Grace Ling 🐰 Email & Phone Number

Founded a community of 150,000+ creatives and making tech kawaii! Helping designers improve their skills and land jobs through community, events, hackathons, content, and more. 2.5 Million Instagram account! About: https://designbuddies.communityJoin: https://discord.gg/designbuddiesAlso Co-Founder of FluffleAI, your personalized design career roadmap. Sign up for our waitlist: https://www.earlycareer.ai/

• Founded a community with 150,000+ combined audience since April 2020 helping designers land jobs, improve their skills, and make friends• Led 100+ virtual events, some with 600+ in live attendance • Hosting in-person events with 5,000+ people in attendance • Manage social media - LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube• Designing marketing graphics and illustrations• Managing partnerships and sponsorships with companies such as Adobe, Figma, IDEO, Framer, Discord, Google UX Recruiting, Pinterest, LottieFiles, Wix, Spline, Bezi, Freepik, STUDIO, Dovetail, Learners, IEEE, Bravo Studio, Zeplin, Mural, Springboard, Product Buds, Readymag, Wonsulting, Bitesize UX, and more• Contributing to content strategy• Previously lead a team of 30 to develop brand, design products and graphics, build community, conduct research, and host events• Previously facilitated cross-functional collaborations between our product design, graphic design, events, public relations, and content teamWebsite: https://designbuddies.community/Join us: https://discord.gg/designbuddiesIf you're interested in partnering with us, please reach out at grace@designbuddies.communityPartnerships information: https://forms.gle/6nVjUHHBa3NgtsZHA

Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

• Creating written, photo, video, and illustration content on social media about tech, lifestyle, and design. I share shares stories, advice, and tools to help folks in tech grow in their careers and live a balanced life• Grew a combined following of 50,000+• Featured on New York Times Square, Wall Street Journal, KTSF News, KQED News, Discord, Santa Clara University, the San Jose Mercury News, and more• Partnering with software and lifestyle brands to create content• Conducted 100+ speaking engagements with audiences ranging from elementary schools to senior level professionals on topics relating to design, community building, career growth, networking, and personal branding.Public speaking: https://www.grace-ling.com/public-speakingPodcast Interviews: https://www.grace-ling.com/podcastsMedia features: https://www.grace-ling.com/media-and-publications

Sydney, Au

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Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Continuing designing products for creators and event attendees (EA Creator Network and Events)• Continuing collaborating on designs of product features for creators and events with designers, product managers, business partners, researchers, QA, engineering, and leadership• Scaled the EA Events tool to be able to create events across 3 different franchises in partnership with the franchise’s brand teams• Improving the design handoff process with engineering by creating clear design documentations and a shared component library. It has helped the development and QA team by reducing the number of tickets created• Co-created presentation and branding kits for the Central Technology Organization to help increase productivity. The deck includes 80+ templates, 60+ icons, and 50+ game IPs. We’ve also partnered with accessibility experts to ensure all assets pass accessibility standards.• Mentored a Product Manager intern

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Designing products for creators and event attendees (EA Creator Network and Events)• Collaborating on end-to-end designs of product features for creators and events with designers, product managers, business partners, researchers, QA, engineering, and leadership• Built design system foundations, components, and documentation• Designed experiences to enable employees to find help easier• Designed graphics and branding for employee resource groups and events• Created presentation kits for organization-wide all-hands meetingsEA Engagements• Speaker at 2 of EA's Next-Gen Talent Conferences - Winter 2021, Summer 2021• Speaker at EA's Intern Development Day - Summer 2021

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• Created wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and design systems of web and mobile interface designs for 5 million+ monthly users to find help• Conducted usability testing to validate designs• Designed branding and marketing assets for 15,000+ users

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Design and prototype high-fidelity mockups of mobile application in Figma based on user and market research• Collaborate with 4 other designers to ensure design consistency and flow between different parts of the application• Perform weekly team critiquesWebsite: https://www.opal-app.org/

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Lead and taught lab to 33 third and fourth year undergraduate bioengineering students in a weekly Biosignals lab (2 sessions/week).• Graded exams and homework for Biosignals class.

