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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Yanwen HuAbout Yanwen Hu : Yanwen is an award-winning designer specializing in user experience, data visualization and graphic design. When Yanwen served as a User Experience Designer at Conde Nast Digital, she worked on multiple global brands' website redesign projects, including Glamour, Conde Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Teen Vogue and Golf Digest. Those projects have been nominated by the Webby Awards in 2015 and 2016. Besides that, Yanwen’s design has been exhibited in New York and Beijing, China. Additionally, her work has been featured in various publications.
Now she serves as a jury member for CSS Design Awards 2017, 47th Creativity International Awards, and a mentor for NYC UXPA mentorship program.
Alibaba Group (current), Moda Operandi (former), Conde Nast (former)
EDUCATION:
2013, Communications Design, MFA, Pratt Institute, NEW YORK CITY/USA.
2011, Visual Communication Design, BA, Tsinghua University, BEIJING/CHINA.
EXPERIENCE:
2017-present, Lead User Experience Designer, Alibaba Group, CALIFORNIA/USA.
2015-2017, Senior User Experience Designer, Moda Operandi, NEW YORK/USA.
2013-2015, User Experience Designer, Conde Nast, NEW YORK/USA.
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2014, "Pending Exhibition," All Things Project Gallery, With 19 other designers, NEW YORK/USA.
2013, "This is Not Graphic Design," Pratt Manhattan Gallery, With 10 other Pratt Communications Design MFA students, NEW YORK/USA.
2011, "First China University Book Invitation Exhibition," with other designers, Artron Art Center, BEIJING/CHINA.
2010, "100 Public Poster Design Exhibition," with 99 other designers, Tsinghua University Art Museum, BEIJING/CHINA.
EVENTS:
2017, "NYC UXPA Mentorship Program," Mentor, NYC UXPA, NEW YORK/USA.
2010, “East Meets West Design Masters Conference," Translator, Tsinghua University the Academy of Arts and Design, BEIJING/CHINA.
AWARDS:
Past work for employers:
2016, Webby Awards, Best Website Sports Category Honoree: Golf Digest.
2015, Webby Awards, The Webby Fifty: Epicurious.
2015, Webby Awards, Best Website Food & Drinks Category People’s Voice Winner: Epicurious.
2015, Webby Awards, Best Website Travel Category Nominee: Conde Nast Traveler.
2015, Min’s Best of the Web & Digital Awards, New Site Finalist: Lipstick.com.
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2014, "Which Airline Has the Most Legroom? A Complete Guide," Conde Nast Traveler Site, NEW YORK/USA.
2011, "Visualizing 5000 Years History," Book Design, A3, BEIJING/CHINA.
2009, "Beijing Impression," Milk Magazine, Issue 47, HONG KONG/CHINA.
BOOKS:
2013, "Five Conversations on Graphic Design and Creative Writing," Pratt Institute Press, NEW YORK/USA, ISBN9780989067201.
2013, "Transform-Action: Adventures in the Realm of Transformation Design," Pratt Institute Press, Jean Brennan, Skyler Balbus, NEW YORK/USA, ISBN9780989067218.
2008, "Imagination is More Important Than Dictation," Liaoning Fine Arts Publishing House, Zhang Ge Ming, SHEN YANG/CHINA, ISBN9787531445067.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (Native), Chinese (Native)
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Adobe Photoshop, Expert.
Adobe Illustrator, Expert.
Adobe Indesign, Expert.
Adobe After Effects, Advanced.
Sketch, Expert.
Prototyping, Expert.
SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2010, “East Meets West Design Masters Conference," Tsinghua University the Academy of Arts and Design, BEIJING/CHINA.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
2017, UXPA (User Experience Professionals Association), NEW YORK/USA.
AIGA (The American Institute of Graphic Arts), USA.
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2017, CSS Design Awards.
2017, Creativity International Awards.
HOBBIES:
Reading, Painting, Tech Blog Writing
CLIENTELE:
Conde Nast: Glamour, Teen Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Self, W Magazine, Golf Digest, Details Magazine, Lucky Magazine
WEB SITE:
http://www.yanwenhu.com/
PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.yanwenhu.com/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2017-02-19 21:03:55
COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by Yanwen Hu
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Chinese History Infographic Book Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Category in 2016 Yanwen Hu for Yanwen Hu |
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Buddy Mobile App Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Mobile Technologies, Applications and Software Design Category in 2016 Yanwen Hu for Yanwen Hu |
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