Jess Downie
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Jess Downie

Graphic DesignerUnited Kingdom
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Jess Downie

Graphic DesignerUnited Kingdom
About me
I use design to bring clarity to subject matters that are considered complex or inaccessible. I pride myself in my pragmatic, open and detail-oriented approach, with a skill for creating reliable and intuitive design systems.
Projects
  • N Style — Issue 14
    N Style — Issue 14This magazine was one of the first projects I worked on as part of my internship at the creative studio The Crown & Co. N Style is a cultural guide for the German city of Nuremberg, which meant that the content was in both english and german which created a particularly interesting challenge during the design process.
  • —brace the space
    —brace the spaceThe branding and identity for the 2019 Degree Show for the Department of Graphic Communication & Typography at the University of Reading (showcasing the work from the BA Graphic Communication and MA Book Design courses). We aimed to create an identity that would reflect the community felt within the courses and department without isolating those who were unfamiliar with it. Hence we created 'embrace the space' stylised with an em dash, creating a little wink wink nudge nudge amongst designers.
Projects credited in
  • —brace the space UoR degree show 2019
    —brace the space UoR degree show 2019Working in a team alongside: Jess Downie, Elliot Ellis, B— King, Philippa Lane, June Lin, Siu Y— Lo and Jake Pollock we were tasked to create an invite and to brand the University of Reading’s 2019 Graphic Communication degree show. The concept evolved from the word play of ‘embrace the space’ the rule we set ourselves was to take all uses of ‘em’ or ‘en’ within the copy and replace them with em and en dashes as a tongue and cheek nod to the departm–t’s association with typography. Another wa
Work history
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    Graphic Designerwhat3words
    London, United KingdomFull Time
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    Junior Graphic DesignerCredit Kudos
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
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Skills
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Indesign
  • Print Design
  • UX Design
  • Photoshop
  • Abobe Illustrator
  • After Effects
Education
    University of Reading logo
    University of Reading logo
    Graphic CommunicationUniversity of Reading
     - Reading, United Kingdom