# Junyan Du

> Product Designer, Toy Designer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/junyan

Hi, I'm Jenny, a blue-sky thinker with strong technical skills. I aim to create playful, high-spirited products that connect people of all ages.

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ CrunchLabs
Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Design and Prototype Co-op @ E-liza Dolls
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Berkeley, California, United States
• Designed and prototyped cross-gender STEM Educational dolls, utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, and 3D modeling software.
• Collaborated with designers and finance team to align product strategies and researched market trends.
• Partnered with engineers for DFM, ensuring product manufacturability while maintaining design aesthetics.

### Toy Design Lead Instructor @ DesignX
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Los Altos, California, United States
• Led Soft Toy Design classes for children aged 4-10, teaching design, fabric cutting, sewing, and exhibiting.
• Co-developed Toy Design curriculum, conducted trainings, and managed classroom activities.

### Product and Industrial Designer @ RISD Rover
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Worked as a designer on the RISD Rover team in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Co-produced CAD models for carbon fiber seating design.

### Product Design Co-op (Peppa Pig) @ Hasbro
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
- Conducted multiple 2024 product designs that started from competitor research, to brainstorming sketches, physical prototype building, and presentation to the marketing and E-One group.
- Closely worked with engineers on factors regarding product mechanism, cost, quality assessment, and packaging.

### Creative Technology Resident @ The GIANT Room
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
- Developed and taught STEAM workshops to children (ages 5-12) about coding, design, model-making, etc.

### Product Designer and Developer @ Design for America
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Curated an exhibition and workshops about sustainable textile with artists and scientists from the ATW80 Fabrics.

### Educational Design Intern @ Power Station of Art
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | China, shanghai
- Led the design team of the “Tree, tree” exhibition toy sets, which were certificated by the Fondation Cartier to go on museum stores for sale.
- Organized five educational Art&Design events about nature and environment for kids, involving more than 150 families.
- Collaborated with FUJIFILM for photography camps for teenagers, and curated a photography show based on the outcomes of all attendees.

### Lighting Designer @ Greenland Holding Group Company Limited
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Guangzhou, China
- Designed lighting and interactive installations for the Guangzhou Greenland Center, program tendered by Greenland Holdings Corp., Ltd (top state-owned enterprise in China).
- Project involved 3D modeling, UIUX design, and lighting material study.

### Product Design/Illustration Intern @ Shanghai Jiayuan Industry Co., Ltd.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Shanghai, China
- Designed products including makeup bags, rugs, curtains, and products were sold in the online store and gained more than 250,000 followers.
- Explored pattern design for different materials and collaborated with factories for environmentally friendly production.

### Lighting/Interactive Designer @ Kunming Nuoshida Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Designed lighting installations for the South Asia No.1 Center, which covered an area larger than 46.8 acres.
- Entire design plan had been finalized and constructed, with a payment of 125,000 USD to the whole team.

### Branding Designer @ Creative Shelter Shanghai
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Shanghai, China
- Produced Graphic Design (videos, logo, posters, articles) about brand identity, product design, and event layouts.


## Education
### Master of Design in Product Design
University of California, Berkeley

### Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design
Rhode Island School of Design

### Cross Registration in Computer Science; Neuroscience
Brown University

### High School Diploma in IBDP
Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School

### Summer Program in Industrial Design
Pratt Institute


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jenny-dujunyan
- Portfolio: https://jennydu.space

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Last updated: 2026-04-13