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I'm Joanne Almayah, an insightful Creative Leader with 14+ years of experience building bold, cohesive brand experiences across industries. I bring strategic vision, hands-on design expertise, and a collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and drives results. After a period of growth and parental leave, I return with fresh perspective, deep creative energy, and a proven ability to elevate brands. I excel at storytelling, scalable systems, and cross-functional alignment, and I partner with clients and colleagues to turn business goals into creative solutions that resonate.…I'm Joanne Almayah, an insightful Creative Leader with 14+ years of experience building bold, cohesive brand experiences across industries. I bring strategic vision, hands-on design expertise, and a collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and drives results. After a period of growth and parental leave, I return with fresh perspective, deep creative energy, and a proven ability to elevate brands. I excel at storytelling, scalable systems, and cross-functional alignment, and I partner with clients and colleagues to turn business goals into creative solutions that resonate.

Joanne Almayah

Art Director, Graphic Designer, Creative Director, +2

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I'm Joanne Almayah, an insightful Creative Leader with 14+ years of experience building bold, cohesive brand experiences across industries. I bring strategic vision, hands-on design expertise, and a collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and drives results. After a period of growth and parental leave, I return with fresh perspective, deep creative energy, and a proven ability to elevate brands. I excel at storytelling, scalable systems, and cross-functional alignment, and I partner with clients and colleagues to turn business goals into creative solutions that resonate.…I'm Joanne Almayah, an insightful Creative Leader with 14+ years of experience building bold, cohesive brand experiences across industries. I bring strategic vision, hands-on design expertise, and a collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and drives results. After a period of growth and parental leave, I return with fresh perspective, deep creative energy, and a proven ability to elevate brands. I excel at storytelling, scalable systems, and cross-functional alignment, and I partner with clients and colleagues to turn business goals into creative solutions that resonate.

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I’m Joanne Almayah, an insightful Creative Leader with 14+ years of experience building bold, cohesive brand experiences across industries. I bring strategic vision, hands-on design expertise, and a collaborative leadership style that empowers teams and drives results.

After a period of growth and parental leave, I return with fresh perspective, deep creative energy, and a proven ability to elevate brands. I excel at storytelling, scalable systems, and cross-functional alignment, and I partner with clients and colleagues to turn business goals into creative solutions that resonate.

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Work Experience

Creative Design Manager at Coveo

December 31, 2022 - September 18, 2025

Oversaw in-house designers, external agencies, and consultants to establish brand consistency and execute design projects, including strategic planning and performance management. Coordinated cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives, managed project timelines and budgets, and safeguarded brand integrity. Led production, sampling, and procurement of physical merchandise, and drove process improvements through standardized best practices; established Brand Guidelines and Brand Hub to align project delivery with corporate objectives.

Creative Design Manager at Coveo

January 1, 2022 - September 18, 2025

Oversaw in-house designers, external agencies, and consultants to establish brand consistency and execute design projects, including strategic planning and performance management. Coordinated with teams from brief to delivery, safeguarded the brand, and ensured impeccable quality. Managed production, sampling, and procurement of physical merchandise and led process improvements to standardize best practices.

Art Director/Creative Consultant at Freelance

December 31, 2019 - September 18, 2025

Provided design services and art direction to clients across multiple industries. Developed comprehensive marketing plans and materials, and implemented strategic content to achieve client objectives by understanding branding needs and translating them into effective creative solutions.

Art Director / Creative Consultant at Freelance

January 1, 2019 - September 18, 2025

Provided design services and art direction to clients in multiple industries. Created marketing materials, print media, web content, layouts, and other graphic content; collaborated with clients to analyze branding needs and implement strategic content.

Senior Graphic Designer at Oliver Agency

December 31, 2018 - September 18, 2025

Led branding initiatives for clients; conceptual design for large-scale sales and trade show events, publications (Manulife Horizons magazine, Solutions, etc.), and campaigns. Managed full project lifecycle for B2B and B2C campaigns across retail and finance clients; acted as primary point of contact for timelines and quality assurance; trained junior team members.

Senior Graphic Designer at Oliver Agency

January 1, 2018 - September 18, 2025

Led branding initiatives for clients, directed concept design for large-scale sales and trade show events, publications, and campaigns; managed full project lifecycle and quality assurance; trained junior designers and coordinated handoffs.

Graphic Designer at Manulife

December 31, 2017 - September 18, 2025

Supported the rebranding of Manulife Canada’s marketing collateral; collaborated with designers and brand partners to conceptualize branding requirements and create engaging, inspiring content for digital and print. Assisted Creative Lead in managing team workload and mentoring junior designers.

Graphic Designer at Manulife

January 1, 2017 - September 18, 2025

Supported the rebranding of Manulife Canada’s marketing collateral; conceptualized branding requirements and created engaging digital and print content; assisted Creative Lead in workload management and mentorship.

Graphic Designer at Standard Life

December 31, 2015 - September 18, 2025

Managed creative development and branding for international markets; leveraged communication and relationship-building skills to liaise with clients. Served as a point-of-contact for training new designers and developed onboarding and skills-development material.

Graphic Designer at Standard Life

January 1, 2015 - September 18, 2025

Managed creative development and branding for international markets; liaised with clients and contributed onboarding and skills development materials for designers.