# Dean Zuk Young > Creative Director / Art Director • Contemporary Artist • UX/UI Designer & Researcher Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/deanzukyoung AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENTS: • UX/UI design • UX/UI research • Creative Direction • Art Direction / Graphic Design • Branding / Advertising • Ideation / Conceptual Design • Arts Commissions In addition to being an award-winning designer and creative director, Dean is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist. Drawing from his lifelong study of history, psychology, and classical literature, together with his passionate curiosity to ask “what if?”, “why not?”, and “can I?”, Dean fashions original abstract paintings of both meticulous layering and whimsical freeform creativity. Dean’s west coast studio is in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, CA (Jan 2019-present). Dean’s east coast studio was housed in New Rochelle, NY (July 2015-Dec 2018). ## Work Experience ### Designer (UX/UI, design, research) • Content Creator (socials, AI) @ Independent Consultant Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco, CA, United States Launched an independent, creative design consultancy in San Francisco in 2019. Offer clients a range of brand transformation and marketing design services, both on-site and remotely, including: ► UI/UX DESIGN & WRITING: share expertise and creative vision to dramatically enhance brand messaging, user flows/engagement, and overall performance ► IDEA GENERATION: bringing to life visceral, human-centered concepts, designs, and executions that take customer satisfaction, recall, and conversion rates to new levels of success ► BRANDING: brainstorm and produce dynamic creative for consumer and B2B marketing, including ad campaigns, visual identity, collateral, logos, presentations, emails, and other visual design assets ### Multidisciplinary Artist @ dzuk Jan 2015 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States In addition to being an award-winning designer and creative director, Dean is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist. Drawing from his lifelong study of history, psychology, and classical literature, together with his passionate curiosity to ask “what if?”, “why not?”, and “can I?”, Dean fashions original abstract paintings of both meticulous layering and whimsical freeform creativity. Dean’s west coast studio is in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, CA (Jan 2019-present). Dean’s east coast studio was housed in New Rochelle, NY (July 2015-Dec 2018). ### Content UX Lead @ Novant Health Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States ### UI/UX Lead @ BluePallet Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas, United States ### UI/UX Designer, Writer & Researcher @ Confidently Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States ► UI/UX Creative Lead, leading design, writing, and research for company's product launch, website design, dashboard implementation, and user acquisition campaigns ► Designed and A/B tested new customer "Privacy Dashboard," "Risk Assessment Gauge," and "Breach Alert" pages ► Delivered recommendations and iterated content for 3 user acquisition flows, which increased base conversion rates by between 14-25% across the three flows; Premium Subscription conversion rates have gone up 6-12% as well ### UI/UX Designer & Researcher @ Documate Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Los Angeles, California, United States ► Brought in by the founder in the contract role of UI/UX Designer & creative team lead ► Achieved marked improvements in UX for the company’s core segments “The Perceptive Professionals” (paralegals & independent law firms) ► Redesigned the on-boarding flow to be more intuitive, boosting usability and retention, as well as reducing customer service calls (-40%) ► The improvements slashed Documate’s operating costs (-15%) and increased user satisfaction (+33%) ### UI/UX Designer & Visual Designer @ Poshmark Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Redwood City, California, United States ► Contracted as Brand Visual Consultant and UI/UX Designer for the #1 site to buy and sell fashion ► Designed and rolled out a highly successful Summer Sweepstakes social media and email campaign: • The campaign netted Month over Month (MoM) increases of 5.31% for Open Rate (OR) and 7.13% in Click to Open Rate (CTO), with 37K+ lapsed buyers converting to active over a four-week span • Sellers Gross Merchandise Volume went up by over $3.1M ► Created multiple assets for Poshmark Men, a sub-brand targeting core male users: • Assets included a Style Report blog, social media collateral, email campaigns, and promotional tie-ins with NBA player-influencers such as Lebron James, Stephen Curry, and James Harden • Achieved MoM increases of 5.62% for OR and 7.35% for CTO ### Creative | VP Associate Creative Director @ Harrison and Star Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | New York, New York, United States Acted as the driving force behind a team of 10 professionals, delivering creative assets for 5 brands as part of the Novartis Oncology global product line ($20M+ brand portfolio): ► Spearheaded the transformation of each strategic brand vision into user-centric solutions across both digital and traditional marketing channels, that saw marked improvements in brand performance and revenue, including the most successful category launch (570% to goal) ► Made major contributions to the creative aspects of multiple winning client pitches, capturing $10 M+ in new projects. ► Played a key role in hiring and professionally developing several direct reports, that eventually moved into senior-level roles. ► Won awards, made money for agency and clients, had a great time ### Creative | VP Group Art Supervisor (promoted twice @ Area23) @ Area 23 Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | New York, New York, United States ► Creative Lead overseeing team of 4 designers and 3 copywriters, creating digital, video, and print assets for Merck's U.S. allergy portfolio ($5M+ portfolio) and Boehringer Ingelheim's global Jardiance brands ($10M+ portfolio) ► Assumed full ownership of creative assets driving B2C and B2B product launches across digital and traditional channels reaching markets in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Canada, and Mexico ► Led the creative portion of a winning, $3M pitch and managed 10 teams of designers/copywriters through all project phases ► Won awards, made money for agency and clients, had a great time ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Major: Advertising, Minor: Marketing University of Florida ### Diploma: Art Direction The Creative Circus ### Diploma: User Experience Design Immersive (UXDI) General Assembly ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/deanzuk - Portfolio: https://deanzuk.myportfolio.com - Portfolio: https://poshmark.com - Portfolio: https://www.area23hc.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/deanzukyoung JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/deanzukyoung/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-25