David (Seungmin) Lee is a designer in New York working across identity systems, interfaces, and motion. He designs and codes his own websites and tools. [One sentence on what draws you to the work.]
McCANN New YorkAug 2026 to present
Freelance Designer. Continuing at McCANN New York to work on brand systems and build the tools behind them.
McCANN New YorkJun to Aug 2026
Design Intern. Built and shipped an internal toolkit that sped up production across the design department, from a gradient generator to logo variation and After Effects automation, bringing AI into daily workflow. Designed for Ralph Lauren, Chick-fil-A, Lysol, State Street, and K-Y; art directed the agency’s Summer Party.
Independent practiceAug 2025 to present
Designer and Design Engineer. Design and build for MegaETH, Khalid, Ahn Hyo-seop, and Made by Hob, spanning music video credit typesetting, campaign identity, and e-commerce sites.
Studio Betty WangMay to Sep 2025
Design Intern. Developed client-ready concepts through prototyping, visual research, and sketching for Midjourney, Aspen Art Museum, Arsham Studio, and Fig Mother.
Hard SunJun to Aug 2025
Design Intern. Built brand systems for a sunscreen brand through launch, contributing design research, brand-adjacent objects, and external work spanning book covers, billboards, and podcast visuals.
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtJun to Aug 2022
Intern, The Costume Institute. Designed exhibition labels for gallery installation, conserved garments using microscopy, and led exhibition-related design projects while managing the department’s social media account.
Parsons School of Design
BFA in Communication Design, Aug 2023 to May 2027 (expected). Dean’s List
- Design and prototyping
- Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Glyphs, and TouchDesigner
- Technical
- HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, Three.js, ExtendScript/JSX, Git
- Languages
- Korean and English, native proficiency