Shirong Gao

Graphic Designer, Illustrator

San Francisco, CA, USA

Work Experience

University Of California, Berkeley

Principal Designer

• Lead designer on Big Give (biggive.berkeley.edu), a major annual fundraising blitz that raised $5.5 million in 24 hours.

• Partnering with editors and fundraisers to create several successful philanthropy proposals garnering donations up to $50 million.

• Illustrating the Cal Bears stickers pack on the App Store and Google Play which had 1,500 installs on release and continues to receive over 650 installs monthly.

• Working in-house on a dedicated marketing and communications team that handles over 950 projects per year to raise money in support of the #1 public university in the world.
January 2015 - Berkeley, California, United States

Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator

January 2011 - December 2014

International Food Policy Research Institute

Graphic Designer

• Worked in-house within a branding and visual arts team to provide creative solutions and guidance for over 300 IFPRI employees domestically and internationally.

• Led a team of four to launch the first communications workshop which promoted our services and how researchers can leverage our creative expertise to get their message to the public and create impact. The success of this workshop gave rise to others that followed.
May 2008 - December 2010 District of Columbia, United States

Education

Academy Of Art University (AAU)

MFA, Illustration

January 2011 - December 2013 San Francisco, California, United States

University Of California - Los Angeles

BFA, Graphic Design

September 2001 - June 2005 Los Angeles, California, United States

Languages

English (Native),
Chinese (Conversational),
Japanese (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Charcoal, Communication Skills, CSS, Curious, Digital Painting, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, HTML, Illustration, Infographics, Ink, Letterpress, Mac/PC Proficient, Microsoft Office, Organized, Photography, Playful, Print, Printmaking, Procreate, Silkscreen, Sketch, Strategic, Video,