-game graphics. Acts as liaison between illustrator and client. Redesigned logo to look more polished and appropriate for a well-recognized, sponsored event.
December 2008 - January 2012 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Roll Barresi & Associates

Junior Designer

Created concepts for comprehensive signage systems, large-scale graphics, donor recognition and room identification for a variety of clients: universities, museums, shopping centers, public spaces. Prepared design drawings, contract documents, sign schedules, and sign location plans. Assembled client presentations and marketing documents.
August 2006 - May 2007 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Creative Portal

Graphic Design Intern

Assisted art director with projects including CD packaging, logos, promotional mailers, invitations, websites, and business collateral. Communicated with editors and clients regarding jobs, assisted with photography needs.
June 2004 - August 2004 Santa Monica, California, United States

Education

General Assembly

User Experience Design

Usability principles & testing, UX deliverables (wireframes, user flow, clickable drawings, prototypes)
Instructors: Dani Nordin, Emily Dunkle
January 2013 - April 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Massachusetts College Of Art And Design (MassArt)

Continuing Ed: Web Design 1 & 2

Wireframes, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, jQuery, Wordpress, Responsive Design, User Interfaces
Instructors: Pascal Rettig, Martha Rettig
September 2012 - April 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD)

BFA Graphic Design

Exhibit Design, Print Design, Typography, Silkscreen, Letterpress, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
September 2002 - May 2006 Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Languages

English (Native),
French (Conversational),

Skills

UI Design, Brand Identity, Environmental Graphics, Illustration, Information Graphics, Printed Materials, Typography, UX Design,

Published Work / Shows

Communicating Through Graphic Design - 2009
(Davis Publications: Claire Mowbray Golding, Kevin Gatta)
Interviewed and highlighted in a 2-page Career Profile for a graphic design textbook.

STEP Inside Design magazine - 2002
"Peter Halley" exhibit poster featured in article on design education.

AP Studio Art 2002 Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami, FL) & David J. Brodsky Gallery (Princeton, NJ)