I'm Cassia Samson, a packaging-focused designer and illustrator with experience across fragrance and beauty brands. I create packaging, stand designs, marketing materials, and art direction, combining typography, branding, photography, and retouching to tell brand stories. Freelance work has kept me busy with logos, branding, guides, and social media; I've collaborated with pubs and craft beer brands like Tiny Rebel, and completed internships at Oakwood Agency and Penguin Books.

Cassia Samson

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I'm Cassia Samson, a packaging-focused designer and illustrator with experience across fragrance and beauty brands. I create packaging, stand designs, marketing materials, and art direction, combining typography, branding, photography, and retouching to tell brand stories. Freelance work has kept me busy with logos, branding, guides, and social media; I've collaborated with pubs and craft beer brands like Tiny Rebel, and completed internships at Oakwood Agency and Penguin Books.

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I’m Cassia Samson, a packaging-focused designer and illustrator with experience across fragrance and beauty brands. I create packaging, stand designs, marketing materials, and art direction, combining typography, branding, photography, and retouching to tell brand stories.

Freelance work has kept me busy with logos, branding, guides, and social media; I’ve collaborated with pubs and craft beer brands like Tiny Rebel, and completed internships at Oakwood Agency and Penguin Books.

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Work Experience

Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Penguin Random House Books
May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022
temporary contract - worked on Children's Books, Illustration & typography. Cover design & page design & illustration. included type setting, from concept to execution.
Graphic Designer at Oakwood Agency
June 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Temporary Contract - Branding & design, working on a range of brands for advertising campaign, branding & packaging. Working with local brands from the uk and wider, a lot in the field of renewable energy and charity, alongside cosmetics and FMCG. This included Logo design and campaign lock ups, to packaging and brand decks.
Graphic Designer at Per-Scent/ The Fragrance Shop
December 5, 2022 - May 1, 2025
Packaging Designer for Fragrance & Cosmetics. designed fragrance packaging for brands such as Missguided, Barbour & celebrity fragrances. Included both B2B & B2C, so also provided concepts to execution from campaign to POS & launch activations.

Education

Bachelors of Arts at University of Gloucestershire
September 1, 2019 - April 30, 2021
First Class Honours in Graphic Design
BA HONS GRAPHIC DESIGN at The University of Gloucestershire
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Qualifications

First Class Honours in Graphic Design
September 1, 2019 - April 30, 2021
Penguin Cover Design Award 2022
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022
A LEVELS
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Industry Experience

Other, Consumer Goods, Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment