Summary
Emily Chu is a Director of Product Design based in New York with nine years of experience at the intersection of data visualization, interaction design, motion, and AI-driven products. She currently leads product design for Omnicom’s Omni Platform Group while teaching and researching computational design and ML applications as an Assistant Professor at Parsons. Her background spans agency and product roles—shaping data-first experiences at OpenFin, Kinesso, and ADURO—and includes fellowship work visualizing algorithmic decision systems for social policy research. Emily blends hands-on prototyping and development with strategic design leadership, enabling complex visualizations to drive product and business decisions. Trained in data visualization (MS) and international business, she pairs technical fluency with a global, policy-minded perspective that surfaces ethical and fairness considerations in AI-enabled designs.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), International Business, Bachelor of Science (BS), International Business at Pepperdine University
Certificate, Conflict Management (CCM), Certificate, Conflict Management (CCM) at Pepperdine Law
Master of Science - MS, Data Visualization, Master of Science - MS, Data Visualization at Parsons School of Design - The New School
French, Spanish, Chinese, English