Maria Ji
Associate Design Director
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaria Ji is an Associate Design Director based in New York with a decade of experience shaping brand and product experiences across agencies and education institutions. She blends rigorous design systems thinking and hands-on UI/UX craft—advancing from design manager roles to leading teams at Deutsch—while advocating for efficient workflows and cross-functional collaboration. Bilingual and a second-generation American, she pairs cultural fluency with a dual art and social-science education from RISD, ECAL, and Brown to create work that balances visual rigor with human-centered insight. Known for obsessive organization (seriously—she uses spreadsheets for everything), Maria excels at turning complex briefs into consistent brand systems, digital products, and polished marketing collateral.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology, Sociology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology, Sociology at Brown UniversityGraphic Design, Graphic Design at ECAL - Ecole cantonale d’art de LausanneHigh School, Visual Arts, High School, Visual Arts at Cab Calloway School of the ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design
English, Chinese, Spanish, French, JapaneseGithub contributions (3)
mji01/mji01.github.io
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
risd-gd/wp16
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:25 commits, 24 pushes in 1 month
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