I am a design and brand leadership professional based in Hong Kong, specializing in creative direction, design systems, and cross-market brand storytelling. I lead small teams and drive generative AI workflows to power on-brand visuals across markets. My work spans digital brand libraries, localization, and video production, with a passion for blending design with AI to deliver fast, compliant outputs that scale globally.

David Cheng

I am a design and brand leadership professional based in Hong Kong, specializing in creative direction, design systems, and cross-market brand storytelling. I lead small teams and drive generative AI workflows to power on-brand visuals across markets. My work spans digital brand libraries, localization, and video production, with a passion for blending design with AI to deliver fast, compliant outputs that scale globally.

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I am a design and brand leadership professional based in Hong Kong, specializing in creative direction, design systems, and cross-market brand storytelling. I lead small teams and drive generative AI workflows to power on-brand visuals across markets.

My work spans digital brand libraries, localization, and video production, with a passion for blending design with AI to deliver fast, compliant outputs that scale globally.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Design & Creative Manager at FWD
May 1, 2025 - Present
Creative-direct and set foundational brand content standards at group level — shaping how the brand shows up across markets, including the brand intro video and creative platform videos — while managing a small design team. Drive generative AI experimentation: training style LoRAs for on-brand illustration generation and developing prompt-engineering workflows that power a group-wide, compliance-ready asset toolset for markets to use.
Digital Brand Designer at FWD
May 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Built and maintained a brand digital asset library across photoshoots, generative AI, illustration, and video. Partnered with cross-functional teams to produce videos and static assets tailored to their needs. Established a generative AI playbook, setting best practices and upskilling colleagues to keep outputs consistently on-brand.
Creative Designer at Localised
May 1, 2021 - April 1, 2023
Designed local-first UI/UX solutions for brands including ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Anthropologie across Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. Contributed to design system development to sync components with the internal codebase, enabling faster feature releases and smoother handovers. Built promotional assets — landing pages and marketing emails — in CSS, HTML and JSON and YAML, working alongside marketing and brand-side designers.
UI Designer at Hong Kong Economic Times
June 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021
UI Designer focused on user-centered design for the publication's digital presence.

Education

Bachelor's of Art in Fashion / Apparel Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail