Yannick Kabuguza
Summary
Goal-driven Graphic Designer successful at applying technical skills to create art to inform and engage customers. Clear communicator and collaborative team player with eye for detail and skilled in desktop publishing tools and graphic design software. Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies.
Accomplished graphic designer with several years of experience designing high visual solutions. Demonstrated success in pitching concepts, scoping work and delivering assets on time. Fluent in adobe creative suite with high degree of expertise in illustrator and photoshop.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2019
2019
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Graphic Designer/Producer's Assistant
JMK films
Hollywood, California
02.2022 - 01.2026
- Producing graphic elements for filming, such as newspapers, posters, signage, and screen graphics for computers or phone
- finalizing, refining, and preparing all visual assets for final output, ensuring brand consistency, technical accuracy, and adherence to creative briefs
- Designing opening titles, name captions, closing credits, and stylized animated elements.
- Developed motion graphics for video projects and advertisements.
- Conducted client meetings to understand design needs and feedback.
- Designed visual content for promotional campaigns and social media platforms.
- Contributed ideas to brainstorming sessions regarding new products or features.
- Produced promotional displays, packaging and marketing collateral for retail environments.
- Assisted in the development and maintenance of brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all materials.
Graphic Designer
Blue ladder marketing
Westfield, NJ
05.2020 - 06.2021
- In addition to my background as graphic design graduated from Chillington NY, I was responsible to highlight a few key areas of my experience that I believed helped well with the needs of the company such as elements, along with thoughtful color and typography, create a professional, polished, and effective design in Addition to Fashion Short films and commercials blended narrative storytelling with high end visuals to create emotional connections and establish brand identity, often focusing on aesthetic, atmosphere, and lifestyle rather than just the product.
- Designed graphics for marketing campaigns and social media platforms.
- Collaborated with team members to develop creative design concepts.
- Edited images and layouts using Adobe Creative Suite tools.
- Conducted research on design trends to inform project direction.
Education
Graphic Design - Graphic And Digital Design
Shillington Education
New York, NY 02.2021 - 05.2022
KWETU Film Institute
Kigali , RWSkills
- Graphic design
- Typography
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Motion graphics
- Film making
- Image editing
- Brand consistency
Certification
- As a filmmaker on the other side I believe that Filmmaking significantly enhances my graphic design career by training my eye for dynamic composition, motion, and temporal storytelling, allowing me to transition from creating static assets to crafting immersive visual narratives. Through producing video content, I am refining my proficiency in color theory and lighting to evoke specific moods, a skill directly transferable to designing more emotionally resonant branding and user interfaces. Furthermore, the need for rapid, high stakes, and detailed design work in filmmaking ranging from motion graphics to on set props builds crucial technical efficiency and strengthens my attention to detail, ultimately resulting in a more diverse and adaptable design portfolio.
Timeline
Graphic Designer/Producer's Assistant
JMK films
02.2022 - 01.2026
Graphic Design - Graphic And Digital Design
Shillington Education
02.2021 - 05.2022
Graphic Designer
Blue ladder marketing
05.2020 - 06.2021
KWETU Film Institute