ABOUT
Jin Hsieh is an experienced Creative Designer with considerable experience of working in the marketing and advertising, particularly for fashion, food and restaurants industries, based in London.

Skilled in Brand Strategy, Project Planning, Graphic & Industrial Design, Typography, Event Planning, Curating.

Strong business development professional with an MFA focused in Fine Art from Kingston University London, a BA focused in Industrial & Commercial Design in Taiwan from Asia Eastern University and graduated from Graphic Arts Communication at Daan Vocational High School in Taiwan.
EDUCATIONS
2017-2019
MFA Fine Art

Kingston University London, United Kingdom
2007-2011
BA Industrial & Commercial Design

Asia Eastern University, Taiwan
2000-2003
Graphic Arts Communication

DA-AN Vocational High School, Taiwan
EXPERIENCES
2020 - 2021Graphic/UX/UI Designer
Kiat Lek Ka Catering Group | Taipei City, Taiwan
Planned and executed projects on start up brands JING XIANG delicious and Garaku Nabe hotpot restaurant.
As the in-house design leader, I designed and executed visual works on Posters, Booklets, Marketing Materials printable and digital,
UI/UX Design for E-Commerce, Product Photograph, Ads walls and art decorations for restaurants and so on, from sketches to final works.
To find out more please viewing attached portfolio. Interdepartmental communication and coordination.  
2013 - Present
Design Freelancer, Travel Columnist
Jin Studio
Freelancer at yesJin gallery online (www.yesjin007.com)
Taiwanese columnist on Apple Daily Taiwan (2018-2019) and Crossing. cw.com.tw (2015-Present).
2020 freelanced in Taitung Taiwan. Helped local businesses grow through marketing and design, including two murals for local shops. Participated art shows on Parallax Art Fair London 2016, Sunday Show in Townsvall Australia 2014.
Planned and directed First Show at 504 Gallery London 2019, including make graphic design for this show. 
2017 - 2019
MFA in Fine Art Study
Kingston University London
During MFA (Master of Fine Art) studying, I was in charge of graphic design making when the course needed. Posters and Social Media content for degree show fundraising and group shows. Those can be seen in the attached portfolio.
Wrote proposals to a local shopping mall for collaboration with art installations, utilised my design experience and skills to write plans and proposals.
Curated art shows help to design layouts when doing 2D or 3D design and encouraged them to think bigger.
2016 - 2018
Store Supervisor
Notes Coffee Roasters & Bars | London, UK
As a quick learner, I became a supervisor within three months of working here, meanwhile improving my English with native customers. Kept doing part-time here while studied MFA.
Management skills I learned here will help me organise workflow when doing a design job, Solved various customers’ needs and communications is a benefit to training creative thinking.
2011 - 2013
Fashion Creative Trainee Director
Eelin Entertainment | Taipei City, Taiwan
As a creative director trainee, I have developed an ability to collaborate with various talented people, communicating excellently in a group is extremely important. I also used this experience to develop my ability to judge aesthetics.
Organized and executed fashion shows for boutique brands like Burberry, Lonwe, Hublot, or motor brands such as Volkswagen. Directed performances and what I have seen and heard during this job helps me to rethink and plan when doing graphic design.
2010 - 2011
Account Executive
Chiun Feng Advertising Agency | Taipei City, Taiwan
In this job, I assisted on two major projects - commercial shoots and press conferences. As the role of the main window here, responsible for contacting customers, solving customer needs and writing proposals, contacting spokespersons and arranging advertising shooting time, creative ideas for advertising content, etc. This experience helped me to understand the process of the ad design project easily, and to communicate and coordinate with people in different departments to complete the task.
2008 - 2010
Product Designer
Xin Sheng Rubber Co., Ltd | Taipei City, Taiwan
This experience developed my ability to organize time properly and project management. In this position, I developed my own design, delegated works to RD team where is in China and supervised the development of products remotely.

Portfolio link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xinlz6oKzCvcfADr0XfEzzeJ6IRHlStf/view?usp=sharing
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