Austin Li Los Angeles, California

Bringing Life to Live Experiences.

A holistic approach to design, built on training across the arts, technology, communications, and the business of innovation. Those four disciplines rarely sit at the same table, and the value of holding all of them is the ability to move between them — to read a brief as a craft problem, a systems problem, an audience problem, and a commercial one at the same time, and to identify which of the four the answer actually belongs to.

In practice, that means fewer handoffs and fewer translation losses. A concept can be argued in the language of the person who has to approve it, drawn to the level of detail the fabricator needs, and specified so the operator running it after launch is never guessing. Work that moves through one person instead of four moves faster and arrives intact.

The more durable part of the method is teaching it. Cross-disciplinary fluency is transferable, and passing it to a team — how a designer reads a P&L, how an operator briefs creative, what a fabrication drawing has to carry — builds a communication chain that holds under pressure. Teams that share that vocabulary make better decisions without waiting for permission, which is what makes tight timelines workable.

Based
Los Angeles, California
Focus
Brand strategy, creative marketing, environmental design
Tools
Adobe Creative Cloud, CAD & 3D modeling, print production
Open to
Brand and creative marketing roles in hospitality, venues, and live entertainment

Skillsets

Brand & identity

Identity systems, logos, and brand guidelines, with narrative strategy that gives a property something to say before it decides how to look.

Creative marketing

Launch campaigns, event graphics, seasonal programs, menus, social, and email, with asset libraries built so a venue team can keep producing without a designer on call.

Environments & 3D

CAD modeling, renders that secure approval, signage systems, and on-site brand execution audits from install through service.

Experience

Selected
2025 – PresentSodexo Live!
Marketing CoordinatorLos Angeles  ·  Brand execution, launch marketing, and program design across more than ten accounts. Previously Operations, Sales & Marketing Intern.
2024MGM Resorts International
3D & Graphic DesignerMacao  ·  Identity, environment design, CAD models, and renders for the MGM Reserve kids’ club amenity, rolled out across Mainland China.
2023 – 2024MGM Resorts International
Marketing Communications InternShanghai  ·  Delivered campaign work across the West Bund property calendar, including the NYE countdown, Asia’s 50 Best Bars, Lunar New Year, and the Artist+ collaboration launch.
2022 – 2023Jaq Jaq Bird
Digital Marketer & DesignerLos Angeles  ·  Packaging concepts, original illustration, retail display, and digital publishing that reached more than 105,000 cumulative views.
2022WNDR Museum
Immersive Design ConsultantChicago  ·  Developed original STEAM curricula for the Chicago Public School system and the market research behind future installations.

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Location
Los Angeles, California  ·  available to relocate