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I JUST DECIDED WHEN SOMEONE SAYS YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING, DO MORE OF IT.




EASON YANG IS A DESIGNER, SPEAKER, EDUCATOR, AND SOCIAL INNOVATOR. HAVING
TRIUMPHED OVER CANCER, HE IS NOW THE FACE OF COMEBACKS, INSPIRING OTHERS TO
REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL DESPITE ADVERSITY AND LIFE INTERRUPTIONS. 

PEOPLE OFTEN COMPARE EASON’S CAREER STRUGGLES WITH STEVE JOBS' RETURN TO APPLE,
ROBERT DOWNEY JR.'S COMEBACK TO ACTING, AND LANCE ARMSTRONG'S CYCLING VICTORIES.
JUST KIDDING.

EARLY IN HIS CAREER, EASON LED GLOBAL CREATIVE TEAMS AT UBER, OGILVY, AND
SAATCHI & SAATCHI, EARNING WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION INCLUDING THE CANNES YOUNG LION
AWARD IN 2012.

IN LATE 2016, A CANCER DIAGNOSIS DRASTICALLY CHANGED EASON'S LIFE. DESPITE
OVERCOMING CANCER, HE WAS LABELED ‘UNHIREABLE’ AT 35 DUE TO A RESUME GAP.
UNDETERRED, EASON FOUNDED NOT ENTIRELY DEAD (NED), A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE DESIGNED
TO HELP CANCER SURVIVORS AND CAREGIVERS NAVIGATE PROFESSIONAL COMEBACKS.

EASON’S APPROACH TO DESIGN AND SOCIAL INNOVATION HAS EARNED RECOGNITION FROM
EVERY MAJOR CREATIVE AWARD, INCLUDING AIGA, PRINT, AND D&AD. FAST COMPANY NAMED
NED THE 2023 WORLD CHANGING IDEA AND MOST INNOVATIVE DESIGN. WHILE CREATING NED,
EASON EARNED A MASTER OF DESIGN DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
SERVED AS THE 2022 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER.

TODAY, EASON TEACHES DESIGN, MENTORS YOUNG CREATIVES, AND SPEAKS GLOBALLY,
INCLUDING TEDX AND NPR. NOT ENTIRELY DEAD IS RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE AROUND WORK
AND HEALTH, BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST COMEBACK COMMUNITY FOR CANCER SURVIVORS.

BEYOND DESIGN, EASON IS A SELF-TRAINED MARATHON RUNNER, HAVING LOGGED OVER 7,500
KM AFTER BEATING CANCER, FUELED BY HIS LOVE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC AND 80S ROCK.



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DESIGN & INNOVATION AWARDS

2024  PRINT Awards - Design for Social Impact
2024  PRINT Awards - Environmental Design

2023  Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Award - Art & Design
2023  Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award - General Excellence
2023  D&AD Awards - Future Impact
2023  D&AD Awards - Side Hustle
2023  American Graphic Design Award
2023  Graphic Design USA Responsible Designer
2023  Kleiner Perkins Design Fellow

2022 AIGA Year in Design - Winner of Social Design


SPEAKING + LECTURING

2023  TEDx Santa Barbara
2023  NPR - Podcast Guest 
2023  CreativeMornings - New York 
2022  CreativeMornings - Seattle 
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2024  SVA - School of Visual Arts
2023  Tsinghua University
2023  Northwell Health
2023  Accenture
2023  Thomas Jefferson University
2023  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2023  Microsoft
2023  The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2022  Fred Hutch


EXHIBITING

Winter 2024  Featured Exhibition: New York Public Library
2022  Featured Designer: Seattle Design Week
2022  Featured Designer: University of Washington


JUDGING

2024  Global Creative Graduate Showcase
2024  Startup Yale at Yale University
2024  D&AD New York Portfolio Review
2023  AIGA Design Leader Certification
2023  AIGA Professional Designer Certification


VOLUNTEERING

2023 - 2024  Yale University Social Innovation Mentor
2022  AIGA Design Educators Community


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New York, NY

Eason Yang