Jiaru Lin is currently a Senior Art Director at KMC Corp. and collaborates with Balmain Beauty in New York. She has worked with renowned brands such as Tom Ford, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Coach, ZARA, Comme des Garçons, and Maison Margiela. Her design excellence has been recognized globally, earning prestigious awards like the iF International Design Award from Germany and the A’ Design International Award from Italy. Jiaru has also served as a juror for 12 international design competitions, including the ADC Art Directors Club Awards jury in the USA and the Indigo Design Awards jury in the Netherlands. She holds an M.S. degree in Communications/Packaging Design from Pratt Institute in New York.

Her diverse portfolio spans art direction, branding, packaging design, graphic design, product design, digital design, social media content, photoshoots, visual merchandising, event design, game design, art curating, and teaching. Certified in the AI Products and Services Design program from MIT, Jiaru is passionate about innovation, sustainability, artificial intelligence, crypto, science, and volunteering. 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. KMC Corp., Senior Art Director, Sep 2023 - Present, New York, USA

2. Balmain Beauty, Visual Merchandising and Event, Aug 2022- Present, New York, USA

3. Tom Ford, 3D Senior Global Packaging Designer, Dec 2022 - Sep 2023, 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. Work with cross functional teams including global Marketing, Supply Chain, Public Relations, Education, Procurement, and outside agencies.

4-1. Tom Ford Beauty, 3D Senior Global Packaging Designer, Jan 2020 - Nov 2022, New York, USA
4-2. 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, and limited edition designs. Work with cross functional teams including global Marketing, Supply Chain, Public Relations, Education, Procurement, and outside agencies.

5. 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.

6. Baron&Baron, Packaging 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.

7. Wook + Flavio Gallery, Director/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.

8. Oogie Haus, Director of Curating 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.

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

/ EDUCATION

M.S. Packaging/Communications Design, Pratt Institute, 2014, New York, USA
*GPA 3.7. Graduated one year early.

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, Cniquième Sens, 2016, Paris/New York

/SKILLS

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

/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 HouseGoodera
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, Italian, and Japanese. 

/TRAVEL

Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Palestine, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States of America.