Aicha Niazy
Graphic Designer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaWork Experience
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.
• 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
• 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
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
Languages
Arabic (Native),
French (Fluent),
English (Fluent),
Awards
Adobe - Design Achievement & MAX Awards
Semi Finalist (2x)
2017
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,