Hi, I am Jia!

I’m a senior designer obsessed with telling intriguing stories in digital form. I’m all about pushing boundaries, crafting with relentless precision, and coming up with killer last-minute ideas. As a designer, I am constantly driven by a sense of curiosity and a desire to learn and discover new things. I am always seeking out new challenges and opportunities to push my skills and creativity to the next level.

Work Experience

Senior Designer

Front Row Group, Hamburg
March 2023 - present

Spearhead 20+ global projects, focusing on branding,storytelling, and mobile-first strategies, boostinge-commerce sales and traffic by 22% on average.

Deliver tailored design solutions by conducting UX researchand implementing UX/UI strategies. Lead and build designsystems, enhancing productivity by more than 10%.

Mentor 4 designers, revamp team workflows, and transitiontools from Adobe to Figma, enhancing efficiency.

Visual Designer

Talon.One, Berlin
October 2021 - March 2023

Designed and launched 15+ user-friendly websites andlanding pages using Figma, Webflow and Storyblok, improvinguser engagement metrics.

Produced high-impact illustrations, videos, and animations fordigtal media campaigns, boosting CTRs by 12% on average.

Fonder/Freelancer

Jiacheng.design, Berlin
February 2020 - October 2021

Designed and managed 10+ brand projects centered onvisual identity, brand communication, and innovativesolutions, including the award-winning HafenCity brandingproject (German Design Award) and Static Visual Identityproject (A’ Design Award).

Brand Designer

Brandway, Hamburg
February 2020 - April 2017

Delivered branding, UI, and packaging design projects forclients such as Staples Germany, Symrise, Brot für die Welt, andÄrzte ohne Grenzen, ensuring creative and impactful solutions.

Marketing Supervisor of Weibo Campus

Sina Internet Co., Ltd.  (Internship)
06.2012 - 03.2015

Led Weibo campus events, social media marketing, and product communication efforts.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts
International Brand Communication

Brand University of Applied Sciences; Hamburg, Germany
September 2015 - October 2017

Outstanding Students Awards 2016

Bachelor of Arts
Visual Communication Design

Zhejiang Sic-Tech University; Zhejiang, China
September 2011 - June 2015

Excellent Student Awards 2012-2015
‘Best of Best’ Graduates

Skills

Design

Illustration & Ul graphics • Strategy & vision presentations • User flows • Branding • Wireframes & mock ups with Figma & Illustrator • Motion design with Principle & After Effects • Style guides & pattern library

Collaboration

Organizing workshops • Facilitating design critique • Self Starter • Detail oriented • Flexible • Communicative

Languages

English (Fluent) • German (Intermediate) • Mandarin (Native)

AWARDS

A’ Design Award

Bronze Award- Statice Visual Identity
2021

German Design Award

Winner- HafenCity Hamburg Branding
2018

The 3rd Zhejiang Student Photography Contest

Third prize- ‘To the youth’- Series of photographs
2015

Certification, Exhibitions and Publication

User Experience & Interface Design

Certification
Experience Haus; London, UK
2023

Anthology of the International Brand Innovation Forum

Publication
China Academy of Art; China
2020

Excellent Communication Design

Exhibition
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
2018

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Exhibition
Hamburg
2017
Jia Cheng
Senior Designer