Ana Agner

Digital and Print Designer

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A skilled graphic designer with extensive experience in both print and online environments and a design process that involves research and targeting specific needs of clients.

Works well under pressure and consistently delivers complex projects on time, on budget, with superior quality to the end design.

Previous experience includes web and design work for companies such as #BCTECH Summit, LegalAidBC, Citibank, Unilever, Disney, Ford, Robeez and for publications such as Canadian Living, Instyle, MTV, Elle and National Geographic.

I am a big kid who just pretends to be a child (almost all the time).

Work Experience

Legal Services Society - BC

Designs several digital and printed materials in a fast environment including:
• A new concept of wall signage for the Core Values
• A new look and feel of the Family Law website. Including the redesign of the logo, a much more user friendly and inclusive navigation, a divorce guide that is much easier
to get located, landing pages for each main category.
• A redesign of the How to Appeal Your Conviction & Sentence books using plain-language design
• Several booklets in different languages. Categorizing each language by colour
• Unbundled Law and How to Appeal infographics. Also helped organize the content
• Helping training a junior co-worker
• Oversee print production and get quotes
January 2018 - Present Canada

Nimbyx

Marketing Branding Designer - Contract

A dental/health labs technology start-up company. It owns the largest dental payment systems for labs in EUA. It has several softwares for the healthcare industry.

• Responsible for brand consistency in the digital and printed materials.

• Fast-place environment that requires many projects done in a short-time. I create from social media visual posts, to mobile/desktop/tablet visuals for the websites. CEO presentations to direct mail and email marketing designs
July 2017 - Present British Columbia, Canada

BCIC

Marketing & Designer Specialist - 8 months contract work

Responsible for all the Print and Digital materials related to #BCTECH Summit 2017.
Using the "glass" image created by the government, I created many pieces for the event including:
- #BCTECH Summit website - bctechsummit.ca;
- All the printed marketing promotional materials - Sponsorship Package, Overviews, Postcards, Printed Banners, Event Program, Vancouver Convention Centre Signage (including maps, elevators, stairs, etc);
- Created the Mailchimp standard template and layouts;
- Several digital banners (including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc);
- Presentations, email signatures and letterhead.

Also supported the BCIC Marketing team with designs for other events happening during my contract at the company.

August 2016 - March 2016 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Digital and Print Designer

January 2015 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

TC Media

Interactive Designer

TC Media is one of Canada’s leading providers of digital solutions and marketing communications. Canada’s leading consumer magazine publisher (including Canadian Living, Elle, Style at Home, etc).

• Responsible for the creation of online visual design, including visual concept, logo design for the Internet and interactive platforms. Printed and Online ads, e-push, email, banner, sub-chanel, microsite, webpage, iPad ads, for internal and external clients
May 2011 - December 2014 Ontario, Canada

Legal Services Society - BC

Graphic Designer

Legal Services Society (LSS), is an non-profit organization that provides legal aid for low income people in BC.

• Worked in the Publishing team (designers and editors)
• Designed a variaty of printed materials in many languages: Surviving Relationship, The Consumer Law; Your Welfare Rights; and Annual and Service Plan reports
• Prepared files in accordance with print production requirements while ensuring budgets and deadlines are met

Several Awards for the Annual Reports and Surviving Books.
October 2009 - February 2011 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Teekay Corporation

Senior Graphic Designer

Founded in 1973, Teekay is an essential marine link in the global energy supply chain
serving the worlds leading oil and gas companies.

• Worked in the Corporate Communications team producing printed collateral
• Provided graphic/layout design and pre-press for printed materials including annual reports, catalogues, posters, ads and calendars
• Created design and layout for email marketing promotion and company’s website
• Followed company branding guidelines in all print and web creative
• Provided fresh creative concepts to artwork to support the brand
• Special honours received for Teekay Corporation Annual 2006 Cover Design
June 2006 - December 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robeez Fotwear

Web & Graphic Designer

Robeez Footwear is the international market leader of soft-soled footwear for children
and a BC ‘mompreneur’ success story. In 2006, Stride Rite acquired Robeez for $36 million.

• Worked in the E-Commerce team producing online and off line campaign materials
• Created the design layouts for all Robeez websites, including international sites
• Designed all online marketing graphics including banners, newsletters, email
promotions and splash pages
• Developed and incorporated gif and flash banners into site
• Created all printed collateral and online graphical pieces for Robeez Disney collection adhering to Disney’s strict brand guidelines
• Supported the brand online by successfully transferring offline print creative to
online materials
• Several designs and layouts are still being used
May 2005 - June 2006 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abril Group

Web and Graphic Designer

The Abril Group is one of Latin America’s largest communications groups with integrated operations across a variety of media channels including more than 80 magazines (Elle, Instyle, National Geographic, Disney, MTV, More, etc), music and TV.
• Designed promotional online and offline campaigns for the Marketing team, including websites, banners, brochures, illustrations, emails, corporate stationary, newsletters, and posters.
• Created banners and email marketing that successfully promoted magazines for women, men, children as well as business, fashion, tourism and decoration.
• Contributed to a promotional campaign that resulted in a 17% increase in pay TV subscriptions and several awards received for creative digital materials.
• Gathered client expectations through briefing and conducted research on client culture and competitors.
• Designed intranets, extranets and websites for clients such as Unilever, Citigroup and Abril Group (from scratch to final website), including design and HTML coding.
• Experience working with wireframes, editors and project managers.
January 2000 - June 2004 Brazil

Languages

English (Fluent),
Portuguese (Native),
Spanish (Advanced),

Awards

Legal Services Society - BC

The Apex Awards 2012‏ Public Services | Reports (#37), The LSS Service Plan 2011/2012 – 2013/2014 June 2012

2012

Legal Services Society - BC

The LSS publication, Surviving Relationship Violence and Abuse, has won an Award of Excellence in the 2011 Apex Awards competition. The Apex Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communica

2011

Teekay Corporation

Best Annual Report Cover Series - http://www.lacp.com/2006vision/5836.HTM

2007

Skills

Annual Reports, Awards, Banner, Book Covers, E-commerce, E-push, Epush, Extranet, Global Clients, HTML, Illustrations, Illustrator, Indesign, Interactive Design, Intranet, IPad Ads, Mailchimp, Marketing Materials, Microsites, Mobile Sites, Online Ads, Photoshop, Print Materials, Printed Ads, Printed Packages, Project Managers, Proof, Websites, Wireframes, WordPress,

BACHELOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Graphic Design - Expertise
Catholic University of Parana State, Curitiba, Brazil
www.pucpr.br

Technical Skills

InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Dreamweaver, HTML, Jira, Slack, WordPress, Microsoft Office. Mac and PC.

Volunteer Jobs - Design

I have done several volunteer jobs in Vancouver - BC - (design work).
Specially for the North West Wild Life.

Contact Information

Ana Agner
778.227.0897

linkedin: ca.linkedin.com/in/anaagner