EXPERIENCE

Visual Designer: Ricoh / IKON | 2007-2022

  • Spearheaded branding of the online leadership learning newsletters, contributing to Ricoh being ranked in the “Training Top 125” companies in 2018 by Training Magazine

  • Created presentation templates, banners, social media images, and other visual assets for the International Women’s Day 2022 campaign (14,000 reach), receiving “The 2022 Diversity Impact Awards - Top 10 Diversity Action Award” by Global ERG Summit

  • Devised 200 issues of employee wellbeing email newsletters and built 35 employee learning and development sites

  • Simplified ordering processes by creating infographics, increasing business flow efficiency significantly

  • Modernized Sales Force Development Training with multimedia presentations to increase sales skills for new hire Reps

Freelance Graphic and Web Designer: Integrative Logic | 2005 - 2007

  • Creating layouts for Cetaphil’s monthly email blasts and seasonal promotions, significantly increasing unit sales by 40%

Senior Graphic Designer: Connecture / Simply Health | 2000 - 2005

  • Raised 60 million venture capital by collaborating with the sales team on business proposals and presentations

  • Led the UI/UX designs for the health insurance e-broker services sites

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University | 1995

Bachelor of Fine Arts, China Academy of Art | 1990

SKILLS

Adobe CC: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Acrobat, XD, Dreamweaver

MS Office: PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint

Web Development: HTML, CSS, Squarespace

Fine Arts: Painting, Illustration, Printmaking, Drawing, Photography, Book-designing

TEACHING

Artist-In-Residence and Instructor: Georgia College and State University | 1995 - 1996

Art history, art education, computer graphic design, and studio art

Associate Instructor: School of Fine Arts, Indiana University | 1992 - 1995

Art and Design courses, including drawing, color, book design, graphic design, photography, and 3D design

HONORS AND COLLECTIONS

1996 Portland Art Museum Collection, Three Prints, Portland, OR

1993 Doctoral Student Grant-In-Aid of Research Award, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Indiana University

1992 Starr Fellowship for International Scholarship and Students, Indiana University

1989 Honor Student Scholarship, First Prize Recipient at China Academy of Art

1988 International Arts Exhibition Collection, Woodcut “The Sun”, Ministry of Culture of P.R. China

1990 China Academy of Art Collection, Chinese Painting and Printmaking Departments

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

1997

  • Solo Exhibition at Kiang Gallery, Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA

  • International Print Exhibition, featuring artists’ work from 67 countries, Portland Art Museum, OR

1996

  • “Lili Zhu & Marc Snyder”, two-person show at Hanover College, IN

  • “Modern Chinese Printmaking Grand Exhibition”, Portland Art Museum, OR

1994

  • “Painting and Prints by Three Artists of a Chinese Family”, at John Waldron Art Center, IN

1988

  • “International Arts Exhibition 1988”, international traveling shows

  • “Chinese National Book-plates Print Exhibition”, traveling exhibition in P.R.China

  • “Zhejiang Province Book-plates Print Exhibition”, Zhejiang, P.R.China