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–– – ABOUT ME – ––
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Hi, I'm Melissa, a Sydney based Graphic Designer passionate about all things Design including Brand Identities, Typesetting, and Visual Storytelling. As a Graphic Designer I tell the visual stories that demonstrate the uniqueness of brands. I have a Diploma in Graphic Design, an Advanced Diploma of Business Marketing and a Bachelor of Commerce.
My experience includes working in Electronics as a Marketing Executive and for an in-house Creative Studio where I was a Project Manager for creative projects involving the in-house Graphic Designer, Copywriter, Web Designer, Web Developer, Art Director as well as collaborations with an external Video Editor and Web Developer. With this experience I bring a hands on experience of the entire process involved in creative projects from concept brainstorming right through to final artwork and project delivery.
In these roles I also created designs which ranged from content creation to presentation designs through to video editing, web design and technical instruction booklets for how to use a product i.e. how to use a newly available Online Education Portal with a login/sign up personalised account feature tracking individual education progress and certifications.
As an avid creative who is adept across a broad range of the Adobe suite programs my creativity is backed by a business sensitivity that understands brands from the perspectives of business, creative and audience. My creativity extends across the full breadth of project delivery from conceptualising of initiatives and storyboards, through to the execution and delivery across a broad range of print and online/digital deliveries which include typography, typesetting, layout design, web design, UI/UX, photo retouching, video editing, motion graphics and web development including HTML and CSS. And my technical skills are backed by my experience and education.
The latest project I am particularly proud of is the undertaking and delivery of this website www.MyDesignSolution.com. This project involved many individual projects within it to bring it to completion. One of the main conceptual challenges for this project was to provide a solution that would allow it the scope to be an evolving platform for future designs as well.
To highlight some of the individual projects that needed to be completed for this to go live the following are notable:
1. Web design: I designed the website in Adobe InDesign.
2. Web development: I coded my website in HTML, CSS and JS in Adobe Dreamweaver. I created the name "My Design Solution". And I purchased the hosting and utilised Control Panel to file and make the site live.
3. 'Hero' motion graphic video: The 'hero' video on this page is a motion graphic video I conceptualised from story board through to execution inside of both After Effects and Premier Pro showcasing a selection of my graphic designs.
4. Print Portfolio design and motion graphic graphic video: I designed my print portfolio in InDesign and made it into a digital feature by creating a page turning animation of it inside of After Effects to showcase it is a video here. The vision for doing so was to create an opportunity for the portfolio to be viewed in the most convenient way for you, the viewer.
5. Portfolio cover artwork (digital painting): I digitally painted my portfolio cover artwork in Photoshop and utilised Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign to complete the cover layout design.
6. Cover artwork animation: I created a theme from the portfolio cover design by featuring it on this website. In order to create this cohesive theme I created an animation from the painted artwork to include in the video. To create the animation I designed an alternative layout in InDesign. I then utilised the original Photoshop artwork file with After Effects to deliver a story board animation that I conceptualised and executed.
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Motion Graphic and Download
Below is a motion graphic I created of my portfolio for viewing convenience. Please hover over the video to access the pause, play, full screen and mini player controls.
For a higher resolution PDF you can use the button to view my portfolio in your own time.
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–– – ABOUT ME – ––
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Hi, I'm Melissa, a Sydney based Graphic Designer passionate about all things Design including Brand Identities, Typesetting, and Visual Storytelling. As a Graphic Designer I tell the visual stories that demonstrate the uniqueness of brands. I have a Diploma in Graphic Design, an Advanced Diploma of Business Marketing and a Bachelor of Commerce.
My experience includes working in Electronics as a Marketing Executive and for an in-house Creative Studio where I was a Project Manager for creative projects involving the in-house Graphic Designer, Copywriter, Web Designer, Web Developer, Art Director as well as collaborations with an external Video Editor and Web Developer. With this experience I bring a hands on experience of the entire process involved in creative projects from concept brainstorming right through to final artwork and project delivery.
In these roles I also created designs which ranged from content creation to presentation designs through to video editing, web design and technical instruction booklets for how to use a product i.e. how to use a newly available Online Education Portal with a login/sign up personalised account feature tracking individual education progress and certifications.
As an avid creative who is adept across a broad range of the Adobe suite programs my creativity is backed by a business sensitivity that understands brands from the perspectives of business, creative and audience. My creativity extends across the full breadth of project delivery from conceptualising of initiatives and storyboards, through to the execution and delivery across a broad range of print and online/digital deliveries which include typography, typesetting, layout design, web design, UI/UX, photo retouching, video editing, motion graphics and web development including HTML and CSS. And my technical skills are backed by my experience and education.
The latest project I am particularly proud of is the undertaking and delivery of this website www.MyDesignSolution.com. This project involved many individual projects within it to bring it to completion. One of the main conceptual challenges for this project was to provide a solution that would allow it the scope to be an evolving platform for future designs as well.
To highlight some of the individual projects that needed to be completed for this to go live the following are notable:
1. Web design: I designed the website in Adobe InDesign.
2. Web development: I coded my website in HTML, CSS and JS in Adobe Dreamweaver. I created the name "My Design Solution". And I purchased the hosting and utilised Control Panel to file and make the site live.
3. 'Hero' motion graphic video: The 'hero' video on this page is a motion graphic video I conceptualised from story board through to execution inside of both After Effects and Premier Pro showcasing a selection of my graphic designs.
4. Print Portfolio design and motion graphic graphic video: I designed my print portfolio in InDesign and made it into a digital feature by creating a page turning animation of it inside of After Effects to showcase it as a video here. The vision for doing so was to create an opportunity for the portfolio to be viewed in the most convenient way for you, the viewer.
5. Portfolio cover artwork (digital painting): I digitally painted my portfolio cover artwork in Photoshop and utilised Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign to complete the cover layout design.
6. Cover artwork animation: I created a theme from the portfolio cover design by featuring it on this website. In order to create this cohesive theme I created an animation from the painted artwork to include in video. To create the animation I designed an alternative layout in InDesign. I then utilised the original Photoshop artwork file with After Effects to deliver a story board animation that I conceptualised and executed.
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Motion Graphic and Download
Below is a motion graphic I created of my portfolio for viewing convenience. Please hover over the video to access the pause, play, full screen and mini player controls.
For a higher resolution PDF you can use the button to view my portfolio in your own time.
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MY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY:
"I tell visual stories that demonstrate the uniqueness of brands."
UNCOVER THE TRUE BRAND IDENTITY
UNDERSTAND THE COMMERCIAL SETTING
CREATE HUMAN-CENTRIC DESIGN SOLUTIONS
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MY DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: "I tell visual stories that demonstrate the uniqueness of brands."
UNCOVER THE TRUE BRAND IDENTITY
UNDERSTAND THE COMMERCIAL SETTING
CREATE HUMAN-CENTRIC DESIGN SOLUTIONS
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MY DESIGN AND SOFTWARE SKILLS
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MY PORTFOLIO PREVIEW TILES
All of the designs displayed on this page and in my portfolio are entirely my designs created from concept through to delivery. And some of the included designs are branding projects I’ve worked on as passion projects.
