Hey, I’m Yiran!
I’m a graphic designer specializing in brand identity design. I studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City as a BFA Design major.
And I have multidisciplinary working experiences in graphic design, marketing, event planning, curation, etc. with various exhibitions, organizations, and social experience.
Working Experience
AAAAH! Culture, New York — Partner (Sept 2023 - Present)
Kimber Health by NYWPG, New York — Marketing and Design Associate (May 2023 - Present)
ArtsBerry, New York — Marketing Strategist Intern (Jan 2022 - Oct 2022)
CheersYou International Consulting, New York — Design Assistant (Jan 2022 - Nov 2022)
WeDesign Group Inc., New York — Design and Marketing Intern (May 2021 - Aug 2021)
Tree Museum, Beijing — Design Intern (Dec 2020 - May 2021)
Today Art Museum, Beijing — Exhibition Intern (Jul 2019)
Social Experience
Z Community — Visual Editor (Jul 2020 - Oct 2020)
MeToo in China “ The Voiceless Rise Up”, New York — Curation and Exhibition Volunteer (Nov 2019)
Paradoxity NYC, New York — Exhibition Staff (Oct 2019)
Creative China Festival 2019 of Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation — Volunteer (Oct 2019)
Slow Design Pop-Up Show, New York — Exhibition Staff (Sep 2019)
LEAN IN Shandong — Designer (Feb 2018 - Jun 2018)
Exhibitions
Début 23 | 2023.03 - 05 New York
Omni Art Expo | 2021.07 - Shanghai
BFA Advertising & BFA Design: 2021 Spring Show | 2021.05 - 2021.06 - Online
In Solidarity: SVA Celebrates Its Asian and Asian American Communities | 2021.04 - 2021.05 - Online
CADA Design Memo | 2019.11 - New York
Leadership Experience
Interview with Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at School of Visual Arts: Meet BFA Design Student Yiran Sun in SVA’s New ‘Portraits of Identity’ Series (Jan 2023)
Associate Director Assistant for Orientation, School of Visual Arts (May 2022 - Sept 2022)
President of Chinese Students Organization of School of Visual Arts (May 2020 - Sept 2022)
Student Ambassador as Tour Guide and Front Desk Assist, School of Visual Arts (Feb 2020 - Present)
Student Center Staff, School of Visual Arts (Sept 2020 - Present)
Council Member of New York Chinese Young Leaders Association (Jul 2021 - Present)
Co-founder and Designer of Light Your Hope (Mar 2018 - May 2018)
Awards
Graduate with Honor at SVA | May 2023
Dean’s List High Herm honors at SVA | 2022 - 2023
Graphis New Talent 2022 Silver Award | 2022
Certificate of Talented by CADA | 2019
Dean’s List High Herm honors at SVA | 2019 - 2020
Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship of School of Visual Arts | 2018 - 2023