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

Lead and manage visual projects by providing design guidance to clients and creating visually captivating designs across multiple platforms, with a specialization in branding.

Offer strategic design direction and creative solutions that address business challenges and user needs, with a particular focus on UX/UI design.

Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a collaborative and creative work environment.

Visual Designer

Talon.One, Berlin
October 2021 - March 2023

Designed and developed visually captivating and user-friendly websites and landing pages using Figma and Webflow.

Created engaging illustrations, graphics, videos, and animations for websites, social media, paid advertising campaigns, and events.

Fonder/Freelancer

Jiacheng.design, Berlin
February 2020 - October 2021

Designed and Managed various brand design projects focused
on visual identity, illustrations, and storytelling. The HafenCity branding project won the German Design Award, and the Static Visual Identity  project received the A' Design Award.

Brand Designer

Brandway, Hamburg
February 2020 - April 2017

Collaborated with the consulting team on diverse brand design projects, including branding, illustrations, UI, and packaging for clients like Staples Germany, Symrise, Brot für die Welt, and Ärzte ohne Grenzen.

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