OH HI THERE
I'M ALANA RYAN
I am a designer who loves to create with purpose and beauty. My passions specifically lie in advertising, illustration, photography, and I have a love for both digital and print design.
Design to me feels natural and exciting, thus I strive to work in a fast paced and creative environment that cultivates and nourishes ideas into wonderful and meaningful designs.
ACHIEVEMENTS
SKILLS
ADOBE INDESIGN
2013 GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL
I achieved an ATAR of 90.50
Placed first at my high school in General Mathematics and Visual Arts
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2013 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
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I received a scholarship for academic excellence to attend the University of Newcastle
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2014-16 HONOUR ROLL
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I was placed on the university honour roll for my academic achievements
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2016 BACHELOR OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION & DESIGN
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I graduated from the University of Newcastle with Distinction
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2017 AGENCY GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD
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While working at Spinfluence the agency won a graphic design award for a project I worked on in collaboration with the team
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2017 HUBSPOT MARKETING CERTIFICATES
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Including Inbound Marketing, Marketing Software, Growth Driven Design and Content Marketing Certificates
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
SKETCH APP
MICROSITE OFFICE SUITE
HUBSPOT
EXPERIENCE
2015 URTH ENERGY - GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN
I completed an internship of 10 weeks at Urth energy during which I created and adjusted the company’s flyers, graphics, website design and posters.
2016 HEADMARK DESIGN AGENCY - GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN
I completed a 2 week full time internship at Headmark, a design agency in Sydney. Whilst there I created designs for their social media including info-graphics, typographic pieces, print advertisements.
2016 MARY MAC’S PLACE - GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN
I was a volunteer design intern at Mary Mac’s place for 6 weeks part time, as it is an organisation that provides facilities for the homeless and disadvantaged.
2017-CURRENT SPINFLUENCE - JUNIOR CREATIVE
As a junior creative at Spinfluence I have created designs in multiple forms, such as; website pages (e.g. landing pages, blog design), social media ads, online ads, EDMs, infographics, e-guides, illustrations, animations, flyers and information booklets. The website pages I was involved in I saw them through the design stage, implementation stage, then the testing stage to identify and notify the developers of any bugs.
OH YOU WANT MORE
I MAKE GINGER BREAD HOUSES FROM SCRATCH
I BUSHWALK A LOT
