I design brand
systems that last.

Brand Designer & Art Director

San Francisco  ·  Open to full-time & contract

4+ years building identity systems for retail, healthcare, and nonprofit brands across the US and Taiwan: 300+ products shipped, and systems teams still run without me. Every project starts with strategy and runs on an AI-augmented workflow: weeks of exploration compressed into days, with the craft intact.

Catherine Sun, Brand Designer
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Selected Work 2023–2026
dovae brand identity
New ✦ Brand + Product

01

dovae · An Emotional-Wellness Brand & App

Brand System · Product / UX Founder × Brand Designer · 2026

From brand strategy to app UX to the self-built site at dovae.co: one complete arc, executed at AI speed and kept honest by real psychology.

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Papyrus Art Direction

02

Papyrus Art Direction & Brand Strategy

Art Direction Retail · 3.7 Years

Creative direction for one of the US's largest specialty greeting card retailers: 300+ products launched, 515 SKUs in a single year, and new consumer segments that reshaped product strategy.

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Kai Ming Brand Identity

03

Kai Ming Inc · Rebrand & Web Design

Brand Identity · Web Education · Nonprofit
Kindness Consulting Center

04

Kindness Consulting Center

Brand Strategy · Print · Web Health · Mental Wellness
Apartment 319

05

Apartment 319 · A Curated Shop Built on Belonging

Brand System · Go-to-Market Retail · Curated Goods
Illustration · Drawn to the Everyday

06

Illustration · Drawn to the Everyday

Illustration · Personal Practice 2019–Present
Quick Projects Selected
CPMC

Event Branding · Healthcare

CPMC Year-End Campaign

STEP

Branding · Illustration · Education

STEP · Teacher Placement App

Designer.
Strategist.
System builder.

I'm Catherine Sun, a brand designer with 4+ years building identity systems for retail, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations across the US and Taiwan.

My work lives at the intersection of visual craft and strategic thinking. I don't just design logos. I build the visual language that allows brands to communicate consistently at scale, across channels and contexts.

Currently exploring AI-augmented design workflows and how emerging tools can accelerate brand discovery without replacing the judgment that makes design meaningful.

Craft

  • Brand Identity
  • Art Direction
  • Visual Systems
  • Packaging Design
  • Web Design

Process

  • Brand Strategy
  • AI Workflow
  • Project Management
  • Design Handoff
  • User Research

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Open to brand design
and art direction roles.