Jenna (Jeeyoon) Kim
About Jenna (Jeeyoon) Kim
Jenna (Jeeyoon) Kim is an Art Director at The New York Times, where she has worked since 2021. She specializes in art direction for the Wordplay Column and has a background in visual design and user-centered design.
Current Role at The New York Times
Jenna Kim currently holds the position of Art Director at The New York Times, a role she has occupied since 2021. In this capacity, she specializes in art direction for the Wordplay Column, focusing on special games editorials and solver stories. Additionally, she serves as an Associate Product Designer, where she applies her expertise in visual design and user-centered design to enhance user experience. Her work involves actively observing user interactions to identify and solve design problems.
Previous Experience in Design
Prior to her current role, Jenna Kim gained diverse experience in design through various positions. She worked as a UI/UX Designer at ListAcross for two months in 2020 and contributed to the Print Team at Lunar Gala from 2019 to 2020 for eight months. Additionally, she served as a Visual Designer at Carnegie Mellon University for five months in 2018 to 2019 and completed a Design Internship at Nue24 for three months in 2019. She also worked with The New York Times as a Product Design Intern from 2020 to 2021 for eleven months.
Educational Background
Jenna Kim studied at Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Communication Design with a minor in Human Computer Science from 2017 to 2021. She also studied at the University of the Arts London, focusing on Graphic and Media Arts during a study abroad program from 2019 to 2020. Her educational background has provided her with a strong foundation in design principles and user-centered approaches.
Skills and Interests
Jenna Kim has a keen interest in the intersection of visual design and user-centered design. She aims to enhance user experience through design research and actively observes her surroundings to identify design problems based on daily user interactions. Outside of her professional pursuits, she has a passion for traveling and enjoys exploring different types of cheese.