Vannessa Wong
New Member Design & Business Education TA at Design Consulting at Cornell- Claim this Profile
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Cantonese Limited working proficiency
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Mandarin Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Explorations into Mindfulness
IBMAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
IBM Accelerate Design
IBMAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Job Application Essentials
IBMAug, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Enterprise Design Thinking Practioner
IBMJun, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
IRB Training
CITI ProgramAug, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Design Consulting at Cornell
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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New Member Design & Business Education TA
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Sep 2023 - Present
Working with a NME team of 4 to build a curriculum surrounding design education with concepts such as ideation, data analysis, persona building, interaction designing and whiteboard workshops to build their design career. Helping students in office hours about how to navigate career development with introduction in cold emailing, cover letters, interview practice, technical interview practice, resume polish and portfolio progress. Will hold a lecture on self-branding and identity… Show more Working with a NME team of 4 to build a curriculum surrounding design education with concepts such as ideation, data analysis, persona building, interaction designing and whiteboard workshops to build their design career. Helping students in office hours about how to navigate career development with introduction in cold emailing, cover letters, interview practice, technical interview practice, resume polish and portfolio progress. Will hold a lecture on self-branding and identity, portfolio creation, portfolio presentation and storytelling. Show less Working with a NME team of 4 to build a curriculum surrounding design education with concepts such as ideation, data analysis, persona building, interaction designing and whiteboard workshops to build their design career. Helping students in office hours about how to navigate career development with introduction in cold emailing, cover letters, interview practice, technical interview practice, resume polish and portfolio progress. Will hold a lecture on self-branding and identity… Show more Working with a NME team of 4 to build a curriculum surrounding design education with concepts such as ideation, data analysis, persona building, interaction designing and whiteboard workshops to build their design career. Helping students in office hours about how to navigate career development with introduction in cold emailing, cover letters, interview practice, technical interview practice, resume polish and portfolio progress. Will hold a lecture on self-branding and identity, portfolio creation, portfolio presentation and storytelling. Show less
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Cornell Design & Tech Initiative
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Designer
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Sep 2023 - Present
Attending weekly critique groups, 1:1 mentorship, outreach for design and designing products for the Cornell community. Participating in community building and mentorship as a Little in Delta Tau Iota, chapter Zeta. Attending weekly critique groups, 1:1 mentorship, outreach for design and designing products for the Cornell community. Participating in community building and mentorship as a Little in Delta Tau Iota, chapter Zeta.
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Women In Computing At Cornell
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mentor
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Sep 2023 - Present
Mentoring students about Cornell culture, CIS student life and helping them integrate into the Cornell community in bi-weekly meetings and socials.
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Active Member
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Jan 2022 - Present
Actively contributing to the Women in Computing community by engaging with other students, community events and learning from others and their academic journeys.
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Volunteer-Girls Who Code
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Mar 2022 - May 2022
Helped mentor young students of elementary-middle school level years the fundamentals in Javascript through Splash!at Cornell.
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Cornell University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Management in Videogames Researcher (ENGRC 3340)
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May 2023 - Present
Independently studying PM principles to apply to a semester-long paper. Organizing resources and compiling an annotated bibliography. Interviewing 10+industry leaders and student teams, synthesizing their leadership experience.
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Teaching Assistant for Human-Computer Interaction Design (INFO 3450)
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May 2023 - Present
Independently reviewing HCI, the overall design process and heuristic evaluations to ensure quality mentorship in the fall.
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UX Designer (Jur)
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Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Iterated screens, logo, landing and login page for an incoming startup e-commerce platform called Jur. Worked with a team of 2 other designers to create the mockups for the visual design. Met with management and the design team biweekly for updates on design and improvements to be made.
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Project Manager (BubbleBound) (INFO 3152)
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Jan 2023 - May 2023
Co-managed a team of 8 with bi-weekly deliverables. Facilitated and reviewed documentation needed for our metroidvania x platformer game, BubbleBound. Established and maintained communication with professors with regular updates and meetings. Organizing branding and advertising material for BubbleBound in merchandise, trailer-making and co-conceptualized the game manual.
