About me

I'm Kara-Jessica, a London based graphic designer with experience in digital design and a main focus on advertising, editorial design and branding & identity. Feel free to contact me if you have any enquiries, would like to collaborate or just want to say hello.

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Projects

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  Plantain Papers: Issue #01Plantain Papers is a independent bi-annual magazine which expresses stories and cultural experiences of the wider diaspora. From Ghana to Detroit each piece brings together lovers of plantain around the world.
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  PollyPolly is a phone line made for women, by women. The concept for the identity is based upon the idea of using collages within a personal diary, as this represents a place where you can be raw, honest and without judgment. Polly is creates a safe and personal space for the women who need it.
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  Asa Baako: Ghana Music Festival '15An exciting rebrand project where I was approached to design promotional posters for an expanding vibrant music festival, based in Ghana, which lead to a complete rebrand across varying platforms. Asa Baako means ‘one dance’ and believes in bringing people of all ages together to celebrate African culture and talent within Ghana through music, art exhibitions, cinema for an audience of over 2,000 people and much more. I designed a pattern formed of shapes based on African textiles that, when b
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  Gruup - BrandingGruup is an unreleased platform which aims to rid the world of the problem of digital hoarding. It wants to collate all social media apps and place them in one easily accessible feed. Clean. Bold. Easy to read. I designed the logo as a distinctive mark to quickly identify the company - and our products - wherever the mark appears.
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  Belly Full: Caribbean Food In The UK‘Belly Full’ documents the story of Caribbean culture and heritage through food within the United Kingdom. From butchers to takeaway dinners, there are over 60 profiles featured within the book. I was very pleased to be asked to design and typeset this publication, which has several features including the The Guardian and BBC NEWS.
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  LogosVarious logos I've created.

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Projects credited in

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  International Women’s Day 2022, meet 100 rising stars inspiring changeWe still have a way to go when it comes to improving gender diversity and equality in the creative, tech and digital industries – which is why it is so important for us, as a platform, to use our force for good. We’re thrilled to be releasing our annual list celebrating and shining a spotlight on 100+ rising stars – as nominated by The Dots community – who are transforming the industry of today and inspiring the generation of tomorrow. The list beams with brilliant, talented people and their d

Work history

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Graphic DesignerDraftLine Europe at AB-InBev
May 2019London, United KingdomFull Time
DraftLine is the in-house creative and production studio of AB InBev, the brewer of world's most famous beers. Beers such as Stella Artois, Budweiser, Corona, Leffe, Camden, Goose Island, … in fact we have more than 500 different brands across the globe.
DesignerTruant London
May 2018 - May 2019London, United KingdomFull Time
Worked within a studio of three along with creative teams and Account Executives on pitches, day to day jobs and individual projects to help the agency gain new business. I also helped to generate the rebrand of their identity.

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Skills

• Abobe Creative Suite
• Microsoft
• Keynote
• Logo Design
• Publication Design