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Harriet Yakub
harrietyakub@gmail.com

Multi-awarded designer, engaged in the world around us.
Interested in crafting brands conceptually beyond their potential, from packaging design to identity. Spanning print, social and moving visual worlds.

Education

BA Visual Communication
Illustration
NCAD
First Class Honours

New Blood Academy
D&AD

Employment

Freelance Illustrator
2020 - Present

Freelance Brand & Motion Designer
2025 - Present

Midweight Designer
The Tenth Man
Dublin, Ireland
2025

Junior Designer
1HQ
Amsterdam
2023 - 2024

Design Intern
Transforma BCN
Barcelona
2021

Skills

Adobe suite
Photoshop / Illustrator / After Effects / inDesign
& more

Illustration
Art Direction
Concept development
Identity Design
Motion design
Pattern development
Packaging design
AI Innovation
Print setup
Pitching
Figma
Risograph

Awards

Yellow Pencil D&AD
Grand Prix Design Graduate IDI
Design for Moving Image IDI
Use of Illustration in Design IDI
Portfolio Pick D&AD New Blood Festival

Press

How travelling with nothing but pencils and a notepad helped Harriet Yakub tackle her fear of a blank page
It’s Nice That
2025

Harriet Yakub’s alphabetical postcards are an A to Z of modern life
It’s Nice That
2023

Dublin, Ireland

Last Updated 24.10.37