Hire a Visual Storyteller
Tell your brand's story through graphic design
My Philosophy
Rivendell Tea
Abasys Technologies
Steepster Tea App
Work Experience
Visual Storyteller | Kira Ripley Designs (2014-Present)
Designed visual stories for a variety of branding and graphic design materials. Projects included wireframe design, logo design, & branding for a variety of both web and digital assets.
Web Design Intern | ATI (2014)
Created 2D designs, including print-based flyers & brochures and digital assets that communicated Abasys’ (ATI) story about how they could help their clients succeed digitally.
Challenge A Director | Classical Conversations (2013-2014)
Taught a group of students to view the world through storytelling by focusing on the skills of classical education: invention, arrangement, elocution, memorization & presentation.
MMDP Tutor | Lake Washington Institute of Technology (2013)
Guided students in telling visual stories by providing classroom assistance in technique and concept to 10-20 students in college-level courses for both Photoshop
and Illustrator.
Project Experience
- Created a composition for a theoretical app for Steepster™. Synthesized the information communicated through the website, and explore new features exclusive to the app, which extended the Steepster™ story from one medium to another.
- Designed a branding package for a self-initiated project, Rivendell Tea. Created design templates focusing on telling their story through layout, color, and information hierarchy within the design.
- Executed both design and production phases of a branding package for a self-initiated project called Seattle Seeds and Spades. Communicated values through visual storytelling & maintained branding standards across both printed promotional materials & a CMS based website.
- Produced a fully functioning responsive portfolio website for an interior decorating company, in order to tell their story effectively on a wide variety of different devices.
Education
Multimedia Design & Production - Digital Design | AAS Degree (April 2014)
Lake Washington Institute of Technology - Kirkland, WA
GPA: 3.99
English Literature | BA Degree (December 2012)
Thomas Edison State college – Trenton, NJ
GPA: 4.00
Contact Me
Email: ripleyteam.kira@gmail.com
Website: www.behance.net/kiraanne
Phone: 425-999-1582
Twitter: @KatrielAyala