Dear Hiring Manager, My name is Elaine, an illustrator and visual designer based between Taiwan and Shanghai. I am writing to express my interest in the Children’s Book Illustrator position. With a background in fashion design and years of freelance illustration experience, my work focuses on creating expressive characters and visually engaging scenes. I enjoy illustrating animals, everyday moments, and imaginative environments, and I am particularly drawn to storytelling that brings warmth, humor, and emotion to young readers. You can view my portfolio on my website, where I share a selection of my illustration work.

Elaine Tsai

Dear Hiring Manager, My name is Elaine, an illustrator and visual designer based between Taiwan and Shanghai. I am writing to express my interest in the Children’s Book Illustrator position. With a background in fashion design and years of freelance illustration experience, my work focuses on creating expressive characters and visually engaging scenes. I enjoy illustrating animals, everyday moments, and imaginative environments, and I am particularly drawn to storytelling that brings warmth, humor, and emotion to young readers. You can view my portfolio on my website, where I share a selection of my illustration work.

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Dear Hiring Manager,

My name is Elaine, an illustrator and visual designer based between Taiwan and Shanghai. I am writing to express my interest in the Children’s Book Illustrator position.

With a background in fashion design and years of freelance illustration experience, my work focuses on creating expressive characters and visually engaging scenes. I enjoy illustrating animals, everyday moments, and imaginative environments, and I am particularly drawn to storytelling that brings warmth, humor, and emotion to young readers.

You can view my portfolio on my website, where I share a selection of my illustration work.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Visual Designer/Illustrator at Self-employed / Freelancer
January 1, 2020 - Present
Develop overall layout and production design for advertising projects, including packaging, displays, logos, visual identity, branding, and imagery for print and digital uses (banner ads, social posts, website graphics, magazine advertorials).
Senior Content Editor - Marketing at Self-employed / Freelancer
January 1, 2020 - Present
Guardian of tone of voice across marketing channels; coordinate strategy and guidelines with global and local teams; ensure high quality copy and smooth workflow for BAU tasks and project campaigns.
Content Writer at Farfetch Ltd, London
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
Menswear editorial and boutiques translator. Assisted email copies, POS translations and urgent translation requests; headed Mandarin translation department with guidelines and weekly China team meetings.

Education

BA Fashion Design at Shih Chien University, Taiwan
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Master of Art in Fashion Design at Kingston University, London
January 11, 2030 - March 15, 2026

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other