Hongyan Yu (Rita)

Design director / Illustrator

Illustration and food lover.

Experienced from international fmcg brands to 0 to 1 startups. Understand clients, know what you want and how to bring your vision to life.

I love creating beautiful stories with meanings.

Capability

Branding | Visual identity | packaging

illustration | Events | graphic designs

Language

Chinese -Native| English-Business | Japanese -N1

Served Clients

Alcohol

Budweiser, Hoegaarden, Stella Artois, Harbin, Boxing Cat

FMCG & Personal care

Unilever - Dove (China & Japan), Lux, Nescafe, Guangming, Kiskis, Whisper,

Illustration commissions

ELLE Deco, KFC, Huawei, Tiktok, Soul App, Naturally Diamond, FIFA

Work Experience

2023 -

JDO Global

Design Director

Work closely with China VP and UK team in Business development, project management, and most importantly design directions.

2019 - 2023

Jones Knowles Ritchie

Design Director

Developed from designer, senior designer to design director. Working with global top 500 FMCG brands, lead and manage projects of Nescafe, ABI, Coca-cola. managed to develop a partnership mentality with major clients. Led the Nescafe Master-brand rebrand, Budweiser 2021 CNY campaign, and various other projects.

2018 - 2019

Soul App

Visual Designer

2017 - 2018

Arkie Technology

Visual Designer

Education

Durham University

Psychology Bsc (2-1 hon)