
I am a 34 years old graphic designer from Sofia, Bulgaria
currently living in Oslo, Norway. I have 10+ years of experience in the field of Graphic Design, Art Direction, Web Design and Illustration. I have worked with number of clients, including small startups, medium-sized enterprises, big multinationals and public institutions in various industries such as Retail, IT, Arts & Culture, Marketing & Finance, Fashion and Sports. In my work, I have proven abilities in employing the right visual language to convey my clients’ message in the most meaningful and distinctive form. I’m open, collaborative, and I enjoy learning new things about the businesses and organisations I’m working with.
After graduating the National Arts Academy
in Sofia in 2007, I have worked as a graphic designer in a major local advertising agency for three years, where I gathered significant experience as well as being in charge of several award-winning campaigns. In August 2011 I graduated from a two-year a Master’s course in Research-Driven Graphic Design at the AKV St. Joost in Breda, the Netherlands. The main premise of the programme was to employ techniques of semantic, conceptual and visual research in order to design strong visual means that represent and communicate the core of a given subject.
Since 2010, I have been working as a freelance graphic designer
for clients worldwide. In 2011 I became in charge of design and visual communication of the Roodkapje Art Institute in Rotterdam where I worked until 2017. My work encompassed the development of the institute’s identity and various sub-identities, promotional campaigns, posters and innovative forms of visual communication.
In 2014, together with my colleague Boris Bonev, I established
my own design practice – UNIT Studio for Graphic Design and Visual Communication, where we focus on the creation of visual identities, websites, apps and motion graphics for clients from various industries.
Education
MA Research-Driven Graphic Design
Sep 2009 – July 2011
AKV St Joost, Breda, NL
GPA: 8/10
BA Book Design and Illustration
Sep 2002 – July 2006
National Academy of Arts Sofia, BUL
GPA: 5.75/6
Courses and trainings
Corporate Branding Workshop
with Marieke Griffoen from Edenspiekermann
2011
Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT)
workshop on creative strategy and concept development
2009
Skills
Fully proficient in Adobe Suite software
Strong knowledge of CSS/HTML
Intermediate in Adobe AfterEffects
Basic skills in Python and generative design tools




In books and magazines
New illustration with type
Anova books, 2010
Nice to meet you too
Victionary, 2010
Playful type 2
Gestalten, 2010
A3 Format magazine
2010
The Modernist
Gestalten, 2011
IDN Magazine
The Logographic issue, 2011
On the web
Exhibitions
24th International Graphic Design Biennial
Brno, Czech republic, 2010
Alphapretation
group exhibition
Sofia Design Week 2012
New Bulgarian Typography
group exhibition
Sofia Design Week 2013