Profile

Visual storyteller with an inquisitive drive to solve creative

problems. Being born and raised in an urban desert, but ethnically rooted from a tropical island to a legacy of artists, creativity came naturally. Having numerous perspectives came as a result of being culturally diverse, this has benefited the creative process with a larger pool of ideas. Education

University of Northumbria

at the Academy of Design, Colombo

BA (Hon.), Visual Communication Design 2015 - 2018 Carmel School Kuwait

Primary School and High School 2001 - 2015

Skills and Abilities

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) Visual Design

Illustration

Detail oriented

Team player

Works well under pressure

Flexible

Achievements

Creative Campus 2018

Invited by Google headquarters in Mt. View California for a creative academy where I collaborated as the only Sri Lankan representative with 32 internationally selected worldwide students. The campus included workshops, discussion about the brand and process behind Google projects along with a live on-going brief with a 24-hour deadline. My team and I pitched our ideas to Google’s Senior Creative panel who were impressed by our strategy and wanted to collectively work further on each team’s ideas as a solution for their brief. Festival

Roger Hatchuel Academy 2018

Island wide winner of Sri Lanka and representative to enter a creative academy at the world’s largest advertising festival based on a portfolio pitch to a panel of CEO’s from leading advertising agencies. The week was of inspirational and first-hand networking experiences among highly acclaimed companies and influencers with full access to the year’s award ceremonies.

Featured in :

• Academy of Design Colombo’s Success Stories 2018

• Sunday Leader Newspaper for experiencing

the creative industry as an undergraduate 2017

• ‘Maker of the Month’ at Cafe Kumbuk 2017

• Award titled ‘Vivacious Belleʼ at Carmel School Kuwait for having an outgoing optimistic charisma 2015

• Winner of an interschool art competition

for Faber Castell, Kuwait 2014

Experience

Volunteer work:

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Sri Lanka 2016

Image Editor, Photographer and Social Media Curator. Sri Lanka Design Festival 2015 - 2016

Social Media Curator

TEDx Colombo 2016

Interactive art installation

United Nations ‘2030 NOW’ 2016

Live Infographic Artist

RUBIX Flood Relief 2016

Photographer

Design Katha 2015

Social Media Curator

Kuwait Lothan Youth Achievement

LoYAC Summer Program 2015

1. Paradise Centre: Community outreach

and volunteering for Down Syndrome and Autism.

2. Kuwait Infunity at 360 Mall

Family Entertainment Centre: Merchandise,

upselling customers and conducting surveys.

Clients 2016 - 2019

MAS Holdings - largest South Asian apparel manufacturer Colombo Supper Club - Dining experience by celebrity chefs Café Kumbuk - Acclaimed conscious eating in Colombo Finding Figaro - Melbourne based music community

Plus Nine Four - Speciality coffee and dining

Anuk - Contemporary designer label

Srilax - Urban tropical guest house

oDoc - Telehealth App

Mischief - NYE event

Fern - Speakeasy bar

Work:

Quality Control, Sri Lanka 2016 - 2018

Visual Designer + Illustrator

Made of Space, New York 2017 - 2018

Official Sri Lankan based Artist

J. Walter Thompson, Sri Lanka October - December, 2017 Art Director Intern

Languages

English - Advance

Sinhala - Advance spoken

French - Intermediate written

Intrests

Indie Documentary/Film

South Asian Mythology

Heavy Metal

Vipassanā Meditation

Fashion Stylist

Dilushi Prasanna

+965-****-****

ac9zan@r.postjobfree.com

behance.net/Dilushi

@dillustrate

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