Jiaru is an AI Visual Arts Expert at Meta, based in New York, working at the intersection of design, technology, and storytelling. With a career spanning global luxury and fashion houses, she has collaborated with brands including Tom Ford, Gucci, Balmain, Louis Vuitton, Coach, ZARA, Comme des Garçons, and Maison Margiela, shaping visual narratives across both physical and digital environments.

Her design excellence has earned international awards, including the iF International Design Award in Germany and the A’ Design International Award in Italy. In parallel with her professional practice, Jiaru contributes to the global creative community as a design juror for 15 international design competitions, including the ADC Art Directors Club Awards in the United States and the Indigo Design Awards in the Netherlands.

She holds a MS Master of Science degree in Communications and Packaging Designs from Pratt Institute and is certified in AI Products and Services Design from MIT. Her multidisciplinary portfolio spans art direction, brand identity, packaging design, product design, graphic design, digital and social content, photoshoots, visual merchandising, event design, game design, curatorial work, and education.

Driven by a deep interest in innovation, sustainability, artificial intelligence, crypto, and science, Jiaru approaches her work with both intellectual curiosity and cultural awareness. Her love for travel and culinary exploration fuels her creativity and inspires her work. Jiaru’s boundless curiosity and passion for life are integral to her creative approach.

/EXPERIENCE

1. Meta, AI Visual Arts Expert, Feb 2026 - present, New York, USA
    Part of the GenAI team, training and evaluating Meta’s next-generation image and video models across 2D, 3D, environment, and fine arts.

2. Estee Lauder, Creative, Mar 2025 - present, New York, USA
    Lead design on Packaging, VM, and Store/Event designs

3. Amaffi, Head of Design, Nov 2024 - Mar 2025, New York, USA
    Lead design categories across fragrance, skincare, leather goods, footwear, and sun glasses.
    Collaborate with cross-functional teams in locations in New York, Geneva, London, Dublin, and Singapore.

4. Balmain Beauty, Visual Merchandising and Event Design, Aug 2022- Nov 2024, New York, USA
    Presented design concepts to a new Estée Lauder sister brand Balmain Beauty team and handed over design files.
    Design 3D renderings for Visual Merchandising of fragrance and cosmetics lines. Launched the first beauty line at the Paris store in September 2024.
    Launched the first pop-up in November 2024 at Galeries Lafayette, Paris.

5. KMC Corp., Senior Art Director, Sep 2023 - Nov 2024, New York, USA
    Lead the creative department in rebranding, packaging design, visual merchandising, and event design, while providing support for digital design.

6-1. Tom Ford Beauty, 3D Senior Global Packaging Designer, Jan 2020 - Sep 2023, New York, USA
6-2. Tom Ford Beauty, 3D Global Packaging Designer, Feb 2017 - Dec 2019, New York, USA
      Global Primary Packaging and Secondary Packaging designs for cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, gifting, public relations, accessories, and limited edition designs. Regional designs with APAC, EMEA, North America, LATAM, and Travel Retail team. Worked with cross functional teams including global Marketing, Supply Chain, Public Relations, Education, Procurement, and outside agencies.
      Managed 95% of final artfiles for production, collaborating with engineering teams to execute final designs. Materials included glass, metal, plastic, paper, ceramic, leather, and sustainable materials.

7. InterParfums, Art Director/Senior Packaging Designer, Oct 2016 - Dec 2016, New York, USA
        brands: Abercrombie&Fitch, Anna Sui, Bebe, Cynthia Rowley, Fcuk, and Oscar de la Renta.

8. Baron&Baron, Designer, Jul 2014 - Mar and 2015 Mar 2016 - Sep 2016, New York, USA
        brands: Coach, Comme Des Garçons, David Yurman, Diana Vreeland, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Maison Dauphin, Maison Margiela, Nails Inc., Nars, Pat Mcgrath, Puma, Revlon, Stuart Weitzman, Zara.

9. Wook + Flavio Gallery, Curator, Mar 2015 - Mar 2016, New York, USA
        Between New York and Milan, including sales and valuations. The gallery houses the largest collection of Futurist works in the world. Deal with art from Lucio Fontana and Dadamaino, to Picasso and Monet.

10. Oogie Haus, Designer and Instructor, Mar 2015 - Mar 2016, New York, USA
        Branding and website design. Guide college and graduate students in variety of media(drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media), and art portfolio direction to art collage and art awards. Students under guidance accepted in Carnegie Mellon, Cooper Union, Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, School of Visual Arts in the USA, as well as Central St. Martins in the UK, 2015.

11. Pratt Institute, Teacher Assistant, Master's Degree Packaging for Graphic I, Spring Semester 2014, New York, USA

/ EDUCATION

M.S. Communications/Packaging Design, Pratt Institute, 2014, New York, USA
*GPA 3.7. Graduated one semester early.
*Paperboard Packaging Alliance(PPA) Silver Scholarship.

B.F.A. Communications Design, Fu Jen University, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan
*GPA 3.9. Graduated with Phi Tau Phi scholastic honor, which is bestowed to only one student in each department.

/CERTIFICATION

Designing and Building AI Products and Services, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023, Cambridge

Advanced Perfumery, Cinquième Sens, 2016, Paris/New York

/SKILLS

Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, 3D Rhino, Keyshot.
Art Direction, Branding, Campaign Photoshoot, Social Media, Packaging design, Graphic design, Digital design, Figma App Design, Jewelry design, Pop-up paper engineering, and playing the piano.

/AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
Gemini Nano Banana, Midjourney, Leonardo AI, Vizcom, Claude, Kling, Sora, Veo, Runway, Open Art, Firefly, Krea, Veed, Toolkit, Bing, Grok, ChatGPT

/MEMBERSHIP

ADC Art Directors Club, New York, USA
ADC Type Directors Club, New York, USA
AIGA American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, USA
Graphis, New York, USA
Paperboard Packaging Alliance Scholarship, Washington, D.C., USA
Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, Taipei, Taiwan

/VOLUNTEER

NY Common Pantry
NYC Love Kitchen
New York Cares
NY Queens Community House Goodera
God's Love We Deliver
Best Buddies International
United Nations X Tom Ford Beauty Mentor&Mentee
Estée Lauder Breast Cancer Sale-A-Bration

/LANGUAGE

English, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian, and French