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Hi, I’m Shannelle Yick, a creative multidisciplinary artist with a background in illustration, film, and art direction for advertising. I craft visually compelling stories through character design, storyboard art, and polished visuals that support brand storytelling.
With over five years of experience collaborating with clients like Coca-Cola, indie filmmakers, and small businesses, I deliver consistent, on-brand art that moves the narrative forward. I love solving problems in a team setting and helping projects reach their creative goals.
Experience Level
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Language
English
Fluent
Chinese
Advanced
Japanese
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Work Experience
Freelance Artist at Self-employed / Freelance
August 1, 2020 - PresentStoryboard Artist: Illustrating 100+ storyboards for Coca Cola Refreshing Films: Signs of Friendship ad campaign, After Us short film, and upcoming projects, drawing a variety of emotional to action-packed scenes in the script. Envisioned the final cut by collaborating with the Director to understand the story and characters, capturing the vision of the film, and paving the way to winning awards.
Webtoon Colorist: Delivering 5000+ detailed colored panels for webcomics Black Horda, Notes on a Changeling, Entwined, I’ll Keep Your Secret, Footnotes, The Mad Gate, and I Am The CEO on Webtoon Canvas and VoyceMe. Accelerating the comic production process by keeping consistent communication with the team, resulting in a disciplined episode release schedule and maintaining good relationships for several years.
Character Designer: Designed 100+ full-color commissioned illustrations for Shiny RPG video game, working closely with the game developers and fellow artists to ensure each character is consistent and on-model. Enabled the video game to swiftly expand within a two year time period, allowing players to enjoy the game as they discover each character design that was released.
Art Director at BYU Adlab
May 1, 2023 - April 1, 2025Involved in the entire advertising process with teams of copywriters, content creators, and strategists for creative problem solving, brainstorming innovative ideas, and making ad campaigns for real clients as well as spec work. Accomplished a variety of artistic executions for each campaign, such as making print ads, creating the production design, and illustrating storyboards that leads to professional-quality final deliverables for brands.
Marketing & Brand Development (Contract) at Tucker & Lazzara Personal Injury Law Firm
February 8, 2025 - September 6, 2025Collaborated with the firm’s lawyers to expand their business from Arizona to Utah, developing advertising campaign strategies and creative executions for the Utah target market. Partnered with the Director of Business Relations for art direction and branding, created designs using Canva and Photoshop, jumpstarted their social media presence, and built their brand from the ground up.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Communications at Brigham Young University
May 1, 2018 - April 1, 2025Advertising Major — Art Direction
Associate of Science at Utah Valley University
August 1, 2017 - May 1, 2018Animation & Game Development Major
Qualifications
Grand Prize Winner
November 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024Storyboard Artist for Coca Cola Refreshing Films: Signs of Friendship
Cinemark Fan Favorite Winner
November 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024Storyboard Artist for Coca Cola Refreshing Films: Signs of Friendship
Industry Experience
Media & Entertainment, Gaming, Professional Services, Other
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