Cisco

Crafting components, ideating interactions, visualizing data, and animating 🦄

ROLE

Competitive and internal audit, visual and interaction design, illustration

TIMELINE

May - Present,
May - Aug 2023

TOOLS

Figma, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop

TEAM

Customer Experience,
Visual Design Team

I interned at Cisco during the summer of 2023 and was fortunate to return this past summer! I'll be working a part-time co-op from now to November.

PRESENTLY

I'm working on data visualization selection docs. I'm also conducting internal audits for other Cisco suite products' component behavior and adherence to design systems to inform future direction.

I've also iterated custom components and interaction concepts to establish visual spec and usage guidelines for new features.

LAST SUMMER

I expanded my org's asset library by illustrating icons, and I updated high-fidelity dashboard screens to enforce alignment with new visual design standards. I also dabbled in storyboarding and 2-D animation, storytelling via motion graphics to communicate business insights to executives!

PSST... SOME PROJECTS ARE TOP SECRET!

EMAIL ME FOR VISUALS

I learned to wear many hats — regardless of if they fit at first.

01

Be a unicorn. Visual UX designers at Cisco CX touch every part of the process. We establish visual specs, polish wireframes and design system components and lead early product proof of concepts.

I learned to be a sponge, trying new skills like animation while exercising my strengths alike.

02

Read the docs, break the rules. Designing for a new feature for a product with well established libraries and guidelines proved to be a challenge.

Detach instance? Create a custom component? Knowing when to deviate from the design system involves knowledge of its specifications.

03

Imperfect work needs visibility. For my second internship, I sought feedback early.

Despite my work being unpolished, I shared out. As a result, I worked more efficiently—my colleagues pointed me towards old docs and files to reference that would've taken a while to find otherwise!

A Peek Into My Work

Iconography

I shipped 47 icons to Cisco Customer Experience Cloud's design system, Figure 8. Visualizing abstract, unfamiliar concepts proved difficult — what in the world is PSU Power Ratio?

Vector Illustration

I also created several illustrations for various projects, including Cisco's ONEx Atlas platform (pictured below) and for internal use as well as for Voices From the Track, the customer experience organization's quarterly animated business insights reel.

I was tasked with interpreting real images into stylized drawings. I made several variants expressing different interpretations and styles. From those, I narrowed down to options best aligned with the existing visual language.

#WeAreCisco

Huge thanks to my manager Steve and other design leaders on my team! I had a blast sharing Webex coffees with everyone ☕

* Some visuals have been omitted and are only available for recruiting purposes.