Aicha Niazy

Graphic Designer

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Experience

Art Director - Graphic Designer - UX/UI Designer

January 2014 - Present Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Espress Labs

Graphic Designer

• Art Directing, typesetting and designing 12 magazine issues a year. The magazines are about home design, and construction trends. Here’s a link to the magazines designed: https://issuu.com/jadmediagroup
• Coordinating with the printer to find out when the magazines are scheduled to print.
• Attending press approvals to ensure magazine quality and colours match production standards.
• Meeting with clients to discuss projects with respect to presentations design, logo design, brochures, flyer designs, banners, and advertisements.
• Using Adobe Creative Cloud softwares (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, AfterEffects) to create artwork that meets clients’ needs and objectives. Example: brochures, flyers, advertisements, web material, and branding material.
• Taking charge of and managing multiple social media accounts on behalf of clients and creating static as well as video posts as required.
• Planning social media timeline and calendars and scheduling posts to go out.
• Creating social media artwork on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to meet client’s vision.
• Developing information architecture for mobile apps and website design.
• Completing user experience, and user interface design for mobile apps.
• Preparing sketches and layouts to create mobile wireframes using the Sketch App.
• Designing and creating complete mobile applications on the Sketch App.
September 2018 - Present Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Impact BBDO

Graphic Design Intern

Projects I worked on:
• EFG Hermes office branding
• EFG Hermes e-blast graphics
• Soma Bay brochure
• La Vache Qui Rit social media
• Afia social media
May 2016 - June 2016 Cairo, Egypt

Learning Zone At OCAD University

Student Monitor

October 2014 - April 2018 Ontario, Canada

Education

Ontario College Of Art And Design (OCAD University)

Graphic Design

September 2014 - Present Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University Of Toronto

Art and Art History

Attended for first year where I studied Art and Art History before transferring to OCAD University to pursue my interest in graphic design.
September 2013 - April 2014 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Brain Station

User Experience Design

July 2019 - September 2019 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Languages

Arabic (Native),
French (Fluent),
English (Fluent),

Awards

Adobe - Design Achievement & MAX Awards

Semi Finalist (2x)

2017

International Olympic Committee

IOC “Women and Sport” Awards 2012

2012

Rhythmic Gymnastics- Women's Group

Silver Medal- Second Place

2010

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro , Art Direction, Layout Design, Presentation Skills, Sketch App, Typography,