LWLiying Wang
Founding mentor
🌱 First session
Graphic Designer - Executive & Visual Communications @ Cisco
1testimonial Bay Area, CA Los Angeles (UTC-7) 5+ yrs in design
About
Hello! I’m Liying, also known as Miko, a passionate visual storyteller dedicated to transforming ideas into impactful designs. With a strong foundation in Graphic Design, UI/Visual Design, Branding and Identity Design, and Multimedia Design, I excel at crafting compelling visual narratives that resonate with audiences. My expertise also extends to Design Systems, ensuring cohesive and user-friendly experiences across platforms. As your mentor, I am here to help you tackle challenges related to your design journey. Whether you’re seeking guidance on creating an impressive portfolio, enhancing your communication with stakeholders, or refining your resume to showcase your unique skills, I’m excited to support you in achieving your goals. Let’s collaborate and elevate your design prowess together!
How I can help
I help designers polish their portfolios, navigate career steps, and refine visual storytelling. I love offering a side-by-side view on design challenges—exploring different angles together often reveals the best creative solutions.
Ask me about
Agency to in-house
Pivot into design
Presenting to execs
Building a design system
Craft to strategy
Growing into leadership
Influence without authority
Expertise
Visual/Brand
Agency
Design systems
Interviewing
Graphic Design
E-commerce & Retail
Media & Entertainment
Visual communications
Experience
Graphic Designer - Executive & Visual Communications · Cisco
2025 - Present
Serve as the designer within the CMO Office, supporting the SVP/CMO and senior leadership with executive-ready decks and visual narratives for high-visibility initiatives. Own the design and production of communication assets for company-wide forums—including All-Hands, leadership briefings, and strategic update meetings—helping clarify priorities for large internal audiences. Support the visual direction and slide system for WebexOne 25, AI Summit, ENCAB, Cisco Live EMEA, InfoComm keynotes, creating motion-ready layouts and cross-functional frameworks adopted by product and marketing teams. Translate complex data, KPIs, and business narratives into clear visual systems that make information easier to present, discuss, and act on at the leadership level. Develop and maintain design systems, reusable templates, and content frameworks that increase consistency and reduce turnaround time for executive communications. Partner with product, marketing, communications, and analytics leaders to structure messages and align narrative flow across high-stakes presentations.
Graphic Designer · Superbolt
2020 to 2024
(Promoted from Jr. Designer & Intern) Designed static, motion, and modular creatives to support growth campaigns across 20+ DTC brands in beauty, wellness, fashion, food/drink, and lifestyle. Collaborated with growth teams to iterate on campaigns using A/B and multivariate testing, refining creative based on CTR, CAC, ROAS, and audience behavior trends. Built funnel-specific assets for prospecting, retargeting, and conversion across paid social and lifecycle channels. Produced client-facing decks and testing recaps that turned performance metrics into clear visual stories for marketing and brand stakeholders. Contributed to brainstorms, documented design systems, and supported junior designers and interns on visual quality and testing alignment.
Testimonials
Liying was very insightful. She provided me with great information about what I should focus on, which projects to include in my portfolio, and how to construct my resume. I will book another session with Liying to discuss the projects and my resume.
Zohra · Aug 2026