résumé

madeleine.e.chan@gmail.com · (213) 880-9806 · New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA · linkedin.com/in/madeleineechan

Professional Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant

NYU Tandon Center for Urban Science + Progress — Braiding Data to Save Lives

  • Contribute to research on youth suicidal behavior by developing tools to help researchers identify and analyze patterns in demographic and place-based data
  • Built and manually refined an AI-assisted collaborative web tool for organizing, sorting, and grouping data
  • Redesigned the UI/UX and user journey of the existing r-based data system
  • Collaborate with Professor Graham Dove and graduate researchers on presentation and workshop materials for the Youth Suicide Research Consortium

May 2026 – Present

New York, NY

Lipton Hall Residential Assistant

New York University Residential Life and Housing

  • Support a residential community of 700+ first-year students through individual meetings, roommate mediations, resource support, crisis response, and weekly programming
  • Worked in the Resource Center to assist residents, process/organize packages, answer calls, and respond to emails

Aug 2025 – Present

New York, NY

Design Intern

Goodfin

  • Developed campaign graphics and reusable social media templates to strengthen the company's visual identity and brand communications for this fintech startup with $100 MM in assets under management
  • Partnered with the CEO to create investor pitch decks and corporate partnership presentations
  • Prototyped UI solutions and contributed to the redesign of the company website

Jun 2025 – Aug 2025

Los Angeles, CA

Chief of Staff and Business Development Intern

Short Story

  • Partnered with the CTO to improve internal processes and communication workflows
  • Conducted a SWOT analysis of competitors' websites, product features, and branding to identify opportunities for improvement and revenue growth, already over $80 MM per year

Oct 2024 – May 2025

San Francisco, CA

Education

Integrated Design and Media (B.S.), Liberal Studies Core

New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

  • GPA: 3.98/4.0; Michael Probst Scholar (top 12 students in Liberal Studies); Dean's List
  • Relevant coursework: Web Development, Creative Coding, Physics, Media Studies, Psychology, Management

Expected May 2027

New York, NY

Industrial Design (Exchange Semester)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

  • Classes: Design History; Computer-Aided Design; Presentation Technique; UI Design; Interactive Product Design

Jun 2026

Daejeon, Korea

High School Graduation

Harvard Westlake School

  • Honor Roll all years · Varsity tennis all years (league MVP)

Jun 2023

Los Angeles, CA

Certifications, Skills, Technologies & Interests

Certifications

CITI Social & Behavioral Research; Udemy Web Development Bootcamp; Therapy Dog Handler

Skills

UI/UX Design; Graphic Design; Web Development; HTML/CSS/JavaScript; 3D Modeling; Strategic Communication; Project Management; Market Research; Vibe Coding; AI

Technologies

Figma; Adobe Creative Suite; Blender 3D; Rhino 3D; Fusion 360; LovableAI

Interests

Illustration; Baking; Crochet and Knit; Tennis; Travel