About
Hey! My name is Marie, and I’m really happy that you’re here ♥. I am a storyteller, problem solver, strategist and type aficionado. As a designer, what motivates me is making the maximum positive impact through design. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to hone in on my skills ranging from visual marketing design, web design, branding,
and UX / UI design. No matter what I design, my philosophy has always been to keep brand and culture as the core focus. Whether that has been to establish a new brand or to
adhere to a well established one, I remain focused it's values, and target audience at all times. I seek opportunities that will allow me to grow as a designer and add value to the
any project I am working on. I enjoy working with companies that put their audience/users first, put value in research and testing before design, and are driven to providing
innovation and the best creative solutions.
Specialties:
Marketing
Brand Identity
Adverstising
Storytelling
Art Direction
Presentation
Illustration
Packaging
Typography
Information architecture
Prototyping
UX research
UX/UI
Web development
Experience
December 2018 – Present
Senior Visual Designer
LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that allows members (both workers and employers) to create profiles and "connections" to each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships.
As a designer on the Sales Readiness team I work on:
• Creating compelling stories and seamless user experiences for LinkedIn employees
• Creating the visual and interaction design of internal websites
• Design presentations, infographics and icons
• Preserving brand standards and communicating with stakeholders to provide high fidelity deliverables
April 2017 – December 2017
Senior Graphic Designer
Future State is a consulting firm working with global companies and organizations to ensure people are the center focus to achieve operational transformation and organizational change. Based in Oakland, California they apply an interdisciplinary approach that connects process excellence, adoption and innovation to help organizations achieve a desired future state.
While there I:
Designed presentation for several of the companies clients including Kind bars, PG&E, Wells Fargo
Designed infographics and icons to be used in presentations decks
Edited powerpoint decks
Designed posters and marketing collaterals to be used in national campaigns
Art directed motion graphics animations
June 2016 – April 2017
BABYCENTER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Senior Visual Communication Designer, marketing
BabyCenter is a daughter company of Johnson and Johnson, that is dedicated to giving timely knowledge and support to parents and parents-to-be on their journey through their pregnancy and into parenthood. I design for global marketing team and the Mission Motherhood initiative.
While there I:
Redesigned the International house ads for web and mobile use
Redesigned the marketing email newsletter footer to increase conversion
Created seasonal social media campaigns across different social networks
Designed tool icons and badges for the mobile apps team and community forum team
Worked with the sales team to create promotional campaign for different clients including Johnson and Johnson
Redesigned new interstitials ads to comply with Google's new SEO rules
Supported the marketing launch of 2016's Top Baby Names reveal with illustrated assets, house ads and social media banners
Created ads for social media networks: Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest
May – June 2016
FIRST REPUBLIC BANK | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Graphic / Production Designer
First Republic and its subsidiaires offers private banking, private business banking and private wealth management, including investment, trust and brokerage servies.
While there I:
Designed, illustrated and animated online courses for the Human Ressource department
Edited Powerpoint files and turned them into InDesign master files
Collaborated with the marketing team to create social media assets as well as infographics to be used in future campaigns
October 2014 – January 2015
Graphic / Production Designer
W Cities is one of the leading providers of content for events, movies travel and location based information.
While there I:
Worked on creating social media campaigns to support their different platforms.
Worked on content for the flagship app Eventseeker
June 2012 – September 2012
MC CANN ERICKSON | ABIDJAN, CIV
Graphic Designer
As part of the larger Mc Cann Erickson global network, Mc Cann Erickson Côte d'Ivoire is an agency specialized in advertising and communication.
While there I:
Worked on several global marketing accounts such as: Coca Cola, Shell, Asky Airlines etc
Worked with the copywriter on a campaign storyboard
Worked on newsletters designs, brand identity, flyers designs
January 2011 – March 2011
Junior Graphic Designer
As part of the larger Ogilvy global network, Ocean Ogilvy Côte d'Ivoire is an agency specialized in advertising and communication.
While there I:
Worked on several campaign collaterals for different clients including Airtel Telecom
Designed Newsletters and Annual Reports
Assisted the Art director on photoshoots to support advertising campaigns
Edited photos for future billboards ad campaigns
MORE EXPERIENCE (FREELANCE)
2016
Graphic Designer
Airbanq, inc is an express check cashing application available on iOS and Android and a flagship store in Antioch, California.
As part of their creative team I:
Created ads for their social media platforms
Created and designed a packaging collateral for their new customer loyalty program
Designed the Airbanq Prepaid MasterCard©
2015 – 2017
THE AMERICAN GRILLED CHEESE KITCHEN | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Graphic Designer
The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen is a restaurant chain based in San Francisco, California.
As their main graphic designer I:
Assisted in finalizing the company’s rebranding.
Worked and designed the restaurant and catering menu, signages, stickers, direct marketing flyers and take out packaging
Education
The Art Institute of California – San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: Graphic and Web Design
Graduated with Honors
Deans list student
Academy of Art University – San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
MASTER OF ART: Web Design and New Media
VOLUNTEER
AIGA – San Francisco | San Francisco, CA
Empower 2 PLAY :
Empower 2 Play (E2P) is a U.S.based NGO whose mission is to identify next generation leaders and foster cross-cultural relations through the power of sports. Their vision is to create a global family one sport at a time by connecting diverse populations to promote cultural understanding with a focus on building youth leadership for future generations.
When I'm not designing, I enjoy cooking, taking picture of food, thinking about food, talking about f- ok nevermind you get it, you have another bonafide foodie here :).
Interested in working with me? Drop me a line at marie.banny@gmail.com If not? We can still go on foodie adventures together :).