Maya Chen

Maya Chen

Designer in San Francisco

About

I look for ways to empower and unite communities through design.
Currently exploring design futures at Berkeley MDes 🟦

Contact

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Work Experience

2022 — 2022
UX Design Intern at Cisco Meraki
San Francisco, CA

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.

2021 — 2022
San Francisco

From summer intern to principal 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.

Transformed SVI’s image into a dynamic and capable technology consulting firm, driving up customer engagement and client deals. Received unanimous positive feedback from senior designers, PMs, engineers, and company leaders; was promoted after the summer.

2021 — 2021
San Francisco

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.

2020 — 2021
Berkeley, CA

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.

Spearheaded graphic design curriculum development. Held workshops and office hours for QAC members interested in entrepreneurship and self-branding.

Volunteering

2020 — 2021
Berkeley, CA

A(n) advocate, mentor, and communicator for my club of 30+ members. In action, my responsibilities included facilitating club-wide workshops, overseeing the schedule, and planning the end-of-semester showcase.

2020 — 2020
Berkeley, CA

Oversaw the creation and organization of content for our brand new website, including writing Medium articles.
Among a group of artists who produced original artwork to be used site-wide.

Side Projects

2019

An original magazine featuring my photography and writing.

Writing

2022

Ramblings between a daughter and her father

2022

A piece of writing I did for my Design Frameworks class this semester. I reflect on what it means to be a designer.

2022

A piece of writing I did for my Design Frameworks class this semester.

Education

2021 — Now
Berkeley, CA

Cohort 2 of Berkeley's MDes program
MDes Distinguished Scholar Award

2017 — 2021
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

B.A. Cognitive Science
Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation

2013 — 2017
Shanghai High School International Division
Shanghai, China

Class of 2017 Valedictorian
Captain of Varsity Badminton Team