Ifeta Kahvedzic

I am creative thinker and designer with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and design industry. I have a clear understanding of design processes in organizations and have high respect for the visibility regulations, approval process, and timeframes. My experiences are, providing creative solutions and serving the visual communication needs of organizations of all sizes, from start-ups and SMEs to multinationals. I am a designer who provides creative and imaginative solutions based on clients' needs. One who creates several solutions and pushes the design to a place where everyone is happy.

Design is a process, it is joint work, it is a passion, and I am proud of every project accomplished with my clients and the energy we created together. I appreciate the honest feedback and open collaboration with all interested parties to get the best design results.

I live in Sarajevo, Bosnia (Europe :)), and work mainly remotely with international clients and NGOs. As a designer, I work well in teams, but I also can lead and facilitate creative processes individually. With high respect for clients' needs and timeframes, I always stay available for support in design services providing high-quality solutions, creativity, and a flexible approach even on short notice.

Experience

10+ years of experience in the field, but not overwhelmed by it. Just wise enough to know that every organization and assignment is unique. Over the years, I achieved successful results on different design projects from branding development (logo design, visual standards, and related corporate sheets); graphic design and illustrations (print and digital) publications, annual reports, sell sheets, packaging design, books, booklets, event decorations, conference materials, etc; product and brand awareness campaign development and production; data visualization, web and newsletter design (WordPress/HTML, CSS), UX and UI design, social media banners (static and dynamic - HTML5); up to visual advising, design process facilitation, and event management.

Experienced in designing for large corporations and organizations with strict visibility procedures, as well as for startups and smaller organizations where we created the first visual steps together.

Education

My education background in art, design, and marketing. I am graduated Academic Painter (first major), and Produict Designer (second major) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Postgraduate studies of Marketing at The School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo. The marketing and economic side sharpened my perspective on focused visual storytelling, and get me clear inside on customer behavior and business in general.

Skils

I am a creative, hardworking, fast-thinking, and very time and detailed oriented person, with a great pashion for design and visual communication. Skilled in visual design, campaign development, design quality control, UX & UI design, branding & identity, creative advertising, costumer’s behavior, content and microcopy writing.

Illustrations and drawings are intertwined in all my design work. I have a strong understanding of gathering ideas into an understandable concept. This can be quite important in any createive or storytelling process. Provideing useful and impactful solutions on time requires strong listening and analytic skills. All those skills I have developed over the years both through education and through work experiences.

Multi-language

Proven experience in multi-language option design. Experience in designing options in English, German, French, Italian, and Dutch language by working with multinational companies. Design in a different language of UASC zone by working with organizations dealing with migrants and people in move. Local language variations and letters (Latin and Cyrillic), as well as regional Serbian, Croatian language options usually followed by the English design option.

Responsibilities

Responsible for all design and related creative operations, communication with clients, programmers, overall work production, and supervision. From the start of the assignment with pitch meetings and offer creation, to design proposals and presentations, corrections, and adaptation process up to final delivery. I am responsible for design solutions, maintain the standards of creative excellence, fast response, and on-time delivery.

I am a co-founder of design, branding and advertising, boutique agency BANS | Creative Advertising Lab. With an Agency I build stable relationships with companies from Europe and the US. Outsourcing the design services for different companies from the chemical industry, IT and software development companies, marketing and communication agencies, food manufacturing companies, finance organizations, and NGO’s.

Main activities

Creative and design thinking, campaign development, graphic design, custom vector illustrations, logo, and visual standards development, photo editing, UX and UI design and quality control, WordPress web sites, newsletters campaign design, event and meetings registration pages design, digital and social network banners, vector animated banners, short videos, visual consulting, planning, reporting, project team gathering, and supervision.