nancy zuo

nancy zuo

multimedia designer in pittsburgh, she/her

About

i'm interested in games and stories that augment alternate states of the world, governance and economics in simulated worlds, human relationship to technology, and evolution alongside computers. i tell these stories through writing, videos, art pieces, and exhibitions.

Education

minor in human-computer interaction and design + sprinkles of philosophy and drama

magdalen college

tutorials in 'building virtual worlds' and 'digital relationships' in the oxford internet institute

Work Experience

2022 — Now

meet scientists, artists, and researchers and give them grants to let them do what they love outside school. putting them one step closer to freedom

2022 — 2022
pittsburgh, pa

conducted user study on assessing user perception of seed phrases in crypto wallet in professor jason hong's chimps lab, learned that people don't care about security until something goes wrong

2022 — 2022
seattle, wa

designed and prototyped the sharing experience of the ray bans stories smartglasses. imagined the future of sharing memories with others through a user’s eyes and realized the only users were rich people who recorded their kids with these glasses

2020 — 2021
pittsburgh, pa

updated blog and created monthly newsletter content for children's maker spaces, highlighting student projects and stories from each space, talked to some really nice educators

2020 — 2021
pittsburgh, pa

conducted note-taking study with professor danny oppenheimer to assess whether taking notes by hand or computer is more effective, learned that there will probably never be an answer

2020 — 2021
remote

remotely taught 70+ customized lessons in adobe cc, video editing, programming, and math. taught a kid how to photoshop a giraffe head onto a duck and another kid how to edit his screaming minecraft videos together

2021 — 2021
tempe, az

communicated across marketing, learning, and design teams to script, film, and edit video and podcast teaching content for state farm agents. created infographic and digital material to simplify claim filing process. realized insurance is the most boring industry to work in

Awards

2021

gladiator cat vr game to learn sign language

2021

social media but you scroll with your feet

2021

buff mushroom fitness game

Writing

2021

casual personal lowercase essays about my concerns with technology

Projects

2022

3d scanned, rigged, and animated clay people in the arhouse artist residency

Contact

Twitter
Substack
Youtube