Resume — Maryam Rahimi

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

Graphic Designer & Visual Content Manager

Jun 2024 — Present · Full-time

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

Sep 2022 — Apr 2023 · Full-time

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

Apr 2022 — Mar 2023 · Full-time

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)

Royal Trade Nexus

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

Feb 2026

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
Brand & Marketing: Logo Design · Packaging · Visual Identity Systems · Social Media · Editorial & Print Layout
Illustration: Character Design · Pictograms & Iconography · Collage · Vintage & Editorial Styles
AI Workflow: Canva AI · Google Gemini · Anthropic Claude · Meta AI · Grok
Production: Photography · Video Editing · Catalog Localization (EN → FA)
Highlights: Localization 10/10 · Photography 8/10 · Video Editing 6/10
Soft Skills: Time Management · Communication · Problem Solving · Attention to Detail · Self-Direction
Languages: Persian — Native · English — Upper-Intermediate, Professional Working Proficiency

Education

Bachelor of Graphic Design

2021 — 2025

Shariati Technical College, Tehran

Diploma in Graphic Design

2021

Azadegan Technical High School, Tehran

Self-directed Study — Illustration & 3D Art

Ongoing