David Chong

AWARD School 2026 | D&AD New Blood Pencil Winner 2025

Kew, Victoria, Australia

About

Hi, I'm David! I consider myself a 'David-of-all-trades', as I'm able to confidently approach many facets of the creative process, from idea generation, design, and the occasional camerawork. I combine my wide range of skills with with a genuine passion for creativity, and getting a real kick out of knuckling down and getting stuff done. I get super excited thinking about my future, and the best part is, I'm only getting started.

Experience

  • Casual GAP Walker at Trinity Grammar School, Kew
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    - Responsible for walking Junior School students to and from their music lessons - Other tasks involve helping the music school with admin work such as filing/copying music, labelling instrument cases and setting up rooms for rehearsals

  • Creative Intern at AJF
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2024 · 2 mos

  • Casual Food And Beverage Attendant at Studley Park Boathouse
    Sep 2023 - Feb 2024 · 6 mos

  • Business Management Intern at Special Australia
    Mar 2023 - Jun 2023 · 4 mos

    Short internship with Special Group Melbourne in their Business Management department. Main responsibilities involved preparing competitor reports and shadowing work-in-progress meetings. Other minor responsibilities include idea generation with creative department and ad layout design on Adobe InDesign with design department.

  • Medical Receptionist at Skin Health Institute
    Nov 2022 - May 2023 · 7 mos

    - Checking in patients for appointments - Scanning in referrals and other medical related paperwork - Answering calls from patients - Billing patients for appointments