Hi, I'm Munazza Aijaz, a passionate graphic designer and animator based in Cincinnati. I specialize in environmental graphic design, collaborating closely with architects and interior designers to bring visual experiences to life within architectural projects. I enjoy creating experiential graphics, signage, murals, and engaging animated content for various clients, including major sports leagues. My background in design research and human-centered design allows me to approach projects with a strategic and empathetic perspective. I'm passionate about turning complex data and research into compelling visual stories that educate and empower audiences, especially within healthcare settings. I'm always excited to connect and collaborate on creative projects that make an impact.

Munazza Aijaz

Hi, I'm Munazza Aijaz, a passionate graphic designer and animator based in Cincinnati. I specialize in environmental graphic design, collaborating closely with architects and interior designers to bring visual experiences to life within architectural projects. I enjoy creating experiential graphics, signage, murals, and engaging animated content for various clients, including major sports leagues. My background in design research and human-centered design allows me to approach projects with a strategic and empathetic perspective. I'm passionate about turning complex data and research into compelling visual stories that educate and empower audiences, especially within healthcare settings. I'm always excited to connect and collaborate on creative projects that make an impact.

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Hi, I’m Munazza Aijaz, a passionate graphic designer and animator based in Cincinnati. I specialize in environmental graphic design, collaborating closely with architects and interior designers to bring visual experiences to life within architectural projects. I enjoy creating experiential graphics, signage, murals, and engaging animated content for various clients, including major sports leagues.

My background in design research and human-centered design allows me to approach projects with a strategic and empathetic perspective. I’m passionate about turning complex data and research into compelling visual stories that educate and empower audiences, especially within healthcare settings. I’m always excited to connect and collaborate on creative projects that make an impact.

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Work Experience

Graphic Designer at MSA Design
August 1, 2022 - Present
Responsible for the environmental graphic design within architectural projects; including interior and exterior experiential graphics, signage, wayfinding, murals, wall coverings, and glass graphics. Collaborated closely with architects, interior designers, and fabricators to deliver graphics packages to clients. Assisted with marketing campaigns, created sponsorship motion graphics for Major League Baseball and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, managed and executed long form animated content for social media platforms, and designed presentations for client interviews to win projects for the firm.
Research Strategy & Design Support at Thrive Thinking
August 31, 2022 - July 17, 2025
Served as a contract design researcher, graphic designer, and animator for health related projects, including medical devices, robotic assisted surgery, and lumpectomy surgical processes. Coded and translated data into journey map graphics for clients.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
June 30, 2021 - July 17, 2025
Responsible for the brand design and graphics creation for a research study on neuroscience education and pain management; collaborated with clinicians to create training materials for adult interventionists, pediatric and adolescent patients, and their families.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
August 31, 2022 - July 17, 2025
Responsible for the brand design and graphics creation for a research study on neuroscience education and pain management; collaborated with clinicians to create training materials for adult interventionists, pediatric and adolescent patients, and their families.
Post Graduate Design Research Fellow at The Live Well Collaborative
November 30, 2020 - July 17, 2025
Served as project lead of two multidisciplinary teams responsible for qualitative research and human centered design solutions for optimizing the stroke and brain tumor patient experience at the UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute (UCGNI); managed all client communication between the Live Well and UCGNI clinicians and administrators; conducted co-creation sessions with stakeholders; presented and delivered learnings. Responsible for the design and animation of learning modules educating patients and families at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital on pediatric ventricular assist devices and COVID-19 vaccine trials.
Design Research Co-op at The Live Well Collaborative
May 31, 2019 - July 17, 2025
Responsible for the research, strategy, design, and delivery of projects for patients at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, including empowerment toolkits and animated videos; collaborated across disciplines and utilized human centered design methods to produce deliverables.
Graphic Design Co-op at Brandimage
May 31, 2018 - July 17, 2025
Designed print packaging for a variety of products, including food and personal care items; created brand guidelines for seasonal themes to be applied to packaging and in-store installations.
Graphic Design Co-op at The Brand Experience
August 31, 2017 - July 17, 2025
Brainstormed and designed physical experiences and environmental graphics. Created collateral to support work presented to clients, collaborated across disciplines and with outside vendors; maintained a consistent internal brand language in print, digital, and time-based media.
Graphic Design Co-op at College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) Dean’s Office
January 31, 2017 - July 17, 2025
Collaborated with designers at Facebook to create the 2016 DAAPworks exhibition; translated branding across print, environmental graphics, and digital applications. Designed promotional material for the College of DAAP and managed all social media accounts.

Education

Bachelor's Degree at University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP)
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019

Qualifications

3rd Place, Design Management Institute 2019 International Design Value Awards
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Darwin T. Turner Scholar
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
Cincinnatus Century Scholar
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Education, Real Estate & Construction, Professional Services