# Iris Fung > Product Design + Scientific Visual Design Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/irisfung I am a curious and empathetic designer enthusiastic about driving tangible improvements for users. I'm open to opportunities at healthcare and research companies that are positively impacting the future of our world - and I love working with scientists! I have been practicing design thinking at different organizations in the research and healthcare space over the past couple years. In my most recent role at Genentech, I helped build organizational-wide empathy for patients, health care providers, and care partners. I have also continued my freelance illustration work, designing technical scientific communication pieces for clients such as Nature magazine and the Broad Institute. It's a joy to partner with scientists and design visual assets to communicate their body of work. See my portfolio of work at irisfung.com ## Work Experience ### Product Designer @ Plasmidsaurus Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area ### Freelance Scientific Visual Designer @ Unknown Jan 2015 – Present Clients include Stripe, Asimov, MIT, UCSF, Stanford, and Dana-Farber. ### Creative Director @ Arcadia Science Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 • Led company narrative definition process to define target audiences and inform copy, outreach, and marketing strategies across platforms • Created a cohesive, self-serve asset library of templated data figures, poster layouts, decks, and external visual assets. Built to accommodate the complex and boundary-pushing needs of scientists ### Design Researcher + Project Manager @ Genentech Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 • Championed accessibility improvements for 27 drug brand websites. Provided design expertise as guardrails for implementation vendor partners • Helped established first iteration of design research workflow for new $11M facility as part of Genentech’s investment in patient-centricity • Managed discovery-phased project to understand MS patients’ motivations and goals around financial planning ### Customer Marketing - Public Advocacy Lead @ Benchling Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 • Establish a Customer Marketing team by expanding my personal customer marketing focus within a generalized team into a standalone customer marketing group. • Shine a spotlight on our customers' stories by establishing strategic partnerships with key accounts and sharing mutually beneficial opportunities with Benchling advocates. • Drive Small and Midsized business pipeline by sharing segment-tailored, vertical-specific customer narratives in the form of written and film content. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Field, Sales, and Customer Experience teams to create the most optimal co-marketing experience for customers. ### Product Design - Rotation @ Benchling Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 • Drove definition, development, and delivery of DNA tools aiding scientists in collaborative DNA manipulation ### Marketing Associate @ Benchling Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 ### Business & Design Associate @ NeuroDex Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Natick, MA Assist in grant writing, key collaborator and funding partner communications, and business development for this small Alzheimer's startup. Responsible for branding, design and creation of all print and digital media. ### Project Manager, DepMap @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Boston • Retained ten consortia partners; responsible for communications, risk management, and milestone tracking for each $1.5M partner. • Develop consistent system for all external facing facets of DepMap, including branding and marketing materials, social media presence, and public messaging. • Founded PM Buddies program to support PM-type roles. ### Senior Project Coordinator, DepMap @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, MA • Achieved alignment on single-source-of-truth tracking of samples across 7 teams running a 2-year production pipeline, enabling increased efficiency in core operational processes • Implemented structure for quarterly public data releases, which packaged genetic perturbation and genomic data of >600 cell lines produced by 30+ team members and shared with the greater scientific community • Was named a "Broad Award of Excellence: In Support of Science" recipientDec 2018 ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA • Researched gene-targeted therapies for lung carcinoma by focusing on characterization of the RIT1 gene through functional assays. ### Graphic Designer @ MIT Office of Digital Learning Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, MA • Designed materials for raising capital, driving traffic, and increasing membership for various programs within MIT ODL. • Created effective promotional assets for the past four external fundraising campaigns. ### Medical Illustration Intern @ NEJM Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Boston, MA • Assisted in the production of print illustration and educational QuickTake videos ### i.am.angel Intern @ i.am+ Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Los Angeles, CA • Designed and began implementation of a strategy for robotics to gain recognition as a high school sport in California. • Worked with inner city students and teachers in Boyle Heights on integrating STEM into curriculum and participating in FIRST Robotics for hands-on STEM experience. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology Centre Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 • Researched stem cell morphology and extracellular matrix organization in the Biosystems and Micromechanics group. ## Education ### B. S. in Biology, Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/irisfung - Website: https://irisfung.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/irisfung JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/irisfung/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05