Mira Yoon is a multidisciplinary designer with a love for accessible, human-centric design. She has a particular passion for design in the public service space and how her work revolves around purposeful narratives and communications that facilitate positive change. She additionally has a strong interest in design systems and how design functions both as a visual tool and an evolving methodology.
With 5 years of experience in graphic design, marketing, and web development, she believes that design should be concise yet impactful, empathetic, and inclusive.
In her free time, she enjoys journaling and writing, hiking and walking at local parks, and cooking up new dishes from around the world.
Email
mirayoondesign@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
DIGITAL DESIGNER (FULL-TIME) | DC HOUSING AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON, DC
February 2025 - Present
DIGITAL DESIGNER (CONTRACT) | DC HOUSING AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON, DC
June 2024 - February 2025
DIGITAL & GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE:
Collaborated directly with the Public Affairs and Communications director and team to create digital and print design collateral including flyers and one-pagers, newsletters, annual reports, brochures, event collateral, signage, and social media posts that are compliant with the ADA and Section 508 standards.
Produced graphic assets that are aligned with brand guidelines including data visualizations, illustrations, infographics, and maps.
Launched design solutions to streamline communications and workflows between agency departments, staff, and clients. Advanced efforts towards agency recovery and engagement between internal clients and external stakeholders.
COMMUNICATION & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Served as the liaison with contracted vendor to steer high-profile website redesign and redevelopment project of the official public-facing agency website.
Corresponded directly with department leaders to facilitate progress of long-term, projects such as brand and design strategy and public-facing messaging.
Exercised empathy and user-experience skills while working with subject matter experts (SMEs) to create visuals that are accessible and easily understandable.
GRAPHIC DESIGN FREELANCER
August 2021 - Present
Designed and produced branding collateral including logos, brochures, booklets, and other print material for a multitude of local clients.
Corresponded directly with clients and stakeholders to design and develop business presentations and proposal documents.
Produced custom graphic assets including illustrations and infographics.
DIGITAL DESIGNER & WEB DEVELOPER | GIMGA GROUP, VIENNA, VA
June 2019 - September 2021
Designed and developed digital and print design solutions for clients ranging from local businesses to government programs. Collaborated with clients and design teams to deliver newly-branded design guidelines and systems.
Led client-facing role to coordinate custom design solutions for websites without design customization support.
Integrated brand guidelines to social media and other marketing campaign efforts.
Designed and programmed email templates with HTML/CSS. Created templates for clients that were functional and visually appealing across email platforms.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design | Graphic Design, CE
2020 - 2023
University of Maryland, College Park | Studio Art, BA
2014 - 2018
TOOLS & SKILLS
ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects
FIGMA
HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT
WORDPRESS
MICROSOFT 365
Word, Powerpoint, Excel, SharePoint
AI TOOLS
Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney
MAPPING TOOLS
Mapbox, QGIS
ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES
ADA, Section 508, WCAG 2.0-2.1