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Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

As the Art Director at EF, I am entrusted with the crucial task of harmonizing brand identity and digital design with strategic objectives and user experience considerations. My primary responsibilities entail crafting the visual direction for all brand components across EF's existing and forthcoming product offerings. This encompasses the development of EF's brand identity across various digital, video and print touchpoints, spanning internet-based platforms, device applications, and media content, while also cementing EF's narrative and digital presence.Furthermore, I am entrusted with the leadership and mentorship of the Global Creative Team, guiding them to uphold the highest standards of creativity and innovation. Additionally, I play a pivotal role in educating Design Teams throughout the organization on the principles of exemplary design practices, ensuring coherence and excellence across all facets of EF's digital footprint.EF, we believe in a truly global future where people of all backgrounds can work together towards a better world. The company embraces this on every level throughout the organisation. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people transform their lives by breaking down the barriers of language, culture and geography. Today, we are the world’s leading private international education company specializing in language learning, academic degrees, educational travel, and cultural exchange. With over 400 offices and schools spanning more than 50 countries and a workforce comprising 12 nationalities, EF is a global company with more than 50,000 workers.https://ef.design/

Dublin, Ireland

As a Creative Director, I am responsible for creating a company design language and leading overall Design and UI standards. Mentoring other designers and helping enforce a robust design quality for our products & concepts. Evangelising good design practices/values at cross-team meetings. Engaging with CEO and execs on design reviews. Helping with recruiting & interviewing top tier design candidates. Giving general creative direction and strategy to marketing campaigns and establishing and curating visual branding for our conferences. Inspires and leads multiple projects with teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality insight, design and critical thinking. Attend and contribute to industry events, locally and internationally. Independently executes design solutions and drives design activities in addition to providing critique and feedback.Web Summit has become “Europe’s largest and most important technology marketplace”, a crossroads for the world’s largest buyers and sellers of technology, alongside many of the world’s most disruptive emerging technology companies. It’s not just Europe’s largest companies that will be at Web Summit, but over 7,000 CEOs from companies of all sizes and industries learning about what new software and hardware can transform their businesses.

Dublin, Ireland

As a Digital Art Director, I am adept at collaborating with copywriters to conceptualize and develop compelling campaign ideas that resonate with target audiences. With a strong ability to self-manage design projects and lead graphic teams, I excel in presenting design concepts, scamps, and the rationale behind each concept to project stakeholders. My active participation in agency creative meetings ensures alignment with strategic objectives while fostering a collaborative environment for ideation and innovation. I specialize in creating lead designs, key visuals, and engaging in daily design tasks within the studio, consistently delivering high-quality work that exceeds expectations.

Dublin, Ireland

Working from a brief with a copywriter, generating ideas to present to the client and working on designs to produce an effective advertising campaign, website, mobile app, branding and other advertising projects.

Dublin, Ireland

Branding + InteractiveI was responsible for creating unique, creative concepts across a wide range of briefs - identity, campaigns, brand content, etc. I was articulating creative ideas internally and externally and developing concepts into visual identities.

Kraków Area, Poland

Works with Account Services to understand the strategy, design technical and business parameters to develop innovative, effective and creative solutions. Independently concept, design and produce creative for agency’s clients. Creates and delivers strategically designed comps for presentations. Recognizes project creativity/profitability tradeoffs. Self-manage design projects, including setting priorities and meeting deadlines. Presents design concepts and rationale behind design concepts to the project team. Participates in agency creative meetings. Leads and/or participates in agency creative meetings.Digests and understands client corporate identity and branding guidelines and technical restraints. Helps to manage the client’s brand through design integrity, messaging and consistency.Manages and directs the design process by providing creative direction to Graphic Designers and Production Artists for specific projects.

Dublin, Ireland

Kraków Area, Poland

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands