I am a graphic designer and illustrator with many years of experience working with companies and institutions. I also provide visual education and creative workshops. I have: ✦ working in areas such as culture and education, new technologies, food, fashion and textiles, and visual arts ✦ collaborating with clients from Poland, the USA, France, Australia, the United States, and other countries ✦ designing website elements, branding for companies and institutions, packaging, card games, and stands; creating illustrations for the web and print, animations, patterns, and posters (...) ✦ recognition for projects on international portals such as Behance (10 recognitions) and Dribbble (reaching the top designers section) ✦ collaborating on award-winning projects, including: 27th Webby Awards for Websites and Mobile Sites in the Responsible Technology category, for the Evrmore app project (2023) ✦ years of successful work in teams and freelance.

Magdalena Kościańska

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I am a graphic designer and illustrator with many years of experience working with companies and institutions. I also provide visual education and creative workshops. I have: ✦ working in areas such as culture and education, new technologies, food, fashion and textiles, and visual arts ✦ collaborating with clients from Poland, the USA, France, Australia, the United States, and other countries ✦ designing website elements, branding for companies and institutions, packaging, card games, and stands; creating illustrations for the web and print, animations, patterns, and posters (...) ✦ recognition for projects on international portals such as Behance (10 recognitions) and Dribbble (reaching the top designers section) ✦ collaborating on award-winning projects, including: 27th Webby Awards for Websites and Mobile Sites in the Responsible Technology category, for the Evrmore app project (2023) ✦ years of successful work in teams and freelance.

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I am a graphic designer and illustrator with many years of experience working with companies and institutions. I also provide visual education and creative workshops. I have:

✦ working in areas such as culture and education, new technologies, food, fashion and textiles, and visual arts

✦ collaborating with clients from Poland, the USA, France, Australia, the United States, and other countries

✦ designing website elements, branding for companies and institutions, packaging, card games, and stands; creating illustrations for the web and print, animations, patterns, and posters (…)

✦ recognition for projects on international portals such as Behance (10 recognitions) and Dribbble (reaching the top designers section)

✦ collaborating on award-winning projects, including: 27th Webby Awards for Websites and Mobile Sites in the Responsible Technology category, for the Evrmore app project (2023)

✦ years of successful work in teams and freelance.

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Language

Polish
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Communication Designer at Infermedica
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2025
Branding, designing marketing and informative materials, and website elements; illustration.
Freelance Graphic Designer / Illustrator at Self-employed
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2021
Graphic design and illustration; conducting educational workshops and developing teaching aids.
Illustrator at Netguru
June 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Illustration work.
Brand Designer at Unitee Advertising Agency
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Brand designer.
Pattern Designer (Textiles) at Key Sp. z o.o.
January 1, 2010 - February 28, 2010
Pattern designer (textiles).
Art Instructor at Nowita Cooperative Cultural Center, Zielona Góra
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2009
Art instructor; workshops for children and youth.
Graphic Designer, Promotion Officer at Gazeta Lubuska (local newspaper)
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
Graphic designer; promotion officer.
Art Instructor at Regional Animation Center, Zielona Góra
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Educational practices (art instructor).

Education

Postgraduate studies in cognitive skills trainer at SWPS University, Katowice
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
BA in artistic education at Institute of Visual Arts, Zielona Góra
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2012
Art High School Diploma at Art High School, Zielona Góra, Poland
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2006

Qualifications

27th Webby Awards – Web Award Honoree (team award)
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
During 27th Webby Awards, our collective work has been recognized from 14,000 high-caliber projects across 50 states and over 70 countries. Evrmore is a New York startup, with whom I collaborated as an illustrator. Evrmore app uses AI and the user’s voice to help reinforce positive behavior and build mental resilience in young adults.
Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
July 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Six-month scholarship for my "Wyobrazniej! Visual education" project
Main prize in Type Faces competition (organized by Arctic Paper and Heidelberg)
January 1, 2016 - January 31, 2016
The participants of the competition had to create a typographical composition or illustrate any single letter with regard to the chosen printing technology. On the basis of submitted works, was created a kind of unique printed set from which designers can draw inspiration and see how the printing technology presents on the paper. The whole set includes projects printed in couple of different technologies. There was 7 technologies to choose, i.a. UV varnish, fluorescent ink, printing on tracing paper or gold + silver. My illustration won one of the three equal main prizes.
Publication: How a Good Illustrator Can Help You Boost the Performance of Your Product | Netguru (EN)
August 28, 2018 - August 28, 2018
Completing the Design Thinking course (workshop) - Innovation Designers by Google
October 31, 2019 - October 31, 2019
The workshop took place at Google headquarters in Wroclaw (Poland)

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Consumer Goods