Hang Do Thi Duc’s resume

I want to inspire change and consciousness through design and technology.

Featured Projects

Public By Default _ Designer, Data Analyst, Developer
Berlin, Germany, & remote, 2018

Privacy research and data storytelling project about Venmo’s public feed (200+ million public transaction from 2017) – made while a Media Fellow at the Mozilla Foundation, supported [in part] by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.

Data Selfie _ Creator, Designer, Developer
New York, NY, USA, 2016 – 2018

Browser extension to demonstrate what can be inferred about your personality from your online activities + consumption. Funding from NYC Media Lab The Combine, Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant, Mozilla Foundation and Open Society Foundations.

Experience

Wikimedia Foundation _ Multimedia Designer, Brand Studio/Communications
San Francisco, CA, USA & remote, 2019 – present

I use design and creative coding to support the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit behind Wikipedia) of free knowledge for every single human being. The projects range from producing motion graphics, short videos about Wikimedia projects and the occasional social media post to showcasing, through data, the important role of Wikipedia as a reliable source of information amidst a global pandemic. For Wikipedia’s 20th birthday I designed and developed the web page about the movement behind the free encyclopedia.

Freelance Designer and Technologist
San Francisco, CA, USA, & remote , 2016 – present

Supported the creative director at  TheGreenEyl with design and creative coding for interactive installations (e.g. Connective Field) and for web experiences (e.g. Midnight Commercial). Contributed to educational material on data privacy (“Our Data Our Selves” and “Exposing the Invisible”) for Tactical Tech Collective. Created web design for Discriminator, an interactive documentary about facial recognition databases by Brett Gaylor.

R/GA _ Technology Apprentice
New York, NY, USA, 2016

Front-End Development for clients and internal R/GA projects. Developed and co-designed an animated data visualization featuring Google Trends for the HQ office’s screens in New York.

Talenthouse _ Product Designer
Los Angeles, CA, USA, & remote (Germany), 2013-2014

Web and UI/UX design of this creative community‘s complete relaunch in April 2014. Exploration of mobile app design + interaction. Worked remotely from Germany as the sole Designer in Product Team of 5-7 Developers.

Education

Parsons School of Design – MFA Design + Technology,  The Dean‘s Merit Scholarship
New York, NY, USA, 2014-2016

University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg – BA Journalism + Media Management
Magdeburg, Germany 2010-2013

Scholarships / Grants / Fellowships / Awards

Webby Honoree in Websites: Activism for Public By Default
2019

Mozilla Creative Media Grant + Mozilla Media Fellowship
2017-2018

DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Full Scholarship
2015-2016

Fulbright Full Scholarship
2014-2015

Skills/Software

Design
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, InDesign, Lightroom), Figma, Sketch, Keynote, Google Slides, InVision

Code
JavaScript (jQuery, NodeJS, D3, React, Svelte, ThreeJS), HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, working with APIs, Git, WordPress, Python, Web Extensions, MongoDB, Processing, OpenFrameworks, GLSL

Other Interests

Traveling (for culture and food), Settlers of Catan, Bouldering, Pottery