Ruby Cunningham Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

I am a senior graphic designer for the Classic English team at Twinkl.Within my role, I create educational resources for KS1 and KS2 classrooms in the UK, mentor new designers and host training sessions for designers and copywriters alike: from making people say 'How did you do that?!' to tips on how to better design resources for a neurodivergent classroom.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Having worked with Puffin Books, the BBC, Bloomsbury Publishing and Children in Need, I have gained a great understanding of branding, marketing and designing for business partnerships. Within these partnerships, I have created brand guidelines and templates to ensure that both partner organisations can shine together, while also futureproofing them for other designers to use across the business.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

I supported the educational requirements of children within the foster care system who struggled to engage in mainstream education. I planned activities and designed bespoke worksheets to support them in building back their confidence, eventually working with the SLT of a local school to work together a programme to help them leap back into the classroom.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Working with in-house teachers and programmers, I created game design documents, project proposals, UX elements, 2D assets and scripts for educational, browser-based games and animations. I was tasked to redesign the website and produce printed marketing materials to match the new visual identity.Alongside creative duties, I supported apprentices and college students in learning to effectively QA test our games, report bugs and create engaging social media and web content based on what they played.I independently produced 20 fully-voiced animations, from storyboarding to finalisation. Featuring a diverse cast of characters that I personally designed, these 5-minute animations featured characters speaking about children's mental health, healthy relationships, and personal safety in a friendly and validating way. Once the creative work was over, I presented our products to both teachers and children alike at educational conferences: seeing children just as excited as I was about our games and animations was just so wholesome!---

Sheffield, United Kingdom

I collaborated on a commission for Sheffield City Council to produce illustrations for their health and wellbeing programme: 'Start Well Sheffield'. My responsibilities included creating swatches, character designs and illustrations for the design team to use during the initial creation process. In the later stretch of this project, I also took on the responsibilities of final QA and editing, ensuring our work could then be presented to the Start Well team. The final product was an informative booklet on healthy living, packed with ideas, diagrams and illustrations to support families in their day-to-day health.