Experience
Graphic Designer
Claudia BaldacchinoPresent
Graphic design, illustration, editorial design, motion graphics, branding, web design, book cover design, WordPress and communications consultations.
Graphic Designer and
Communications & IT Officer
People Know How2018 - Present
Managing People Know How’s communications, marketing and IT and working as an in-house graphic designer and developer. Producing original graphic design, web design and development, UX design, branding, illustrations, motion graphics and editorial design. Creating and coordinating photography, video production, social media, publications, content writing, press releases, newsletters and events. Designing and coordinating national campaigns.
Working as part of the Leadership Team, focusing our communications and digital to our strategic work.
Leading our digital transformation through IT and communications, implementing a CRM, HR platform, MDM and managing an IT Helpdesk Technician.
I also coordinated Growing Your Ideas, a project providing branding and marketing advice to small businesses and social enterprises, and Connect Four, a social innovation network and academic journal.
Communications Assistant
Edinburgh Global, University of Edinburgh 2015 – 2019Creating orignial graphic design, illustration, editorial design, motion graphics, print and digital publications, newsletters, advertisements, infographics and presentations for both internal and external communications in the University’s international office. Coordinating social media and online competitions, writing news articles, copy-editing and photographing major unversity events. Collaborating with University departments including global offices around the world.
Education
Edinburgh College of Art
MFA Graphic DesignThe University of Edinburgh
Awards
Winner of Record Revirginizer logo competition, 2020
Winner of Fire & Dough branding competition (as part of Jot design agency), 2018
Winner of Qrendi 400 Year Anniversary Logo Competition, 2017
Recipient of The University of Edinburgh Contribution Award, 2017
Winner of Scottish Environment Link’s Poster Competition, 2017
Recipient of the Edinburgh Award, 2015
Talks/appearances
‘Rise and Shine: Digital Citizens’ at Scottish Charity Awards, 2021
‘All Aboard’ on Sunday Morning, BBC Radio Scotland, 2021
‘Reconnect: Community Health through Digital Stealth’ at NHS Scotland Event, 2021
‘Digital Poverty’ in The Broad Online Podcast, 2021
‘Maintaining connections through digital solutions‘ at Children in Scotland Learning Week, 2021
‘Sharing our learning’ at Connect Four: Digital Inclusion, 2020
‘Maintaining connections through digital solutions‘ at Befriending Networks’ Annual Conference, 2020