Irene Neyman (Yancheva)

Illustrator & Graphic Designer

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I’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

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
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
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
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
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

World Illustration Awards 2023

Longlist | Exploration

2023

Applied Arts 2023

Winner in “Illustration Awards” Category

2023

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,