Elaine Chen
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nwPlus

Driving design for Western Canada's largest hackathons — [one line on what you design: brand, hacker-facing products, event tooling].

Timeline[Month Year — present]
Role[Design team role]
Skills[Product · Systems · Brand]
Team[X designers · X devs]
Tools[Figma, …]
Platform[Web · live events]

What I owned

  • I [owned area one — e.g. led design for HackCamp's hacker-facing experience].
  • I [owned area two — e.g. built and maintained shared components across events].
  • I [owned area three — e.g. shipped X features with the dev team].

Impact

[x,xxx][hackers reached across events]
[x][events shipped per year]
[xx][components in the shared system]
[xx%][a metric you moved]

[One line that frames nwPlus and your seat at the table.]

[2–3 sentences: what nwPlus is, the events it runs, and where design fits in the org.]

[The core design problem in one sharp sentence.]

Process

[Short note on how you worked — then let the snapshots show the iterations.]

[The decision that mattered most]

[2–3 sentences on the tradeoff and why you landed where you did.]

What shipped

[One short paragraph — the visuals do the talking.]

Outcomes

[x,xxx][metric — e.g. applicants]
[xx%][metric — e.g. completion rate]
[xx][metric — e.g. NPS or feedback score]
[A line of feedback from a hacker, organizer, or teammate.]
[Name, role]

Reflection

[2–3 honest sentences: what you'd do differently, and what designing at event scale taught you.]