I’m Xinyu, a multidisciplinary designer who brings ideas to life through product design, brand visuals, graphic design,
motion graphics, animation, and story-driven digital experiences.

ABOUT

Xinyu Zhang (Coco)
coco619zxy@gmail.com
Toronto
Tel. +1 6478366934

My name is Xinyu Zhang, a multidisciplinary creative designer working across UX/UI, graphic design, motion graphics, animation, video production, and digital storytelling. My practice sits between product thinking and visual expression. I enjoy turning ideas, systems, and emotions into clear, engaging, and visually thoughtful experiences.

I completed a MA in Digital Media Production at University College London, with a focus on animation, visual storytelling, and interactive media. Before that, I completed an Honours BA at the University of Toronto, double majoring in Communication, Culture, Information & Technology and Cinema Studies. This background shaped the way I approach design: not only as a visual outcome, but also as a form of communication, structure, and storytelling.

Professionally, I have worked across product design, branding, social media, digital campaigns, website visuals, and multimedia production. As a UX/UI Designer and Digital Media Designer at Cortech Safety Solutions, I independently led the end-to-end design of Trakable, a desktop and mobile platform, while also creating brand-aligned social media graphics, website assets, brochures, and marketing materials. I have also created visual campaigns for lifestyle and health-related brands, produced brand videos, and managed a personal social media account with over 20,000 followers.

My strengths lie in connecting different creative disciplines. I can design interfaces, build visual systems, create campaign graphics, animate ideas, edit videos, and shape stories across digital platforms. Whether I am designing a product, a poster, a motion piece, or a social media campaign, I care about clarity, atmosphere, emotional connection, and meaningful visual communication.

Scene from my 3D animation Nowhere Land

Scene from my 2D hand-drawn animation
Unwanted Bloom

Unwanted Bloom

Unwanted Bloom

Scene from my 2D collage-like animation
A Trip to Mystica (Game trailer)

A Trip to Mystica

A Trip to Mystica

Screenshot from my experimental & interactive game
A Trip to Mystica

Experimental & interactive game
A Trip to Mystica

A screenshot from my video essay discussing Is the Avant-Garde Still Present in Contemporary Art and Cinema?

Is the Avant-Garde Still Present
in Contemporary Art and Cinema?

Is the Avant-Garde Still Present
in Contemporary Art and Cinema?