Georgia Vlachou

Freelance Illustrator & Graphic designer

Athens, Greece
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
Samuel Beckett

Work Experience

Freelance

Graphic designer/Illustartor

Freelance work specializing in corporate identity, logo design, illustration, book and magazine layout, posters, brochures and other means of visual communication design.
September 2009 - Greece

Hillside Press ELT

Head of Design Department

Responsible for a small group of designers and illustrators for the
production of english language teaching (ELT) books. Managing
production timelines, responsible for book aesthetics and the
company image (print and digital), design, setting layout, page
setting and illustrating publications. Closely working with editors,
freelancers and sales representatives.
November 2019 - September 2022 Greece

Express Publishing

Graphic Designer/ Illustrator

Design, setting layout, illustrating english educational books for early primary, school and adult levels. Adjusting content depending on foreign clients’ culture and graphic details depending on students’ level.
July 2014 - November 2019 Greece

Estee Lauder Hellas

Graphic designer

Working - in cooperation with the decoration and marketing
departments (local and abroad) - on big promotional campaigns
for international brands (Estée Lauder, Clinique, Bobbi Brown,
La Mer, Darphin, Bumble & Bumble, Tommy Hilfiger), various brand
brochures, leaflets and visuals, magazine ads, corporate materials,
in-house e-shop, social media posts, seasonal decoration and
lightboxes for big department cosmetic stores & chains.
September 2013 - January 2014 Greece

University Of Athens

Art director in the magazine BOBINA (Volunteer work)

BOBINA is a freepress magazine created for educational purposes of the cinema section of the Cultural Asossiation of Students in the University of Athens“POFPA”.
March 2012 - Athens, Greece

University Of Athens

Volunteer work

Design the posters for the upcoming screenings for the cinema section of the Cultural Association of Students of the University of Athens.
November 2010 - September 2012 Athens, Greece

Education

Central Saint Martins College Of Art And Design

Courses

Attending summer courses organised by Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London (www.csm.arts.ac.uk) on Introduction to package design (prof. Lisa Gellender) and Introduction to advertising art direction (prof. Francine Galea).
July 2013 - July 2013 London, United Kingdom

Technological Institute Of Athens

BA in Graphic Design

March 2005 - June 2010 Athens, Greece

Languages

Greek (Native),
English (Fluent),
French (Beginner),

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Calligraphy , Corporate Indentity, Creative Direction, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Drawing And Illustration, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Organizational Skills, Origami, Page Layout, Photography, Presentation Design, Project Management, Responsible, Typography, Visual Communication,