Ana Starhan

Designer

Glasgow, United Kingdom
Currently working for IKEA Ltd. as well as my usual Freelance work.

Work Experience

IKEA

Commercial Co-worker and Home Planner

Responsible for designing home interiors for customers using IKEA's furniture solutions
May 2022 - Berlin, Germany

IKEA

Internal Communications Specialist

Responsible for the creation and implementation of Visual Communication for co-workers.
Use of different medias such as videos, store newspaper, newsletters and interactive boards of information to update and inspire co-workers about their work and the values of IKEA. Going from Global Actions to Apprentice Programs my job was to help co-workers navigate the company's information.
I was the first Internal Communications Specialist in based in a store in the UK and helped to develop the work profile to be implemented across the UK and Ireland. Now having a local Internal Communications Specialist is considered to be an essential part of the business, helping the co-workers to filter and adapt the to the local needs the high volume of information a global company of the calibre of IKEA has to share.
February 2019 - April 2022 Glasgow, United Kingdom

IKEA

Interior Designer & Internal Communicator

Responsible for designing the interiors and graphics of the co-worker areas in the store.
March 2016 - February 2019 Glasgow, United Kingdom

IKEA

Kitchen planner

Kitchen planing and planing assistance.
Custom worktop design.
Providing a professional, friendly and courteous service to all customers.
November 2014 - Present Glasgow, United Kingdom

Freelance

Graphic Designer

Working with projects from conception right through development to completion in the areas of re-design, packaging, layouts, typography, image manipulation, branding, logo construction and consultancy.
October 2011 - Glasgow, United Kingdom

COOLSIDE

Graphic Designer

Graphic Design internship with the company
August 2012 - January 2014 Glasgow, United Kingdom

Mindful Mum

Graphic Designer

Work manipulating and creating images to be used on the Mindful Mum website and social networks.
July 2012 - November 2012 United Kingdom

Education

IADE Creative University

Bachelor in Design

I have started my degree for Graphic Design in Brazil and have done 2 years of it in ESPM Porto Alegre, I got transferred to IADE Lisboa in 2009 and my Design Bachelor Degree was granted to me by IADE.
March 2006 - June 2011 Lisboa, Portugal

Languages

Brazilian Portuguese (Native),
English (Fluent),
German (Conversational),
Spanish (Conversational),
French (Beginner),
Italian (Beginner),
Czech (Beginner),

Skills

3D Max, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Drawing, Illustration, Office 365,