Irene Neyman (Yancheva)
Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Calgary, Alberta, CanadaI’m Irene, an illustrator, graphic designer, and creative director, specializing in commercial illustration. Also love working with packaging design, character design, graphics for motion, and editorial. I run my design studio Deeply, and know both sides of work – from the freelance and client perspectives.
My illustration style is about a balance of bright colors, simple shapes, and experiments with textures and details. Currently based in Canada, I work with projects worldwide and craft illustrations that bring power and emotions to brands.
If you have a project in mind or just want to say hi, hit me up at
📮 ireneneyman.illustrator@gmail.com
My illustration style is about a balance of bright colors, simple shapes, and experiments with textures and details. Currently based in Canada, I work with projects worldwide and craft illustrations that bring power and emotions to brands.
If you have a project in mind or just want to say hi, hit me up at
📮 ireneneyman.illustrator@gmail.com
Work Experience
Self-Employed / Freelance
Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Duties:
- Working with private & international customers to create graphics and illustrations for websites, apps, products, brands, books, and more
- Developing the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
- Preparing sketches, layouts, and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
Accomplishments:
- Receiving 94% recommendations from customers and a large number of long-term customers
- Successfully forming and managing a small team of illustrators
- Developing a self-brand in social networks from scratch
- Working with private & international customers to create graphics and illustrations for websites, apps, products, brands, books, and more
- Developing the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
- Preparing sketches, layouts, and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
Accomplishments:
- Receiving 94% recommendations from customers and a large number of long-term customers
- Successfully forming and managing a small team of illustrators
- Developing a self-brand in social networks from scratch
January 2020
- Present
Careteam Technologies
Marketing Designer / Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Duties:
– Implement positioning and values of the company in the marketing communication with users
– Producing sketches, layouts, illustrations, and graphic elements using a variety of tools and software
– Organizing design assets and design system
Accomplishments:
– Designing and implementing a comprehensive illustration system for the company, encompassing different types of illustrations, icons, and assets
– Establishing the company's brand identity and guidelines, seamlessly integrating them across social media, marketing, and sales collateral
– Implement positioning and values of the company in the marketing communication with users
– Producing sketches, layouts, illustrations, and graphic elements using a variety of tools and software
– Organizing design assets and design system
Accomplishments:
– Designing and implementing a comprehensive illustration system for the company, encompassing different types of illustrations, icons, and assets
– Establishing the company's brand identity and guidelines, seamlessly integrating them across social media, marketing, and sales collateral
February 2023
- May 2024
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Readdle
Illustrator & Marketing Designer
Duties:
- Creating design materials for communication with the users to show the value of new features and to maintain the product’s identity
- Creating illustrations & designs for products: onboarding flow, in-app screens, what's new screens, email design, App Store artworks, etc.
Accomplishments:
- Developing a modern visual style for the company's new product, which helped increase interest and personalization in the product
- Participating in the development of the visual style and identity for the summer internship, thanks to which the company managed to stand out from the competition
- Creating creative concepts for the company's product, which helped to look at it from a new angle and thus develop the best solutions
- Promoting new creative ideas to the team regarding employee incentives and personalization of their welcome kits, gifts, and merch
- Creating design materials for communication with the users to show the value of new features and to maintain the product’s identity
- Creating illustrations & designs for products: onboarding flow, in-app screens, what's new screens, email design, App Store artworks, etc.
Accomplishments:
- Developing a modern visual style for the company's new product, which helped increase interest and personalization in the product
- Participating in the development of the visual style and identity for the summer internship, thanks to which the company managed to stand out from the competition
- Creating creative concepts for the company's product, which helped to look at it from a new angle and thus develop the best solutions
- Promoting new creative ideas to the team regarding employee incentives and personalization of their welcome kits, gifts, and merch
December 2020
- March 2023
Ukraine
Video Smile
Curator on Illustrator Course
Duties:
- Controlling the quality of students' graphic designs, illustrations and works
- Suggesting recommendations for improving and refining existing designs
- Helping in resolving issues in the process of creating designs, guidance and support
- Controlling the quality of students' graphic designs, illustrations and works
- Suggesting recommendations for improving and refining existing designs
- Helping in resolving issues in the process of creating designs, guidance and support
March 2020
- April 2021
Education
SkillBox
The Complete Graphic Design Course & Visual Trends
November 2021
- July 2022
Motion Design School
The Complete Design and Illustration Course
May 2022
- August 2022
Video Smile
The Course of Contemporary Illustration
April 2022
- July 2022
Niksen.School
Courage in Illustration & Plot Illustration
April 2020
- July 2020
Pixel
The Complete Character Design Course | Adobe Illustrator
April 2020
- June 2020
Video Smile
Vector Graphics and Graphic Design Course | Adobe Illustrator
January 2020
- March 2020
Languages
English (Conversational),
Ukrainian (Native),
Russian (Native),
Awards
Designrush
Best Design Awards by DesignRush (The Best Bottle Label Designs for Space Milk Project)
2023
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Art,
Character,
Character Desing,
Colorful,
Digital Art,
Editorial,
Figma,
Flat Design,
Graphic Design,
Icons,
Illustration,
Isometric,
Marketing Design,
Procreate,
Sketching,
Storyboard,
Textured Illustrations,
Textured Illustrations,
Vector,