Paul Jun — Creative Director, Writer, Brand Strategist

PAUL JUN

Design Leader
Brand Strategist
Photographer
Writer

Projects

INFO

Mixpanel

Building a world for data literacy.

COLLINS IDEAS

Editorial publication for a globally renown strategy and branding agency.

Robinhood

Reimagining a future where everyone can participate.

San Francisco Symphony

Classical Music. Contemporary Art.

Crane

Brand evolution for the world's oldest paper company in the U.S.

Clubhouse

Brand strategy, writing guidelines, and tone of voice.

Match

Re-emerging in the universe they created.

The Observers

An online publication featuring visionaries in photography and the photobooks that inspire their work.

The Seaport

Giving a voice to NYC's historic neighborhood.

CreativeMornings

Leading and building content systems for the world's largest in-person creative community.

The altMBA

Building the first cohort-based course, shaping culture and community.

Connect the Dots

Strategies and meditations on self-education.

Upward

Brand identity for a gig worker startup.

Yo! I'm Paul Jun.

I'm a design leader, creative director, writer, and photographer in Brooklyn, NY.

I specialize in transformative rebrands that go beyond aesthetics to influence product development and company culture. What excites me most is guiding this process from vision to execution, collaborating across teams to bring new brand identities to life.

In the past, I led the brand evolution at Mixpanel, launched a new editorial project called IDEAS at COLLINS, served as Head of Content for the global CreativeMornings community, and helped build Seth Godin's The altMBA program from the ground up. I co-created The Observers, a publication on photographers and photobooks. I also published a book called Connect the Dots: Strategies and Meditations on Self-education.

Currently, I'm the Director of Brand at Personio.

I've been writing since 2009, connecting the dots between my interests in history, psychology, creativity, strategy, philosophy, leadership, art, design, and storytelling. Outside of work, I snowboard, play basketball, and take photographs. I currently live in Brooklyn.

Reach out at hello [at] pauljun dot me.

Select Essays

Self-education
Writing is thinking
Brands and philosophy
Build your own garden
To be creative, practice
No artist is pleased
Stoicism and creativity
Post-burnout clarity

Featured on

99u
AIGA
Fast Company
Lifehacker
Insider
AdAge
The Next Web
Entrepreneur

Recognitions

AdAge Design Agency of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021
D&AD Design Agency of the Year 2021
D&AD Wood Pencil, Crane
D&AD Wood Pencil, Match
D&AD Yellow Pencil, San Francisco Symphony
D&AD Yellow Pencil, Robinhood
ADC101 Bronze Cube, Clubhouse