Maya Chen

Designing for IoT features on the Meraki Mobile App. Brought efficient and lean design value to the team, which resulted in successful handoff of sweeping new features in under 60 days.

From summer intern to lead designer, I led a sweeping rebrand initiative; leveraged Figma, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator to ship new web, brand, and marketing assets for widespread external and internal use.

Partnered with the Queer Arts Center to help improve tech literacy for the East Bay black-trans community. The project received a donation of over 20 laptops from Slack. Worked in a diverse, multi-disciplinary project team to build an end-to-end web product for a startup in the SF/Bay Area. Involved in key initiatives to enhance the organization's outward-facing visual presence, such as its brand identity, website graphics, and apparel design.

Advocate, mentor, and communicator for my design org of 30+ members during the unprecedented first fully-remote semester after the start of the pandemic. Facilitated club-wide workshops, hosted guest speakers from various industries, and planned the end-of-semester showcase.

Drove the website and portal design for Climate Donor, a non-profit platform publicizing climate change and species mitigation projects. Helped build and maintain the design system. Created user flows and site architecture diagrams. Translated design team and client feedback into robust interactive prototypes in Figma.

• In charge of external affairs, organizing important club-related events, and official liaison to Cal Sport Clubs. • Led team of tournament directors for several nation-wide badminton competitions, and subsequently raised thousands of dollars through player attendance. • Designed team apparel such as sweaters and t-shirts, made promotional flyers for club fairs/hosted events. • Volunteer coach for the 2019-2020 competitive season.

• Was responsible for the page design and formatting for a full story (3 spreads) in BARE's semesterly publication. • Worked with the Layout Director and Editor-in-Chief to generate new typographic and photographic outlines for the magazine. • Created and presented re-designs and mood boards for the Layout team.