Yen Chu

Creative Director & Graphic Designer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

Fueled by a love for culture, community and travel, Yen is a graphic designer and creative director with over two decades of practice in design and direction at some of Canada's premier branding and design firms. Recognized for her ability to distill communications challenges to their essence, realize solutions which are smart and surprising, create impactful design in print or pixel, and a passion to lead design teams to do the same, Yen understands the link between ideas, execution, and business. She also shares her experience by helping guide emerging creatives from various design universities into the great Canadian design landscape. Recognized by: Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC), Applied Arts Magazine, AR 100, Canadian Marketing Association, Cannes Lion, Communication Arts, Coupe Magazine, Design@Work (RGD), One Show, Unisource NuARs

Experience

  • Member of the Canada Post Stamp Advisory Committee at Canada Post / Postes Canada
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Creative Director & Graphic Designer at Self-employed
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Creative Director of Design at Rogers Media
    Feb 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Designer & CD/Contract at Clear Space Design
    Jan 2019 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Creative Director, Design at TAXI
    Jun 2018 - Oct 2018 · 5 mos