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Work With Indies
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United States
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Narrative Writer
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Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Working with a team of 6 writers in the Interactive Writing Circle of varying experiences to write individual interaction fiction games online under a mentor on Texturewriter. To be submitted to IFComp, or the 2023 Interactive Fiction Competition. Working with a team of 6 writers in the Interactive Writing Circle of varying experiences to write individual interaction fiction games online under a mentor on Texturewriter. To be submitted to IFComp, or the 2023 Interactive Fiction Competition.
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IBM
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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IBM Accelerate - Design
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May 2023 - Oct 2023
Actively learning about defining design, visual design, inclusive design, storytelling, UX and UXR at an enterprise-scale in an 8 week program. Engaging and networking with the other 5 cohorts totaling 500 students in total and working closely with a team of 10 under an IBM Design coach in the design cohort. Optimizing foundational career skills by networking with other students and IBMers, resume and portfolio shaping, and actively participating in discussions about the workplace and… Show more Actively learning about defining design, visual design, inclusive design, storytelling, UX and UXR at an enterprise-scale in an 8 week program. Engaging and networking with the other 5 cohorts totaling 500 students in total and working closely with a team of 10 under an IBM Design coach in the design cohort. Optimizing foundational career skills by networking with other students and IBMers, resume and portfolio shaping, and actively participating in discussions about the workplace and growth mindsets. Show less Actively learning about defining design, visual design, inclusive design, storytelling, UX and UXR at an enterprise-scale in an 8 week program. Engaging and networking with the other 5 cohorts totaling 500 students in total and working closely with a team of 10 under an IBM Design coach in the design cohort. Optimizing foundational career skills by networking with other students and IBMers, resume and portfolio shaping, and actively participating in discussions about the workplace and… Show more Actively learning about defining design, visual design, inclusive design, storytelling, UX and UXR at an enterprise-scale in an 8 week program. Engaging and networking with the other 5 cohorts totaling 500 students in total and working closely with a team of 10 under an IBM Design coach in the design cohort. Optimizing foundational career skills by networking with other students and IBMers, resume and portfolio shaping, and actively participating in discussions about the workplace and growth mindsets. Show less
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AI-Learners
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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UX Researcher and Outreach
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Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Organized and initiated a long term partnership with the New York Public Library and its 92 locations. Sought out children’s education opportunities and documented and wrote 5+ detailed reports on summer events and programs around NYC for students with disabilities to improve turnover rate by customizing informed research. Attended staff meetings for outreach operations and process improvement for outreach. Connected with 20+ summer school programs, successfully recruiting ~10 of… Show more Organized and initiated a long term partnership with the New York Public Library and its 92 locations. Sought out children’s education opportunities and documented and wrote 5+ detailed reports on summer events and programs around NYC for students with disabilities to improve turnover rate by customizing informed research. Attended staff meetings for outreach operations and process improvement for outreach. Connected with 20+ summer school programs, successfully recruiting ~10 of outreached schools for further collaboration with AI-Learners. Kickstarted research on libraries and initiated conversations and email outreach to nyc disability fairs, parades and events. Playtested and provided feedback to 10+ children's games on the AI-Learner's platform. Show less Organized and initiated a long term partnership with the New York Public Library and its 92 locations. Sought out children’s education opportunities and documented and wrote 5+ detailed reports on summer events and programs around NYC for students with disabilities to improve turnover rate by customizing informed research. Attended staff meetings for outreach operations and process improvement for outreach. Connected with 20+ summer school programs, successfully recruiting ~10 of… Show more Organized and initiated a long term partnership with the New York Public Library and its 92 locations. Sought out children’s education opportunities and documented and wrote 5+ detailed reports on summer events and programs around NYC for students with disabilities to improve turnover rate by customizing informed research. Attended staff meetings for outreach operations and process improvement for outreach. Connected with 20+ summer school programs, successfully recruiting ~10 of outreached schools for further collaboration with AI-Learners. Kickstarted research on libraries and initiated conversations and email outreach to nyc disability fairs, parades and events. Playtested and provided feedback to 10+ children's games on the AI-Learner's platform. Show less
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Medium Design Collective
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Lead for Outreach
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Apr 2023 - May 2023
Worked with a team of 11 to lead and organize the spring semester showcase of design around Cornell, with branches in architectural, visual and brand design as well as entertainment engineering and seismic design. Facilitated communication and community engagement for the showcase between different organizations on campus representing MDC.
