Mar Bogdanis
Illustrator | Comic Artist
Illustrator | Comic Artist
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Poland (GMT+1) | (Summertime GMT+2)
Personal Profile
Illustrator and graphic designer with 5 years of professional experience. They a diverse portfolio with diverse projects, from creation of static and animated social media assets, to designing and preparing publications for print. With a multidisciplinary background they are sure to bring new and creative ideas to the project, but can also stick to established brand guidelines.
Work Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer (2021 - Present) | Notable collaborations
Freelance Graphic Designer (2021 - Present) | Notable collaborations
Being a member of the ZN Network allowed me to work with high-profile clients, including Pfizer, v@ccinesToday, AbInBev, UPS and the European Commission.
• Development of motion design social media assets.
• Development of motion design social media assets.
• Creating new assets according to the brand guidelines.
• Designing publications and ebooks.
• Illustrating the data with infographics.
• Maintaining clear communication with a fully remote team.
Proturmed (2022 - Present)
Foundation and business organisation supporting the internationalisation of Polish medical products and services.
Foundation and business organisation supporting the internationalisation of Polish medical products and services.
Working with Proturmed allowed me to contribute to projects for international markets. I have contributed to projects commissioned by private medical facilities, as well as public sector clients such as the Polish Ministry of Sports and Tourism, Visit Berlin, Oder Region Health Tourism and the city of Krakow.
• Creating and adapting publication design for different languages.
• Adapting the logo and branding for the evolution of the brand.
• Designing promotional assets for social media and print.
• Creating icons and infographics to better illustrate the discussed topics.
Being in an organisation of the festival I have had an opportunity to develop the logo of the festival and the visual identity for the 2024 and 2025 edition.
• Logo design.
• Logo design.
• Creating two distinct but coherent visual identities for the two existing editions.
• Designing and preparing for print a zine with work from the open call.
• Co-organisation of work.
DTP Technician (2022) | RWS Group
Content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise.
Content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise.
As a DTP Technician, I worked with various software to adjust the design for localisation purposes.
• Using OCR Software.
• Working with Adobe FrameMaker.
• Working with Figma.
Skills and Competencies
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects).
• Strong art and graphic design fundamentals.
• Animation and Motion Design.
• Data illustration.
• Creating comic strips and longer form comics.
• Children's illustration
• Preparing design for print.
• Desktop publishing.
• Efficient communication
• Good work organisation and deadline fulfilment.
• Polish native speaker, fluent in English.
• Strong art and graphic design fundamentals.
• Animation and Motion Design.
• Data illustration.
• Creating comic strips and longer form comics.
• Children's illustration
• Preparing design for print.
• Desktop publishing.
• Efficient communication
• Good work organisation and deadline fulfilment.
• Polish native speaker, fluent in English.
Education and Certification
MA Graphic Design | Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (2019 - 2021)
• Final main project supervised by PhD Agata Królak.
"Płeć" Illustrated book with moving parts, written, illustrated and bookbinded by me. It's an educational publication talking about gender outside of the binary.
• Final minor project supervised by Robert Turło.
"Self" Animated short exploring identity, created with mixed-media and traditional cell animation.
"Self" Animated short exploring identity, created with mixed-media and traditional cell animation.
• Written thesis supervised by PhD Katarzyna Lewandowska
BA with Honours First Class in Illustration and Graphic Design with International Enhancement | Coventry University (2015 - 2021)
• Final main project supervised by Francis Lowe and Andrew Spackman.
"I have a Dog" Illustrated children's book on love and acceptance.
"I have a Dog" Illustrated children's book on love and acceptance.
Other information
B2B
Since 2023, I have been working as a company registered under the Polish law as Mar Bogdanis Illustration & Graphic Design. I am open to full-time, part-time and contract work and can provide invoices for my services.
Illustration, comics and vendor experience.
Other than my design practice, I also work as an illustrator and comic artist. I believe that the multidisciplinarity of my practice allows my ideas to stay fresh and creative. To see my work, please consider visiting my illustration portfolio: www.illustration.bogdanis.pl
I also have experience working at an art alley booth, selling and promoting my work. To see my online store, please see here: bogdanis.sumupstore.com
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