About Me
Dedicate myself to beauty in reality
A young, passionate, hard working Chinese designer with a flair for creating good ideas and problem solving, who can fluently execute automotive and product design. My engineering and art background allows me to create innovate design in the state of art.
Industrial Experience
Shenzhen Develop Bank - 2010
Worked as a freelance graphic designer, designing logo, PPT templates and posters for project leapfrog.
Rich Jade, Taibei - 2009
Designed a series of jadeite souvenirs for Taibei jadeite museum.
Internship Beijing jeep co.ltd - 2005
Designed a Car-Based Utility Vehicle, the next generation of SUV. Accomplished the sketches and model. Earned high marks from the Design Director.
Beijing International Auto Exhibition - 2004
Created a design exhibition for Chery Automobile Co.Ltd.
Workshop of Fuel Cell Bus Design, Tsinghua University - 2004
Exterior design of fuel cell bus funded by the national 863 programme.
Full Scale Clay Model, Chongqing TIEMA CORP. - 2003
Remodeled a heavy commercial vehicle and participated in building 1:1 clay truck model.
Research Center for Automobile Design and Body Engineering - 2003
Investigated and wrote “Analysis and prediction of market and design of passenger vehicles in China ” for Benz Co., with 2 co-workers.
design Experience
Eco-plastic Leisure car- 2008
Designed a 3 seater leisure car to showcase the applications of sustainable plastics.
Ergonomics Design Based on Misubishi Model - 2008
Collaboration with MSc students. My role included user requirement analysis, offering design concept and developing package on seating, vision and reach.
Mini Modec, Sponsored Studio - 2008
I led a group project designing an electric van. I focused on exterior design, clay and Alias model and delivered a highly acclaimed presentation.
Successor Model of Renault Kangoo - 2008
In-depth research and analysis led a project to develop a new form language for Kangoo. Project deliverables included flatwork, ¼ scale dressed clay model and alias model.
Illustrations for Nursery Book: ‘365 Games to Play Before 1yrs’ - 2006
Designed the characters for the book and drew more than 40 cartoon illustrations.
my info
Name
Jing Zhang
Age
27
Hobby
Cartoon illustration, Cooking
My SKILL
Freehand Sketch
Favorite: Bio develops. Experienced: Marker and pastel, colour pencil.
2D design
Excellent knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and CorelDraw.
3D design
Experienced in Alias and Rhino, and Hypershot. Familiar with CATIA V5.
Excellence model making skills in Clay, wood and plastic.
Computer
Efficient with Mac and PC. Excellent of Office 2007.
Language
Mandarin and English
Others
Solid presentation skill,
Good at understanding and communication,
Easy going and hard working.
Education
MA Automotive Design Merit
Coventry University, UK, 2008
MA Product Design Merit
Beijing Institute of Technology, China, 2007
BE Automotive engineering Distinct
Tsinghua University, China, 2005
awards
Shortlist, Interior Motives Design Awards - 2009
Designed a plastic car with simple interior and became a shortlist in the group of Eco-design.
Finalist, Interior Motives Design Awards - 2008
Directed a group project to design an interior concept and rendered model.
Excellence Award, CCTV Automotive Design Competition 2005
Directed interior design for B-class automobiles.
Awarded best interior, World Automotive Design Competition, Stuttgart
Participated in the design of interior and ergonomics.
Vice-chairman of students’ union of Dept. of Automotive engineering, 2003-2004
Besides routine students’ services, I focused on the preparation for annual student festival.
Meida editor of Tsinghua Uni’s TV station.2001-2003
Worked along with journalists, producing a series of student’s clips.
aDministration experience
