Resume

Artist, Writer, and Content Creator, Self-employed

• Applying to grad school, figuring out my artistry, working on social content and my personal brand (let her cook)
• Would love to work with clients in mental healthcare, social justice, progressive political organizations, and nonprofits

2024 - present

Senior Brand Designer, Asana
• Collaborate cross-functionally at an enterprise level org to define and execute Asana’s interactive experience from concept to execution
• Own campaigns, product launches, and brand initiatives on the web
• Co-create a web platform and design system; evolve the Asana brand expression online and own the creative launch of marketing experiences on a global scale
• Lead and manage all sizes of design projects independently, working closely with marketing, business, and creative partners to define a brief and deliver appropriate solutions
• Manage ambiguity effectively, and influence the direction of projects by identifying and defining new opportunities
• Define goals, success metrics, and strategy for projects

2021 - present

Peer Support Group Facilitator, BIPOC, NAMI SF
• Running check-in and check-outs, co-leading and managing group, crisis management, and providing feedback.

2023 - present

Volunteer, Prisoner Literature Project
• Select books based on prisoners’ handwritten requests and respond with a note behind the selections and words of support and encouragement
• My PLP and NAMI SF volunteer roles fuel my passion for doing measurable and concrete good work in marginalized communities

2023 - present

Lead Digital Designer
Centerfield

2020 - 2021

Digital Designer (Contract)
Honeybee Health

2020

Designer
ZipRecruiter

2017 - 2020

Lead Graphic Designer
New York University

2015 - 2017

Behind my name

My given name is Hillary, though I prefer Hill.. Derived from the Latin hilaris, "cheerful, merry", which in turn comes from Greek ἵλαος (hilaos), "propitious, gracious".

In the 1990s and first few decades of the twenty-first century, the name was strongly associated in the United States with Hillary Clinton. Its popularity for newborn American girls dropped rapidly during the beginning of her husband's presidency of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia
Lens: Etymology

Who is Hill?

I’m a computer science dropout, independent learner, product of two parents who hated each other, gender fluid Asian woman, & my own art therapist.

There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but my story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest.

My experiences living in

Orlando, Florida
New York, New York
Los Angeles, California
Raleigh, North Carolina
Oakland, California


and my parents being from

Guangzhou, China
Hong Kong
New York, New York

have shaped my perspective and unique position as an

artist-activist
writer
aspiring therapist
drag queen in training

I’m a brand designer and creative by day, and holder of many other titles at night:

psychoanalytical storyteller
therapy goer for life
a very political
artist
my mother’s daughter

Let’s connect?

folks I tend to connect very well with:

  • mental health advocates, students, and professionals

  • witches and astrologists

  • educators, teachers, caretakers

  • political and community organizers

  • LGBTQ+ populations

  • fellow psych ward survivors

  • artists

hello@hillarychin.com
Oakland, CA