The Sound Healing by HEALIVERSE

KenzoCao

  • Creative Director
  • UI UX Designer
  • Talent Maker

I shape how a healing brand looks, sounds and works online. Every digital product at HEALIVERSE starts on my desk, from the first sketch to the version you tap on your phone.

Portrait of Kenzo Cao
The Sound Healing by HEALIVERSE

Creative DirectorHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Singing bowls and a handpan in The Sound Healing studio Kenzo Cao smiling
♪Beat 01 · Now

One brand.
Every screen.

At HEALIVERSE, I lead the creative side of a sound healing studio in the heart of Saigon.

That means the website guests book from, the app other wellness owners run their business on, the studio system our team produces content in, a sound healing game, and the look of every video on our YouTube channel. I design them, I direct them, and I stay with them until they feel as calm to use as a session in our bowl room.

Before this, I spent ten years in agencies making campaigns for global brands. HEALIVERSE is where I get to build something slower, kinder and fully our own.

13years in art direction and design
20+brands served, from Google to YSL
1,000+international guests welcomed at The Sound Healing
♪Beat 02 · Built in-house

Made at HEALIVERSE

No outside agency, no template. These are the products I designed and art directed for the HEALIVERSE family, and still look after every week.

The Sound Healing bowl room, prepared for a group sound bath
Website · Booking

The Sound Healing

A bilingual booking site where guests from around the world find a sound bath, pick a time and pay in a few taps. Gift tickets, team schedules and reception check-in all run through it.

thesoundhealing.vn →
AI Media Wellness app icon
Product · Mobile app

AI Media Wellness

A media platform for spas, yoga studios and retreats. Owners record a short clip a day, and the system edits, designs, posts and answers their guests.

healiverse.vn →
A group sound bath session with crystal bowls
Internal tool

The Media Studio

Our in-house production line. Scripts, video editing, social design and scheduling for every HEALIVERSE channel live in one place.

Private to the team
Internal tool

Messenger Healiverse

One inbox for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Zalo, with booking and payment built in, so no guest message slips through.

Private to the team
Brand · Video

Identity & YouTube

The visual language of The Sound Healing, plus art direction, thumbnails and editing style for our channel’s series.

@thesoundhealingvn →
A set of seven crystal singing bowls
Game · Web & mobile

A sound healing game

An independent game where players tap seven crystal singing bowls, raise a small companion and drift into a guided sound bath. I designed the world, the characters and every screen, for the web and for iOS and Android, in English and Vietnamese.

Released under its own name
GoogleHeinekenYSL BeautyTechcombankKFCTravelokaNinja VanGojekVinFastSun LifeAIAHondaPernod RicardNestléNYXMurad
♪Beat 03 · The road here

Ten years of agency rhythm

Events, digital campaigns and in-house branding. Each stop taught me something I now use to build products people trust.

  1. 2022 – Now
    Creative DirectorHEALIVERSE Holdings JSC

    Leads brand, digital products and content for The Sound Healing and AI Media Wellness. Also art directed projects for VMLY&R Click Media and IK Group: Gojek, VinFast Evo200, Blanc Beer, State Express 555.

  2. 2020 – 2022
    Art Director2RES Event Agency

    Creative lead for Google’s 2021 virtual event series, FWD Trailblazer Awards, AIA × Tiki, Sun Life Light Festival and Perfetti Van Melle’s 25 Years of Happiness.

  3. 2020
    Art & Design ManagerLeroy Merlin Vietnam · ADEO

    Built the in-house brand identity and directed, shot and edited the customer journey film.

  4. 2019
    Junior Art DirectorYoMedia Agency

    Led a team of 11. Social and animation work for Heineken, KFC, Romano and Pernod Ricard, including a 20% lift in KFC’s Facebook engagement over three months.

  5. 2016 – 2019
    Senior Creative DesignerBlueseed Digital Group

    Key visuals and digital campaigns for Techcombank’s 25 Years (169 banners in two months), Ninja Van’s Vietnam launch, Traveloka, Murad, NYX and YSL Beauty.

  6. 2013 – 2015
    Graphic DesignerWepro Entertainment

    Print and digital design for celebrities and KOLs in Vietnam’s showbiz scene.

♪Beat 05 · Talent maker

I like to grow people, too.

Good products come from good teams. A big part of my job is helping designers, editors and first-time creators find their own voice.

  • i.
    Graphic design coach, SOC InstituteTwo years teaching typography, 2D design and individual projects (2020–2022).
  • ii.
    Team builderFrom an 11-person agency team to the HEALIVERSE crew: clear briefs, honest feedback, room to try.
  • iii.
    Meditation & self-reflection guideAt the studio, I also guide Quantum Akasha sessions with Kennedy Khánh Nguyễn. It keeps my design work close to the people it serves.
A training class at The Sound Healing studio
♪Beat 06 · Toolkit

Design

Art directionBrand identityUI/UXPhotoshopIllustratorInDesignProcreate

Motion & 3D

After EffectsPremiere ProBlenderSpineStoryboarding

Background

FPT University · MultimediaVietnamese · nativeEnglish · professional
2021
Project of the Year · Googlewith 2RES Event Agency
2018
Best Employee of the YearBlueseed Digital Group

Let’s make something calm together.

Brand, product or a team that needs a creative lead. Tell me what you’re building.