Experience & background

Interfaces, identities,
and connected experiences.

San Diego-based product designer. Pursuing a master's in Interaction Design at ArtCenter since September 2026. UC San Diego ICAM graduate with a minor in Design.

Alvin Zhou

Jan 2026 - Present

Data Science Alliance

Creative Design Associate

Designed responsive web experiences across mobile, tablet, and desktop, translating stakeholder needs into production-ready Figma designs. Built reusable components, navigation patterns, and visual systems to improve consistency and support developer handoff. Collaborated with stakeholders and developers to refine user flows, information architecture, and interface decisions through iterative feedback. Additional work includes UI and sound design for an indie game, UI/UX for a mobile case manager, and public editorial design.

Aug 2025 - Apr 2026

Rill Insights and Design

Product & Brand Design Specialist

Original bird mark, identity family, public-facing assets, and business collateral.

Apr 2025 - Sep 2025

San Diego Design Week

Experience Designer (Brand & UX)

Expanded the winning identity into more than 60 visuals for web, social, signage, merchandise, awards, and event materials.

2025

UC San Diego

Instructional assistant / Design 100

Coached more than 80 participants through research, interface execution, critique, and usability testing.

2024

Superhuman Bikes

Graphic design intern

Marketing and product-adjacent graphics in a physical product context.

Education / Sep 2026 - Present

ArtCenter

Master's in Interaction Design.

Education / June 2026

UC San Diego

B.A. Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (ICAM), Minor in Design. GPA 3.9.

Full resume

Tools

Design
Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop

Prototyping and motion
Framer

Code
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python

Earlier experience

2023-2024 / Other People Magazine / Social media director. Editorial promotion systems, collaborations, and community-facing content.

2020 / LA Metro, TCAP / Graphic design intern. Team-based campaign graphics and stakeholder presentations.

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