Yong Hwang
Design & Art Direction
I make things that have to teach someone something, whether it's animations, campaign identities, or instructional concepts. Fourteen years in design, the last seven of them in medical devices.
Works
Campaign identity, motion, and environmental design. Aimed at audiences who are looking to understand new ideas in visual languages.
Works
Campaign identity, motion, and environmental design. Aimed at audiences who are looking to understand new ideas in visual languages.
An animated endoscope 101 for Boston Scientific's field sales force — built to teach the device's internal channels to people who'd never held one.
Endoscope Anatomy
Motion Design & Illustration
An animated endoscope 101 for Boston Scientific's field sales force — built to teach the device's internal channels to people who'd never held one.
Endoscope Anatomy
Motion Design & Illustration
A two-year Boston Scientific campaign built around the idea that we are stronger when connected.
Connected Campaign
Campaign Identity & Motion
A two-year Boston Scientific campaign built around the idea that we are stronger when connected.
Connected Campaign
Campaign Identity & Motion
A Western-themed poster series for the awards dinner at Boston Scientific Endoscopy's 2026 national sales meeting, where endoscopy devices become lassos, moons, and rattlesnakes.
The Endoscopic Wild West
Poster Series & Environmental Design
A Western-themed poster series for the awards dinner at Boston Scientific Endoscopy's 2026 national sales meeting, where endoscopy devices become lassos, moons, and rattlesnakes.
The Endoscopic Wild West
Poster Series & Environmental Design
The 2023 theme for Boston Scientific Endoscopy's national sales meeting, built around a film that answers what "Be the One" actually asks of someone.
Be the One Campaign
Campaign Identity & Video
The 2023 theme for Boston Scientific Endoscopy's national sales meeting, built around a film that answers what "Be the One" actually asks of someone.
Be the One Campaign
Campaign Identity & Video
Focus
The four pillars that shape my design work.
Focus
The four pillars that shape my design work.
Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and short-form video for screens and events. Am currently teaching myself kinetic typography.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and short-form video for screens and events. Am currently teaching myself kinetic typography.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and short-form video for screens and events. Am currently teaching myself kinetic typography.
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About Me
About Me
About Me
Yong Hwang
I’ve spent most of my career as the last set of eyes on the work, which is either a great way to build range or a great way to learn to argue. Both, it turns out.
I started out building and running design teams at apparel startups, including one I grew from a single designer (myself) to fourteen. Then I traded the headcount for craft, and for healthcare, where the constraints are real: everything I make goes through regulatory review, and it still has to be good.
The constant in my career is teaching. Taking something dense and technical and finding the shape it needs to be understood.
My passions outside of work are teaching myself piano, motorcycles, and learning the game of poker.
Boston Scientific
Senior Graphic Designer
2019 - Present
Boston Scientific
Senior Graphic Designer
2019 - Present
SquadLocker
Manager Graphic Services
2016-2019
SquadLocker
Manager Graphic Services
2016-2019
Teespring
Graphic Designer → Graphic Design Manager → Director of Graphic Design
2012-2015
Teespring
Graphic Designer → Graphic Design Manager → Director of Graphic Design
2012-2015
Education
Boston College
2006-2010
B.A. Studio Arts & Mathematics
RISD Continuing Education
2010-2012, 2015-2016
Graphic Design Certificate · Animation & Video Certificate
What People Say
Words from the people I've worked alongside over the years.
What People Say
Words from the people I've worked alongside over the years.
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corporate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corporate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corporate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine