DIGITAL CONTENT PORTFOLIO

CONNECT:     denghaoshu@gmail.com
Designer, Filmmaker, and Educator based in Chicago, IL


New_ Public


Content Design

New_ Public is a nonprofit Research & Development lab working to create digital public spaces where people can connect and thrive online in healty civic discourse.

  1. Map of Local Stewardship Fellows and digital public spaces across the US
  2. Video Excerpt of Co-Director Eli Pariser’s panel talk at Trust. News. Democracy
  3. Motion Graphic Explainer Video for Public Spaces Incubator’s “Representing Perspectives” prototype
  4. Header image for Substack article “From bowling alleys to digital spaces: Rethinking American social capital“
  5. Design infographic for Local Stewardship Fellow and partner KQED Forum












Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras

General Social Media


Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras is a top US youth orchestra featuring classical, jazz, and steelpan ensemble programs for young musicians in the Chicagoland area, ages 6 to 18.

Social media posts — design and copy — for the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras are shared across platforms on Instagram (3655 followers), Facebook (7288 followers), and LinkedIn (950 followers).

Samples:

  1. Student Interview excerpt
  2. CYSO Day celebration









Petrushka


Event Digital Content


Digital content for Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Spring 2024 concert “Petrushka”. Petrushka, a ballet masterpiece by Russian composer Stravinsky, is the finale to an evening of music performed by Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Symphony Orchestra — its highest level ensemble — at Symphony Center, Orchestra Hall on May 19, 2024.


  1. Motion graphic poster design inspired by Russian paper cutting depicting three puppets in the ballet “Petrushka”
  2. Event recap blog post “CYSO Captures Mischief, Myth, and Magic at Orchestra Hall”
  3. Educational blog “Behind the Music: Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’”
  4. Pre-event social media post
  5. Post-event video recap


In Search of Music, You Find Your Home


Fundraiser Campaign Design


Digital content for Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Fall 2024 fundraiser campaign “In Search of Music, You Find Your Home”. In total, the campaign raised $90,000.


  1. Header and logo design for campaign
  2. One of the 10 fundraiser E-blasts sent to over 8000 subscribers of the CYSO newsletter, which received 44% open rate.
  3. Social media graphics for campaign


826CHI


Graphic Design & Illustration

826CHI is a non-profit creative writing, tutoring, and publishing center dedicated to amplifying the voices of Chicago youth.


  1. 2022 Annual Report publication design
  2. 2024 End of Year appeal graphic design and illustration
  3. 2023 Eat Your Words Gala Illustration
  4. 2023 Eat Your Words Gala Event Guide design
  5. 2024 Trivia for Cheaters Illustration and design
  6. 2023 End of Year appeal graphic design and illustration
  7. Student writing excerpt illustration