Maryam Rahimi
Graphic Designer · Social Media & Brand Design
linkedin.com/in/Maryam-Rahimi-Jafari
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Open to Remote, Worldwide
Summary
Graphic designer and illustrator with 4+ years of experience building brand identities, packaging, and social-first content for startups, importers, and international consumer brands. Combines a structured visual-identity approach with hands-on illustration to deliver work that measurably moves the business — including a 40% sales lift after a packaging redesign and 70% audience growth across four niche-industry Instagram pages. Fluent in the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite and modern generative AI design workflows.
Professional Experience
Founder & Creative Lead
Mediasaur — Creative Agency · mediasaur.pages.dev · @mediaasaur
- Founded a creative agency for branding, graphic design, social media and content; built its identity, positioning and website end to end.
- Researched 220+ brand accounts and ran multi-market Instagram outreach, with custom post designs made on spec.
- Client work includes the Bricks & Beans café identity and a 29-box WOLEX packaging order.
Graphic Designer & Visual Content Manager
Tajhiz Gostaran Shahriar — Specialty Coffee Equipment Importer
- Set the visual direction for brand marketing across the company's commercial and import-catalog lines.
- Led creative direction for four specialty coffee-industry Instagram pages — Sanremo Iran, Fiorenzato Iran, Markibar Iran, Synesso Iran — grew combined reach and engagement by 70% over 18 months.
- Owned exhibition booth design, large-format banners, printed catalogs, pricing sheets, in-house photography and video production, and localization of international supplier catalogs from English to Persian.
- Maintained the company website and online sales channels alongside sales-facing social content.
Graphic Designer
Danyar Health — Startup
- Designed Instagram templates, campaign visuals, and post covers used across the startup's launch period.
- Created business cards, posters, and a series of child-friendly health illustrations.
- Lifted community recognition and engagement through consistent visual storytelling.
Graphic Designer & Visual Artist
Chapo Blue Orders
- Redesigned brand identity, labels, and packaging; the redesigned line drove a 40% sales increase within four months.
- Produced book and product covers, layouts, and vintage-style collages reused across print and digital channels.
- Built the social media content system — post templates, covers, and campaign sets.
Selected Projects
Packaging Designer — WOLEX (Germany)
- Designed a packaging series for oil filters and cabin filters under the German WOLEX sub-brand. Client retained the engagement despite having an in-house designer, citing clean execution and brand fit.
Freehand Logotype — Sahar Couture Atelier
- Hand-drawn logotype designed to echo the delicacy of fine needlework and tulle embroidery, so the mark reads as an extension of the studio's craft.
Logo & Visual Identity — Ep Al Trading
- Designed a brand mark merging epidemic symbolism, bull-horn forms, and motherboard motifs into a single identity system.
Bilingual Brand Identity — Etemad Tejarat
- Developed Persian and English visual identity for business cards, letterheads, official seals, and product labels.
Academic & Personal Work
Bachelor Thesis — Graphic Signage System for Iranian Zoos
- Research-led signage and wayfinding system including a dedicated series of animal pictograms and environmental graphics for visitor flow. Graduated with full marks from Shariati Technical College.
Personal Practice — Collage & Mixed-Media
- Ongoing independent collage and mixed-media work exploring composition, texture, and editorial styling. Personal projects developed alongside client work to sharpen visual judgement.
Skills
- Design Software
- Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe InDesign · Figma · Procreate · Adobe After Effects · Adobe Premiere
- Brand & Marketing
- Logo Design · Packaging · Visual Identity Systems · Social Media · Editorial & Print Layout
- Illustration
- Character Design · Pictograms & Iconography · Collage · Vintage & Editorial Styles
- AI Workflow
- Anthropic Claude · Google Gemini · Adobe Firefly · Midjourney · Canva AI
- Production
- Print Pre-press · Illustrator Scripting (variable data) · Photography · Video Editing · Catalog Localization (EN ↔ FA)
- Soft Skills
- Time Management · Communication · Problem Solving · Attention to Detail · Self-Direction
- Languages
- Persian — Native · English — Upper-Intermediate, Professional Working Proficiency
Education
Foundations of Marketing — Certificate
CodeSignal (learning path)
Bachelor of Graphic Design
Shariati Technical College, Tehran
Diploma in Graphic Design
Azadegan Technical High School, Tehran