Carol Lucas is the founder and owner of Happy Cutie Studio, creating original stationery, sticker and digital products. She designs artwork end-to-end—from illustration and print-ready files through to marketing, website management and customer support—using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to deliver high-quality work to self-imposed deadlines. She has extensive freelance and in-house experience across card design, magazine and licensed publications, including work for Disney/Warner Bros titles and the Panini collectibles team. Carol also handles production-focused tasks such as preflight checks, printer file preparation and liaising with printers to resolve production issues.

Carol Lucas

Carol Lucas is the founder and owner of Happy Cutie Studio, creating original stationery, sticker and digital products. She designs artwork end-to-end—from illustration and print-ready files through to marketing, website management and customer support—using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to deliver high-quality work to self-imposed deadlines. She has extensive freelance and in-house experience across card design, magazine and licensed publications, including work for Disney/Warner Bros titles and the Panini collectibles team. Carol also handles production-focused tasks such as preflight checks, printer file preparation and liaising with printers to resolve production issues.

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Carol Lucas is the founder and owner of Happy Cutie Studio, creating original stationery, sticker and digital products. She designs artwork end-to-end—from illustration and print-ready files through to marketing, website management and customer support—using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to deliver high-quality work to self-imposed deadlines.

She has extensive freelance and in-house experience across card design, magazine and licensed publications, including work for Disney/Warner Bros titles and the Panini collectibles team. Carol also handles production-focused tasks such as preflight checks, printer file preparation and liaising with printers to resolve production issues.

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Owner & Graphic Designer at Happy Cutie Studio
January 1, 2016 - Present
Founded and runs an online stationery and sticker business. Responsible for all brand aspects including original illustration and artwork creation (planner stickers, packaging, and digital products), print production preparation, marketing materials, website management, and customer service. Uses Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop daily to create vector and raster artwork, handle technical artwork amendments, and prepare print-ready files. Manages product launches and maintains multiple ongoing projects while meeting self-imposed deadlines. Strengthened skills in independent working, project management, problem solving, and delivering high-quality artwork under tight timelines.
Freelance Graphic Designer / Artworker
January 1, 2014 - Present
Worked on a start-up personalised greetings card business sold online. Created a range of card designs based on weekly briefs for different audiences and occasions. Combined hand-drawn illustration with digital design techniques to produce modern commercial artwork. Researched design trends and consumer preferences to keep work relevant. Adapted to briefs outside a natural style, building flexibility and expanding creative and technical skills.
Graphic Designer / Artworker at Panini UK Ltd
October 1, 2007 - January 1, 2013
Junior designer progressed to graphic designer working on magazine titles and licensed publications, including Disney and Warner Bros. Contributed to a collectibles team producing football sticker albums and trading card collections. Final role as Lead Graphic Designer for Mizz magazine (girls aged 10–14), transforming editorial copy into engaging age-appropriate page layouts and developing the publication’s visual style as an independent title. Artworked pages, completed preflight checks, prepared files for print, uploaded final artwork to printer systems, and liaised with printers to resolve production issues.

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Media & Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Retail, Professional Services