chenry@chenryhen.com
2733 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 3C
New York, New York 10039
917 / 755 / 3799
// EXPERIENCE //
June 2007 // Present
Designer/Project Leader
Alternatives
New York City, New York
Worked on projects spanning various industries—from cosmetics to synthetic insulation—and design fields such as branding, print, packaging, interactive media and retail displays.
May 2007
Design Intern
Hirst Pacific Ltd
New York, New York
Developed several box concepts for a successul bid to design the packaging for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill fragrances.
October 2005 // December 2005
Design Intern
826 Valencia
San Francisco, California
Designed promotional material for 826 Valencia workshops and events. Created layouts for workshop chapbooks and student newspapers and assisted McSweeney’s with its publications.
// EDUCATION //
September 2003 // December 2006
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Dean's List student. Coursework included identity systems, typography, font design, editorial graphics, package design, environmental design, interactive design.
Participated in the Art Center/INSEAD exchange program. Worked within mixed teams of MBA students and designers. Coursework included product design, innovation strategy, entrepreneurship, channel management, consumer behavior.
October 2001 // May 2002
University of California Extension
San Francisco, California
Studied package design and color theory.
September 1994 // April 1998
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Economics
Participated in the Stanford-in-Florence overseas study program.
// SKILLS //
- Technical skills: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Web development (HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript code using the jQuery library), Website content management systems (ModX, WordPress, Drupal and Indexhibit), After Effects, Final Cut Pro, QuarkXpress, Google SketchUp, MySql
- Typesetting and letterpress experience
- Languages: basic Mandarin Chinese and basic Italian
// INTERESTS //
- Urban design and revitalization
- Natural history and cryptozoology
- Rules systems for games
- Social dancing, primarily swing and tango