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UXR Design Consultant
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Feb 2023 - May 2023
As part of Praxis Brand Consulting, I worked with Adaptive Rentals, a real-estate company in Ithaca that aims to secure housing and housing resources to the Cornell student body. Consulted early-stage real estate startup on visual theme and mockups for mobile and website iterations for in a team of 8 as part of the Medium Design Collective student consulting group.
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Carousel
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United States
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Social Networking Platforms
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web UI Designer
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Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Created web and app design mockups for a photography company using Figma. Created web and app design mockups for a photography company using Figma.
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Team Co-Lead
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May 2022 - Jul 2022
Managed the progress of the website development team of ~10. We aimed to release a new form of media that institutes widespread, simplified scientific discovery to promote worldwide science knowledge. Collaborated with programmers and designers for both website and app development. Attended and led meetings twice a week for critiques on designs as well as improvements to be made. Organized process improvement through Trello, Notion, G-Suite as well as speak with other leads every two… Show more Managed the progress of the website development team of ~10. We aimed to release a new form of media that institutes widespread, simplified scientific discovery to promote worldwide science knowledge. Collaborated with programmers and designers for both website and app development. Attended and led meetings twice a week for critiques on designs as well as improvements to be made. Organized process improvement through Trello, Notion, G-Suite as well as speak with other leads every two weeks about interdisciplinary progress. SciQuel is a part of the Harvard Innovation Labs venture program.
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Product UI Designer
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Feb 2022 - May 2022
Used Figma to create user personalization pages and profile pages for mobile users with two other designers. Also created mockups for customizing study preferences, like visualizing annotations on articles, flashcards users can make to study article material and how articles were saved/favorited.
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Cornell App Development (AppDev)
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Designer
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Feb 2022 - May 2022
Wrote up a case study through Cornell's AppDev course: Introduction to Digital Product Design about improving Apple Store's app traffic and introducing mood boards and new new profile settings. Worked with a team of ~5 to enter a HackChallenge; we created a possible app to allow students to connect through their favorite coffee orders (Deja-Brew) in two weeks. Learned about the design process and improved skills in Figma. Wrote up a case study through Cornell's AppDev course: Introduction to Digital Product Design about improving Apple Store's app traffic and introducing mood boards and new new profile settings. Worked with a team of ~5 to enter a HackChallenge; we created a possible app to allow students to connect through their favorite coffee orders (Deja-Brew) in two weeks. Learned about the design process and improved skills in Figma.
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Design Consulting at Cornell
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Designer, Consultant
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Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Worked with a team of ~5 to develop a tentative app about improving freshman experience in Cornell. Used Figma, UI/UX interviews and user research to meet product goals and ensure successful user interaction and user testing. Presented final prototypes in a design showcase. Worked with a team of ~5 to develop a tentative app about improving freshman experience in Cornell. Used Figma, UI/UX interviews and user research to meet product goals and ensure successful user interaction and user testing. Presented final prototypes in a design showcase.
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Education
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2021 - 2025
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Information Science, Information Science/Studies -
2021 - 2025
Cornell University - College of Arts and Sciences
Information Science (IS) -
2017 - 2021
Midwood High School
Medical Science -
2018 - 2018
City University of New York-Brooklyn College
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