Jaekyung Jung
24 Peabody Terrace APT 2002, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mobile: +1 401 464 1392
Primary E-mail: jaekyung.jung at gmail.com
Alternative E-mail: jaekyung at mit.edu
Work Experience
Vinyl Inc., Seoul, Korea, Co-founder & Strategy Director, May, 2000 – Dec, 2004.
Established web agency called “Vinyl” in 2000. Accomplished 74 x increase in annual sales,
established the internal structure of the company, and earned foreign acknowledgement
within 5 years of establishment, voted as one of the top tier web agencies in Korea:
Gross annual sales 4.2 million USD, headcount 110 people. More Info
Major Project Manager in Vinyl co, Ltd:
Motorola, Mymotorola Korea Official Site, Apr, 2003 More Info
Sony Electronics, SonyStyle Korea Official Site, Aug, 2003 More Info
Samsung Electronics, ICES 2002 Promotion Site, Feb, 2002
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Master of Science in Visual Studies, 2010 (Expected)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 2008
Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Completed up to 1st semester of four year, Visual Communication Design, 2002
Recent Exhibitions
"SIGGRAPH 2008," Group exhibition, Space Time Student Gallery, LA, Aug, 2008
"23rd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2008," Group exhibition, the Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech, June, 2008
"Graphic Design Show" Group exhibition, Wood-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Mar, 2008
"Design Korea 2007," Group exhibition, COEX, Seoul, Korea, Dec, 2007 More Info
"Design Made 2007," Group exhibition, Hangaram Design Museum, Oct, 2007 More Info
"Meet by Accident," Group exhibition, Chelsea, New York, Aug, 2007 More Info
Research Projects
Design Mega Trend 2003, Design Trend Research, Jun. - Nov. 2000
Tele-Vision 13, Design Trend Research, Samsung Design Membership (SDM), Aug. 1999 More Info
Korean Spirit, Design Research, IDS. of Samsung, Jan - Dec. 1999 More Info
Tears of May, New Media Research, the Innovative Design Lab. of Samsung, Mar. 1999 More Info
Digital Convergence, Samsung Electronics Product Identity Research, SDM, Aug. 1999
Publications
“Street,”: Co-authored with Eroon Kang, Vinyl co, Ltd., Dec. 2006
“Successful Projects Made by leading Web agencies,”: Co-author, Youngjin, Feb. 2003
“Photoshop 5: Type expression Book,”: Co-authored with Jinyong Moon, Hejiwon, Jan. 1999
“Photoshop 5: Type Basic Book,”: Co-authored with Jinyong Moon, Hejiwon, Jan. 1999
Awards & Grants
SIGGRAPH 2008 The SpaceTime Student Awards in Physical Installation by ACM SIGGRAPH, USA 2008
The 7th KIDP Young Design Leader 20,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, Korea 2008
The 6th KIDP Young Design Leader 30,000 USD Awarded by Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy, Korea 2007
Web Award Korea Web Skills Section, Software agency award, CJ CGV, (Vinyl co, Ltd), 2004
Web Award Korea Web Visual Design award, KTF Na, (Vinyl co, Ltd), 2004
Web Award Korea Shopping Mall Section award, SonyStyle Korea, (Vinyl co, Ltd), 2004
Activities
Samsung Design Membership, Seoul, Korea. Aug, 1997 – Dec, 1999
Korea Culture Research Team, Innovative Design lab. of Samsung, Seoul, Korea Jan, 1999 – Dec, 1999
Long and short term travel to U.S.A, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, India, Philippines, Germany, Czech, etc |