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Harriet Yakub
harrietyakub@gmail.com

@harrietyakub

Award-winning creative with a background in visual design, focused on crafting thoughtful, human-centred brand worlds. I develop cohesive visual systems and storytelling platforms that translate strategic insight into clear, engaging work across digital and motion.

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
2025

Junior Designer
1HQ
Amsterdam
2023 - 2024

Design Intern
Transforma BCN
Barcelona
2021

Inhouse Illustrator
fyio
London
2020 - 2021

Skills

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

Illustration
Art Direction
Identity Design
2D Motion design
Concept development
Pattern development
Packaging design
AI Innovation
Print setup
PitchingFigma
Riso

Awards

D&AD
Yellow Pencil

D&AD
Portfolio Pick New Blood Festival

IDI
Grand Prix Design Graduate

IDI
Design for Moving Image

IDI
Use of Illustration in Design

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

It’s Nice That’s Generation Continued...
It’s Nice That
2021

Exhibitions

Dublin Art Book Fair
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
2025

GAF Shanghai International Illustration Art Expo
Shanghai
2025

IF KiBlind
Lyon
2024

Dublin 8, Ireland

Last Updated 17.02.26