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Bea is a visual & product designer who focuses on blending visual storytelling with empathy to build digital products that connect with people. Currently @ UW Seattle. Prev. @ Disney SHDR.

Internship, Digital Design - Summer 2025

Led the in-park mobile game UX content, in-game UI design, and creative storyboards; designed merch.

PRODUCT DESIGN
CREATIVE
MERCH DESIGN
Food Manage App Design - UW Studio 2025

An end-to-end product design project using AI-based solutions to reduce food waste by connecting family communities.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
BRAND IDENTITY
Independent Visual Design - Fall 2025

A zine design using visual storytelling to reflect on personal experiences in fandom culture.

VISUAL STORYTELLING
GRAPHIC DESIGN
EDITORIAL

SNAPMATEPHOTO

Search Redesign for UW Foster Startup — Ongoing

Refined the search and discovery, optimized filtering logic and layouts to improve user booking conversion.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
CASE STUDY
Visual Designer, Jan-June 2025

Work as a visual designer applied brand assets meet K–12 standards across digital and print media.

BRAND IDENTITY
VISUAL SYSTEM
ACCESSIBILITY

FANTÔME

Chat for Exploring Fandom Research — Ongoing

Built an AI chatbot helps understand my research on fandom communities by asking questions and exploring key concepts.

PRODUCT DESIGN
AI-BASED
RESEARCH

Designed by Bea Beixuan Zhu 2026 | Made with a lot of music 🎶 and coffee ☕️

Internship, Digital Design - Summer 2025

Led the in-park mobile game UX content, in-game UI design, and creative storyboards; designed merch.

PRODUCT DESIGN
CREATIVE
MERCH DESIGN
Food Manage App Design - UW Studio 2025

An end-to-end product design project using AI-based solutions to reduce food waste by connecting family communities.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
BRAND IDENTITY
Independent Visual Design - Fall 2025

A zine design using visual storytelling to reflect on personal experiences in fandom culture.

VISUAL STORYTELLING
GRAPHIC DESIGN
EDITORIAL

SNAPMATEPHOTO

Search Redesign for UW Foster Startup — Ongoing

Refined the search and discovery, optimized filtering logic and layouts to improve user booking conversion.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
CASE STUDY
Visual Designer, Jan-June 2025

Work as a visual designer applied brand assets meet K–12 standards across digital and print media.

BRAND IDENTITY
VISUAL SYSTEM
ACCESSIBILITY

FANTÔME

Chat for Exploring Fandom Research — Ongoing

Built an AI chatbot helps understand my research on fandom communities by asking questions and exploring key concepts.

PRODUCT DESIGN
AI-BASED
RESEARCH

Designed by Bea Beixuan Zhu 2026 | Made with a lot of music 🎶 and coffee ☕️

Internship, Digital Design - Summer 2025

Led the in-park mobile game UX content, in-game UI design, and creative storyboards; designed merch.

PRODUCT DESIGN
CREATIVE
MERCH DESIGN
Food Manage App Design - UW Studio 2025

An end-to-end product design project using AI-based solutions to reduce food waste by connecting family communities.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
BRAND IDENTITY
Independent Visual Design - Fall 2025

A zine design using visual storytelling to reflect on personal experiences in fandom culture.

VISUAL STORYTELLING
GRAPHIC DESIGN
EDITORIAL

SNAPMATEPHOTO

Search Redesign for UW Foster Startup — Ongoing

Refined the search and discovery, optimized filtering logic and layouts to improve user booking conversion.

PRODUCT DESIGN
UX STRATEGY
CASE STUDY
Visual Designer, Jan-June 2025

Work as a visual designer applied brand assets meet K–12 standards across digital and print media.

BRAND IDENTITY
VISUAL SYSTEM
ACCESSIBILITY

FANTÔME

Chat for Exploring Fandom Research — Ongoing

Built an AI chatbot helps understand my research on fandom communities by asking questions and exploring key concepts.

PRODUCT DESIGN
AI-BASED
RESEARCH

Designed by Bea Beixuan Zhu 2026 | Made with a lot of music 🎶 and coffee ☕️