# Dewen "Derek" Zhang

> Designer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/dewenderekzhang

Design generalist working with tech pioneers.

Portfolio of my old projects: https://derek-zhang.webflow.io/

## Work Experience
### Designer @ Nen Creative
Jan 2023 – Present

### Founding Designer @ Stealth
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Instructional Assistant @ California College of the Arts
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
- IA for all 4 sessions of MDes "IXDGR-6300 Prototyping" 
- Support 50+ graduate students with demo projects, programming tutoring, and project critique

### Hybrid Lab Monitor @ California College of the Arts
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Assist students with hardware and software components to bring their design concepts to life
- Troubleshoot electronics, HTML/CSS, Arduino, CircuitPython, JavaScript, etc. projects

### Founding Designer @ Topos
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
- The first designer, then design lead, focus on an in-person meetup organizer targeting Chinese gen z market
- Satisfy all design needs covering branding, marketing, product design, UX, and visual
- Advocate and conduct qualitative user research to inform product direction
- Secure seed round funding ($200K) and launch mobile app to both iOS and Android market

### Design Technologist Intern @ Futures @ Intuit
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
- Own research and experimentation focusing on goal setting and pre-trained language models
- Inform interaction pattern design and product strategy in the next 5-10 years

### Visual Designer @ TechX Academy
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Shanghai, China
- Participate in visual identity development for one of the biggest Chinese student technology summits
- Influence branding direction and produce cross-platform design assets

### Academic Lead @ TechX Academy
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Shanghai, China
- Supported courses about design principles
- Organized workshop on stop motion animation

### Graphic Design Intern @ Magic Mall (Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Beijing, China
- Designed marketing material and licensed product packaging for an Emmy Award-winning cartoon series


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Interaction Design, Minor in Computational Practice
California College of the Arts
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

### Beijing No.4 High School
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Rhode Island School of Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-dewen-zhang
- Website: https://derek-zhang.webflow.io/

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Last updated: 2026-04-07