(Résumé 2026)

Zikang Deng

Marketing & Media Strategist based in Toronto. Open to full-time roles.

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(Profile)

Product planning and media operations, with three years of product experience. I start from the user experience and what people actually need, and I've taken several marketing campaigns from 0 to 1 and through their next iterations.

(Experience)

01

Forestry Marketing Intern

Ministry of Natural Resources

  • Produced 100+ graphics and 15 videos across 4 social media platforms, translating technical forestry information into clear, accessible content.
  • Developed 2 plain-language SOPs, standardizing 4-stage review, accessibility, approval, and publishing workflows.
  • Coordinated exhibits at the CTFO Field Day, Cottage Life Show, and other events, managing displays, promotional materials, and visitor engagement.
  • Consulted with staff and partners to develop communications aligned with AODA, bilingual, and OPS visual identity requirements.
  • Automated 3 recurring workflows using Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Copilot, streamlining social media production, SOP updates, and digital asset management.
06/2026 – PresentFull-time · Sault Ste. Marie

02

Co-founder & Principal Operations Manager

Frontier Messenger

  • Produced two GTA film community events (~500 attendees each) and ran community communications across channels, from turnout to post-event feedback.
  • Ran Instagram and X campaigns and media buying that generated 200K+ impressions and 400+ registrations and orders.
  • Worked with the design and web teams to refine the Shopify UX across 20+ products and co-designed merch; manage a KOL network of 10+ local artists.
08/2024 – PresentPart-time · Toronto

03

UX Researcher

Centre for Effective Practice

  • Coordinated 15 usability tests for a clinical tools redesign, planning 5 clinician sessions and 5 comparative tasks.
  • Supported the final client handoff: report writing, the presentation, and a synthesis of ~16 hours of stakeholder and team meetings.
01/2026 – 04/2026Part-time · Toronto

04

International Marketing Planning

Hypergryph

  • Monitored and analyzed social performance across channels with 270K followers and ~900K monthly views.
  • Wrote twice-daily media intelligence briefings on public sentiment, industry news and online discussion to support communications decisions.
  • Coordinated regional campaigns for the Taiwan market, lifting participation and cutting launch-period negative sentiment by ~6%.
  • Produced 300+ digital assets a month with the marketing, UX research and design teams in Figma, Photoshop and DaVinci Resolve.
04/2025 – 08/2025Co-op · Shanghai

05

Service Designer (Capstone)

Loblaws

  • Built end-to-end service maps of the PC Express ordering flow and turned interview insights into key opportunity areas.
  • Ran a heuristic evaluation and journey-based analysis; proposed improved flows and service concepts within feasibility constraints.
  • Delivered the final service design report and validated concepts in stakeholder reviews; parts of it were taken forward into implementation.
01/2025 – 04/2025Part-time · Toronto

06

Sports Photographer

University of Toronto Varsity Blues

  • Edited and delivered nearly 2,000 photos from 30 games in Lightroom and Photoshop.
  • Turned around 90% of images within 12 hours, contributing to the 2024–25 OUA Best Social Media Account award.
  • Curated the standout shots from nearly 17,000 frames each season.
09/2024 – 04/2025Work-study · Toronto

07

International Game Marketing

Yostar

  • Led the North America (US/Canada) social channel: ~1.2M monthly impressions and 2,000+ net new followers through content planning and community insight.
  • Ran 30+ market analyses across the US, Canada and Mexico and turned them into audience targeting and campaign recommendations.
  • Designed and deployed surveys reaching 100K+ players; synthesized the quantitative and qualitative feedback into insights the PR and UX teams adopted.
05/2024 – 08/2024Co-op · Shanghai

08

NA Product Media Buying Analyst

Mobvista

  • Supported ad operations with traffic analytics tools (Sensor Tower, App Annie), delivering 7 optimization strategies across 4 mobile games with ~1M active users.
  • Wrote user persona reports for 20+ mid-core, hardcore and overseas mobile games to sharpen ad targeting.
  • Evaluated the user experience of ~40 advertised products (including Shopee and Call of Duty: Mobile) with marketing optimizers and turned the findings into refined campaign strategies.
05/2021 – 08/2021Internship · Beijing

(Education)

University of Toronto

Master of Information

Concentrations in UXD & HCDS

2024 – 2026

Honours Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts

Game Design & Development (UXD Specialization)

GPA 3.82/4.0 · Dean's List Scholar, twice

2020 – 2024

(Certifications)

AODA Certificate

OSG

04/2026

Level 1 Certified Instructor

Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance

03/2026

Drone Pilot Certificate

Transport Canada

07/2024

Nikon Professional Services Campus Program

Nikon Canada

09/2024

TCPS 2: CORE

Government of Canada

07/2020

(Tools)

Editing

  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Final Cut Pro
  • CapCut

Product & UX

  • Figma
  • Miro
  • Jira
  • Canva

Web & CMS

  • WordPress
  • HTML/CSS
  • Framer

Analytics & Data

  • Tableau
  • Power BI

AI

  • AI-assisted research & content workflows
  • Vibe coding

(Skills)

Core

  • Service operations
  • Product design
  • User research
  • Media editing

Methods

  • Experimentation
  • User research
  • Data-informed decisions

Systems

  • Design systems
  • Documentation
  • Pipelines

Collaboration

  • Cross-functional teams

Domain

  • AI-assisted products

(Languages)

  • English
  • Mandarin (native)
  • French

(Contact)

Let's talk.

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