About me
Cynthia Ng Pak
Versatile Graphic Designer
Cynthia Ng was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She received a BA in Graphic Design from San Jose State University.
Cynthia’s creative steps began at the age of 9, when she won her first drawing contest award. From that point on, Cynthia dreamed to become an artist, which was partly influenced by her father’s artistic talent as a Chinese brush painter. Cynthia’s dream of being an artist changed during high school, when she started a graphic design internship with Japantown Art & Media Workshop. The internship made her realize that she had a passion to create corporate identities, by combining her background in illustration with her love for using computers.
Cynthia is a versatile graphic designer and illustrator with 10+ years experience in the fast-paced design industry with knowledge of print, web, flash, and various other media. She has extensive experience in working with financial and educational institutions. Cynthia specializes in corporate identity and enjoys working with Flash.
Cynthia’s interests include landscape photography, illustration, photography, tennis and Taekwondo. She admires the designers Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Raymond Loewry, and Josef Muller-Brockmann. The artists she admires most are Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Georgia O’keefe, and Georges Seurat.
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Technical Skills
Photoshop
Illustrator
Indesign
Dreamweaver
Flash
Acrobat
Work Experience
Present
Cushman & Wakefield
Graphic Designer
Created marketing materials including brochures, proposals, presentations, flyers, postcards, newsletters, and event invitations for brokers to promote their commercial property listings.
Jan 2019
JLL, San Francisco
Freelance Graphic Designer
Supported the San Francisco and Silicon Valley marketing team by designing business presentations, proposals, brochures, and other marketing materials to promote JLL property listings.
Dec 2017
Blue Shield of California, San Francisco
Freelance Production Designer
Designed and managed a wide variety of marketing-related collateral, including brochures, flyers, newsletters, presentation materials, and animated banner ads.
Sept 2016
Wells Fargo, San Francisco
Freelance Visual Designer
Created high-fidelity screen mock-ups for desktop and mobile, icons, specification documents, graphical assets, and presentations. Collaborated with Interaction Designers, Content Strategists, Producers, and Project Managers. I primary worked on the public website.
Feb 2016
Charles Schwab
Freelance Art Director
Designed responsive websites, landing pages, emails, and print collaterals.
Apr 2015
Robert Half International, Menlo Park
Graphic Designer
Designed print and web deliverables for internal clients. Worked on booklets,
brochures, white papers, point of view, flyers, static eBanners, and eblasts.
Assisted with training new production artist.
Clients: AccountTemps, OfficeTeam, Protiviti, The Creative Group
Dec 2011
Wells Fargo, San Francisco
Graphic Designer, Contractor
Designed invitations, brochures, and other marketing materials within brand standards for the Wealth Management Group, The Private Bank, and Family Wealth. Created detailed financial charts and graphs using Adobe Illustrator.
Feb 2011
KPMG, San Francisco
Graphic Designer, Contractor
Developed images used in a variety of creative projects, including advertisements, brochures, catalogs, direct mail, packaging, Powerpoint presentations, websites, and signage within extremely quick turnaround time. Also responsible for the design, layout and formatting of materials.
Clients: Bank of the West, Union Bank, HP, SunPower, Teradyne
Apr 2010
WestED, San Francisco
Graphic Artist
Illustrated storyboards and layout graphics for statewide assessment tests that are offered in Massachusetts, Kentucky, Washington, and other states.
May 2008
Charles Schwab, San Francisco
Production Artist, Contractor
Prepared files for print production and layout content using InDesign. Delivered highly detail-oriented work to meet rigid brand standards within a very short turnaround time. Updated content on company's website and create banners ads in Photoshop. Created detailed financial charts and graphs using Adobe Illustrator.
Apr 2007
Stanford University, Stanford
Graphic Artist
Designed interface and created over 300 illustrations and flash animations for the Education Program for Gifted Youth's interactive course exercises using Illustrator and Flash. I also used Audition and SoundForge to do sound editing.
Dec 2003
Artemia Communications, San Francisco
Design Intern
Assisted in creating advertisements, corporate identities, direct mail postcard, and corporate websites using Illustrator, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver.
Aug 2003
Strategement Inc., San Francisco, CA
Web Designer/Freelance
Created their corporate identity and produced e-commerce jewelry web templates for clients. Worked directly with the CEO and President.
Feb 2001
SJSU Career Center, San Jose
Graphic Artist
Assisted senior graphic artist in designing flyers and newsletter. Created graphics using Illustrator and Photoshop that were utilized on the Career Center's web site.
Education & Awards
B.A. Design Studies, Graphic Design
San Jose State University
Studied traditional graphic design, photography, web design, industrial design, and illustration.
Web Design Certificate
OpNet, San Francisco
Completed an eight week certificate web training program, courses included Project Management, Web Management, Optimization, and Scripting Languages.
Robert Half Earth Day Photo Contest
Awarded First Place in the Waterscape category.
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