Lennon Cheng🇦🇺

About Lennon Cheng

Product Designer at Canva

Howdy Lennon here 👋 I am a product designer at Canva. My team focuses on product wide filtering and search experience plus some AI things at the moment.

--- Let's chat about:

👉 What you are working on 👉 Your portfolio, resume and interview 👉 Working at an agency or a product company 👉 Breaking into design as an international student + someone who speaks English as a second language 👉 Handover design to an engineer 👉 Design documentation and Notion 👉 Burnout

--- 🙋🏻‍♂️ A bit more about myself

I was born in China and landed in Australia 11 years ago, and now call Melbourne my home.

My experience of being an international student and working at several fast pace agencies have allowed me to grow as a generalist and gain a lot of empathy for fellow students, designers and friends who speaks English as their second language. I have also been venturing into 2 product companies (Xero and Canva), which enable me to hone in more on design system and dig in deeper with search and filtering.

Outside of 9 to 5, I have been running a Mandarin-speaking podcast for queer folks with my best friend for the past 2 years. I have two rescued cats, Chipper (in my profile photo) and Sesame (often hiding), you might catch them on camera!

Expertise

Sessions with Lennon Cheng

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“I talked with Lennon last month, and it was really impressive session. He provided insightful feedback on my portfolio indicating what could I could improve more and what already nice! Yet he was always supportive and encouraging throughout the session. I highly recommend him as a mentor!”

“Thanks for your session. Your mentorship has had a positive impact on me, and I am confident that I will continue to benefit from your guidance in the future. Thank you for your time, your knowledge, and your support.”

“Lennon has offered excellent guidance on switching from customer service to UX design. He advises focusing on your strengths and positive qualities, regardless of whether English is your first language. He also recommends gaining experience and building skills in meet up, Hackatorn. He also shared his experience working with Agency and a very insightful product company.”