Ejun Mary Hong
Designer, Animator
- Role
- Co-founder, Director of Programming at Lensbright Initiative
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ejun Mary Hong
Ejun Mary Hong is a Korean-Canadian artist specializing in design, illustration, and story-driven animation. Her work explores memory, resilience, and human connection, shaped by her early vision challenges and the refuge she found in animated worlds.She has held social, digital, and visual design roles at Sony Pictures Entertainment (Los Angeles), the Walt Disney Family Museum (San Francisco), All Ages Productions (Philadelphia), and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). Her personal animated work has earned 17 awards and 40+ official selections, including screenings at Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying film festivals.Ejun graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. Fine Arts & Cinema and Media Studies; minor in Design) and received Penn’s President’s Engagement Prize to launch the LensBright Initiative, a Philadelphia-based arts education nonprofit connecting under-resourced high school students to lens-based creative industries.Contact: e•••••••@alumni.upenn.edu
Experience
Co-founder, Director of Programming
May 2025 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US
Co-founded the LensBright Initiative, a $150K President’s Engagement Prize-winning nonprofit that builds bridges between under-resourced high school students in Philadelphia and lens-based creative industries, universities, and storytelling tools.Oversee organizational programming and lead a weekly animation and video after-school program at Sayre High School, where university mentors from across Philadelphia and high school students collaboratively create a stop-motion animated film that shares students’ stories.
Education
The British International School of Bratislava
International Baccalaureate (IB)
2019 — 2021
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
High School Diploma
2018 — 2019
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's degree
2021 — 2025
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