Yancey Lu
NAME

Yancey Lu

WEBSITE

yanceylu.com

EMAIL

hi@yanceylu.com

LOCATION

Nuremberg, Germany

Yancey Lu

Multicultural & Multidisciplinary Design Strategist

  • work experience in China, India, America, Australia, and Germany
  • expertise in experiential brand design & management and innovative communications
  • passion for folk dance, cultural travel, and stand-up comedy

Seven-year in-house and agency design experience with expertise in graphics, events, websites, social media, application development, and branding strategies.

Creative copywriting and Chinese translation with a focus on content marketing backed by my journalism, advertising, and social media management experience.

End-to-end video production ranging from journalistic reports, investigative documentaries, corporate interviews to artistic films and music videos.

Service design and design thinking methods to solve business problems with user-centered exploration, ideation, prototyping, and testing.

Story

👉 My story in the media

Growing up in a Chinese city with German colonial history, I am always fascinated by the power of cultural exchange and international communication. Even my ten-year dance training was a beautiful combination of Asian folk and Western ballet. In 2011, after volunteering in India, and receiving my bachelor’s degree in China, I went to study journalism in Boston and later became the lead marketing designer at an international education firm. With my experience in multimedia production and corporate communications, I was also assisting in the development of branding strategies for many startups in the Greater Boston region.

Four years later, I decided to jump out of my comfort zone and explore the world of design in Germany and Australia, where I had the opportunity to study service design from the pioneers in this field and collaborated with some of the world’s largest advertising agencies and consulting firms. Now as the senior communication design partner, I strive to enhance brand impact and thought leadership by crafting 360-degree creative content. In the meanwhile, I am passionate about entrepreneurship and cinematography and looking forward to opportunities to bring business and film ideas alive through content marketing and experience design. I hope with more cross-cultural efforts, people from different backgrounds will understand each other better and create more wonders together.

Films

Helven

Through a videochat with her best friend who just moved abroad, Jenny discovers something abnormal about her new place…

Dorchester Boys

In the southern part of Boston, the area with the highest crime rate, many youngsters have to face the harsh reality.

Summer Citizens

Kazakhstani girls overcome many obstacles while living and working on Cape Cod for the summer.

Clients

Experience

  • Senior Communications Partner
    to the Managing Board

    Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany)
    2021
  • Graphic & UX Design Specialist
    SAP Hybris (Munich, Germany)
    2021
  • Creative Strategist
    MultiConnexions (Sydney, Australia)
    2019
  • Content Producer
    Learnship (Cologne, Germany)
    2018
  • Design Thinking Assistant
    Detecon International (Cologne, Germany)
    2018
  • Creative Direction Intern
    BBDO Group (Düsseldorf, Germany)
    2017
  • Lead Marketing Designer
    Cambridge Network (Waltham, United States)
    2013
  • Multimedia Reporter
    Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, United States)
    2012

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Design
    Technical University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)
    2020
  • Study Abroad in Visual Arts
    University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
    2019
  • Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism
    Boston University (Boston, United States)
    2013
  • Bachelor of Arts in English & Communication
    Sichuan International Studies University (Chongqing, China)
    2011

Skills

Chinese

English

German

Korean

Graphic & UI Design (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, XD, Figma, Canva)
95%
Experience & Service Design, Design Thinking
90%
Storyboard & Video Production (Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro)
85%
AI Tools (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Runway, Kaiber, Elai)
75%
Copyediting & Translation (Creative, AP Style, English-Chinese)
70%
Web & CMS (WordPress, Scrivito, SharePoint, HTML)
65%

Contact

Like what you see? Why not say hi?

Email: hi@yanceylu.com
Messenger: @yanceylu
Website: yanceylu.com
Location: Nuremberg, Germany