Founder, Creative director at northbird
Sydney Area, Australia
- Current
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- Founder, Creative Director at northbird
- Past
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- Senior Graphic Designer at ZOO2, Pty Ltd
- Freelance Graphic Designer at Beetroot Consulting
- Senior Graphic Designer at Publicis Slovenia
- Md-wght Graphic & Web Designer at HD d.o.o.
- Freelance Web Designer at Self - Employed (Self-employed)
- Md-wght Web Designer at Renderspace d.o.o.
- Freelance Web Designer at Self - Employed (Self-employed)
- Junior Web Designer at Repro d.o.o
- Junior Web Designer at Zaslon d.o.o.
- Education
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- Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sydney
- IAM, Institute and Academy of Multimedia
- Design & Photography High School
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Sasha Kos’s Summary
Sasha Kos is a Sydney-based senior level designer with 9 years of industry experience. Relocated from Slovenia nearly 3 years ago, her work reflects the best of European design values: functionality, simplicity, attention to detail, and boldness. Her work demonstrates excellent typography and layout skills, while being able to generate creative ideas from concept to production stage.
She is currently running her own sole-trading business while seeking a highly creative role in a challenging environment. A suitable position would offer a potential for assuming a design leadership role in the future.
Sasha Kos’s Specialties:
Brand development, design.
Sasha Kos’s Experience
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Founder, Creative Director
northbird
(Design industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Northbird is a results-driven creative (sole-trading) business that strives to achieve the best possible outcome and product quality. Specialising in branding and marketing communications, it offers a diverse range of design-related services.
(www.northbird.com.au)
• Producing creative concepts based on a client brief.
• Developing BTL and ATL advertising material.
• Developing and Building new Brands.
• Developing web-based concepts and ideas.
• Creating press-ready files for production.
• Art direction and Project Management.
• Involvment in all stages of the project.
• Reporting to the client.
• Attending client meetings.
• Presenting creative ideas to the client. -
Senior Graphic Designer
ZOO2, Pty Ltd
(Design industry)
September 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 1 month)
• Producing creative concepts based on a client brief.
• Developing BTL and ATL advertising material.
• Following strict Branding Guidelines when creating artwork.
• Developing and Building new Brands.
• Developing web-based concepts and ideas.
• Creating press-ready files for production.
• Working closely with other team members.
• Regular Art direction, working closely with Project Managers.
• Occasionaly reporting to Art Director.
• Contributing to brainstorming sessions.
• Involvment in all stages of the project.
• Attending client meetings.
• Presenting creative ideas to an audience. -
Freelance Graphic Designer
Beetroot Consulting
(Design industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
• Producing creative concepts based on a client brief.
• Developing BTL and ATL advertising material.
• Following strict Branding Guidelines when creating artwork.
• Developing and Building new Brands.
• Creating press-ready files for production.
• Working closely with other team members.
• Reporting to Art Director.
Temporary Freelance Employers: Publicis Mojo, Host, Principals, Devotion, Semcom, Mainspring* and RWK Design. ( *not via Beetroot) -
Senior Graphic Designer
Publicis Slovenia
(Public Company; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 11 months)
• Producing creative concepts based on a client brief.
• Developing BTL and ATL advertising material.
• Following strict Branding Guidelines when creating artwork.
• Developing and Building new Brands.
• Developing web-based concepts and ideas.
• Creating press-ready files for production.
• Working closely with other team members.
• Regular Art direction, working closely with Project Managers.
• Occasionaly reporting to Art Director.
• Contributing to brainstorming sessions.
• Involvment in all stages of the project.
• Attending client meetings.
• Presenting creative ideas to an audience. -
Md-wght Graphic & Web Designer
HD d.o.o.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)
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Freelance Web Designer
Self - Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Internet industry)
April 2004 — February 2005 (11 months)
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Md-wght Web Designer
Renderspace d.o.o.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 1 month)
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Freelance Web Designer
Self - Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Internet industry)
June 2002 — March 2003 (10 months)
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Junior Web Designer
Repro d.o.o
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2002 — June 2002 (4 months)
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Junior Web Designer
Zaslon d.o.o.
(Internet industry)
October 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 6 months)
Sasha Kos’s Education
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Raffles College of Design and Commerce, Sydney
Master of Design , Digital Media , 2008 — 2009
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IAM, Institute and Academy of Multimedia
Engineer of Multimedia , Multimedia , 2002 — 2006
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Design & Photography High School
Graphic Designer , Graphic Design , 1997 — 2000
Additional Information
Sasha Kos’s Websites:
Sasha Kos’s Interests:
Design, Advertising, Team Management, Leadership, Art Direction, Design Mentorship and Supervision, Personal Development, Training and Self-Education, Photography, Public Speaking and Leadership (Toastmasters), Reading & Writing, Sewing, Travel, Music, Dancing, Films.
Sasha Kos’s Groups:
Vice President - Public Relations, Cronulla Toastmasters (www.toastmasters.org)
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Apple Professionals
Sasha Kos’s Honors:
• Winning the Young Creative of the Year Award at Slovenian Advertising Festival (SOF) in March 2006. The award was based on a Print Ad competition.
• Representing Slovenia by attending Worldwide Young Creatives Cyber Competition at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival in June 2006.
• Achieving a finalist position at the 2005 Magdalena International Creative Awards.
Sasha Kos’s Contact Settings
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