• Created a sole proprietorship for art and design, creating finished products using Illustrator and Photoshop.• Freelance and design original art products to sell online on Etsy and at conventions, leading to $4,000+ in revenues.Candyleaf Designs is an art business started by Grace Ling where she creates enamel pins, acrylic charms, and vinyl stickers inspired by science, desserts, and animals from her original artwork. Website: https://grace-ling.com/candyleafdesigns/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candyleaf_/Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Candyleaf

California, 94086, Us

• Conducted user research through surveying 50+ participants to design and present a simulation game for robotic surgery skill development, utilizing feedback to develop concept art and UX design, C# programming, 3D prototyping in Unity, and user testing.• Collaborated with 20+ stakeholders including surgeons, clinical development engineers, software engineers, firmware engineers, and CGI artists to generate the best outcome for my project goal then presented my project to the company.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Developing educational virtual reality experiences for SCU's biology curriculum with Professor Jim Grainger, Ph.D.• Modeling and simulating biological phenomena using Molecular Maya, ChimeraX, and Unity3D• Conducted tours in the virtual reality lab• Assisted students in using virtual reality development tools such as Maya and Unity

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Consistently upload notes every day after class.• Subject areas: Advanced Programming, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Cell and Molecular Engineering, Calculus and Analytic Geometry, Cultures and Ideas I: Friendship, Critical Thinking and Writing II: Science, Ethics, and Technology, Sociology, and Technical Communications

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Trained 20-25 hours a week to develop cardio and strength for running• Competed in a division 1 level• Participated in community volunteering events

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Researching on cellular exosomes for drug delivery applications with Professor Bill Lu, MD-PhD.• Received Kuehler Grant and Roelandts Grant funding• Co-author of several publications• Conduct experiments with mammalian and bacterial cell culture involving fluorescent imaging, passaging, transfection, exosome harvest, Hoechst nucleus staining, and Maxi preps• Use Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Powerpoint to create images of mammalian cells and schematics of biological mechanismsNews: • https://www.scu.edu/engineering/stories/engineering-news-fall-2017/delivering-the-goods.html

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Used ChemDraw to diagram molecular structures and chemical reaction schematics• Performed MacroCycle Synthesis• Conducted experiments with amino acid derivatives for pharmaceutical applications

• Developed character, story, and UX design using Photoshop, Maya, and Unreal Engine• Designed a full-cycle concept leading to awards, podcast interviews and video appearances, news and website features.Cell-fie is a biology-inspired virtual reality game with the objective of gamifying learning in biology and chemistry. It's target audience is middle and high school girls to inspire them to pursue a STEM career.Full Description: https://grace-ling.com/cell-fie/Awards:• Imagine That! Design Challenge AwardNews:• Virtual Biology (Featured on scu.edu in December 2017):https://www.scu.edu/news-and-events/feature-stories/the-trust-project/stories/virtual-biology.html• VR Meets Biology Meets Video Games: Introducing Cell-fie:https://medium.com/@SCUImaginarium/vr-meets-biology-meets-video-games-introducing-cell-fie-ca28dc65d783• The Talon: https://lahstalon.org/coming-up-steam-week-2019/Videos:Leveling Up – SCU 2019: Grace Ling:https://youtu.be/z20CV1z9RmA

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

• Educated 30+ middle and high school girls through a fellowship to make games using Unity, pixel art, and animations.• Mentored and created art for a group of girls as a lead instructor to create a visual novel about social media addiction.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Write and take photos about healthy food and lifestyle for the online publication• Attended weekly meetings to discuss writing ideas and plan eventsMy publications:http://spoonuniversity.com/author/glingscu/

Sunnyvale, California, Us

• Learned about theory and techniques of eastern medicine• Observed practices of eastern medicine• Connected with patients of all ages and ethnicities

• Create videos on life advice and vlogs with a target audience of runners and high school/college students.

• Managed social media to increase attendance at events• Planned and designed events that dispel racial stereotypes • Created a safe space for students to share experiences of feeling racially discriminated• Presented about current events and culture during weekly meetings

• Taught middle and high school math to students ages 6-17• Graded exams and homework• Motivated children to learn math by providing encouragement

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science And Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Bioengineering And Computer Science/Engineering, Gpa: 3.74/4.00

Diploma