Breanna Rawn
Design, Illustration
Breanna Rawn is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Toronto Ontario. Since graduating from George Brown College for graphic design in 2012 she has worked both in-house and remotely as a freelancer.
Breanna is deeply knowledgeable in Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and is strengthening her skills in Premiere and After Effects. Breanna is also well versed in Keynote and Powerpoint. She has used her experience in the design industry to keep up with current trends both print and digital. Breanna loves to tap into visual art and design history to help build well rounded ideas and bring them to life.
Bringing both graphic design sensibilities and illustration to the table Breanna offers a unique perspective to creating visual solutions that not only add value to a project but tell a story. Working well independently as well as on a team she has worked on projects with such clients as Disney, Astral Media, eBay Canada, Family Channel, and DHX and created ad packages that ran at the Staples Center and Barclays Center.
Education
George Brown College
2009 - 2012
Graphic design diploma
Humber college
2007-2009
Visual and digital arts diploma
Graduated with honors
Experience
Graphic Designer, Totem Content
Dec 2016 - Present
Worked closely with Art Director and Editorial team to create editorial page designs for both CAA Magazine and Acura Precision Dealer Book
Responsible for creating and sourcing assets for stories such as icons, illustrations, photography as well as typesetting articles
Created custom animations for Manulife and CAA partnership
Worked closely with the digital department create supporting assets for online campaigns, presentations as well produce marketing material to push user engagement
Accountable for delivering web assets weekly for blog stories to go live
Create in-house collateral and brand materials
Worked will all teams to create custom content for multiple clients including design for print and web, animation, illustration, photo retouching, and marketing material
Designer & Illustrator, Freelance
April 2016 - Present
Conceptualized abstract concepts into polished illustrations to be handed off to printers
Thoroughly research ideas before implementation
Strengthened brand integrity by building additional assets such as patterns, illustrations, characters and stylized info-graphics based on existing and newly developed styles.
Researched, conceptualized and designed illustration based logos, word marks, icons and custom typography
Produced dynamic layouts and graphics for banners, blog posts, ad packages, and digital marketing email campaigns
Sourced, composited, and retouched images for print and web.
Graphic Designer, Wirkn Inc
October 2015 - June 2016
Responsible for designing mobile and web UI, marketing materials, and sales decks for all departments
Initiated troubleshooting tactics with the development team in order to design solutions through wire frames, storyboards, user flows and site maps, ultimately boosting user interaction and subscriptions.
Established style guidelines as well as best practices and standards while collaborating with the marketing team to strengthen and promote the
Wirkn brand.
Responsible for creating ad packages (digital and print) to spec - appearing in Staples Center and Barclays Center
Graphic Designer, Visible Media inc.
February 2012 - September 2015
Created user interfaces, mobile app graphics and custom icon systems for e-commerce apps such as eBay Canada and eBay Russia and designed branded content for websites both desktop and mobile.
Conceptualized design concepts for eBay Canada marketing campaigns with unified application across a broad spectrum of material; digital emails, banners, social graphics, and landing pages.
Designed and illustrated graphics for promotional Flash games for Astral Media’s Family Channel including LEGO Friends, Barbie and Cheese Strings.
Conceptualized user flows, interactions and graphics with new and existing assets for Disney XD’s “Prankatron 5000” soundboard app.