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Chelsi Architzel
proCharlotte, USA
Experienced Brand and Graphic Designer
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Experienced Brand and Graphic Designer
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Rachel Hiemer makes prints that feel like the natural world translated into ink, in a way that feels botanical, hand-cut, and quietly alive. 🌿 An artist herself, Rachel knew exactly what her niche was and how to create art for it, but she was lacking a full visual suite that gave her confidence in what she already knew – her namesake ✨was✨ her brand. For this project, I built Rachel's brand identity and narrative around the same natives and wild flowers that Rachel found herself always returning to in her work. The primary logo mark centers on an illustrated echinacea, drawn in her own linocut vocabulary, then refined into something that could live at any size, on any surface. A script wordmark moves smoothly alongside it with the same loose energy as her printed line work, and a set of secondary marks give the brand room to breathe across different contexts and tiled backgrounds. For the color palette, I chose hues that nod to a garden in full bloom: marigold, periwinkle, soft pink, and eucalyptus. I intentially chose colors that feel bright and bold not only by themselves, but belong together the way that wildflowers do. The result was a visual identity for a personal brand that feels grown, not assembled. By using elements from Rachel's own artwork, her brand's logo and identity feels unmistakably hers before you've even read her name. 🎨
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Fern & Folly is the kind of plant shop you walk into and immediately want to live inside. Warmly lit, a little wild, and chock full of things you didn't know you needed. The problem was their branding didn't say any of that. F&F came to me with a great name, a loyal customer base, and almost no visual identity. My job was to build something that matched the energy already in the room and could scale as the business (and plants!) grew. I designed Fern & Folly's full identity system around a small set of bold, reusable shapes. Those shapes do everything, everywhere: they live in the logo, the iconography, the surface patterns, the hang tags, the packaging. The whole brand pulls from the same visual vocabulary, so every touchpoint feels like it belongs. As a result, I built the missing piece for a brand that already has strong roots, making sure that they show up exactly as intended no matter where they're seen. The color palette is distinctive without being too loud, and beautifully alive in the same way the shop is — a little overgrown, in the best way.
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ELLE By Me Wholesale Kit Packaging Design
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I designed Right Time Classic Lager to feel like a "new classic," leaning into vintage-inspired typography and a warm, tri-color palette to establish an immediate sense of heritage and reliability. The goal was to create a "Most Premium Lager" identity that felt both timeless and approachable, using bold, dimensional lettering to command attention on the shelf.
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Raushanah Rolle
Charlotte, USA
Digital Product Designer & Visual Brand Creator
New to Contra
Digital Product Designer & Visual Brand Creator
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As a licensed cosmetologist, I noticed a huge gap in the digital product market: plenty of hair planners look pretty, but very few are built with the actual professional expertise a real hair journey requires. I designed the "Ready for Locs" Comprehensive Digital Planner and Guide to bridge that gap. This project isn't just about clean layouts—it’s a look at how I took deep, professional hair education and turned it into a premium, interactive digital product that is built to sell on Etsy and Pinterest. 🔻Design & UX Breakdown 🔹Phase-Driven Architecture: To keep readers from feeling overwhelmed, I mapped out dense hair care data into a clean, 4-phase milestone framework. Technical prep comes first, followed by lifestyle and maintenance. 🔹Built to Be Used: I added minimalist "My Notes" sections to turn a static guide into a functional planner. The entire grid uses a persistent layout system so it feels seamless as you flip through it. 🔹Interactive Mobile UX: A digital guide has to work beautifully on a phone. I built a clickable Table of Contents with responsive tap targets, so users can jump instantly to any section with a single tap. 🔻Marketing & Getting it Market-Ready Design doesn't end when the PDF is exported. To make sure this product actually converts, I built an end-to-end launch asset system: 🔹Etsy & Pinterest SEO: I handled the keyword research and metadata architecture behind the scenes, ensuring the listing gets discovered by the right audience looking for natural hair guides. 🔹Visual Feed Disruptors: Marketplace feeds are noisy. I used a Warm Minimalist aesthetic and high-end typography to establish instant authority and stop the scroll. 🔹Faceless Content Framework: Because you don't need to be on camera to make an impact, I designed a system of aesthetic Pinterest pins and short-form video templates. By using gorgeous flat-lays, micro-B-roll, and clean text overlays, the visual assets drive organic traffic effortlessly.
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My Vision ✨ True design is more than just a clean layout; it is a visual language that communicates identity, culture, and purpose. This collection specializes in a "Warm Minimalist" and Editorial aesthetic, blending high-contrast elements with tactile textures and heritage-inspired, symbolic themes to build premium, high-resolution digital assets. By focusing entirely on the technical and artistic execution behind the scenes, the work speaks clearly, elegantly, and directly to the target audience. ✔️Case Study Breakdown: 📌High-Contrast & Heritage-Inspired Themes: A curated presentation displaying how striking visual contrast captures immediate attention while weaving in deep, symbolic cultural elements to ground modern design in timeless history. 📌Tactile Textures: Detailed close-ups demonstrating the integration of subtle, rich textures that remove the flat feel of digital art, making digital wall art and journals feel tangibly high-end and premium. 📌Clean, Editorial Layouts: A showcase of structured, uncluttered, and balanced asymmetrical spacing inspired by high-fashion magazines and galleries, proving the designs are both deeply expressive and commercially viable. 📌Gothic Typography: A breakdown of the architectural text structures and bold Gothic font choices that elevate standard graphic layouts into curated, sophisticated pieces of artistry. My Strategy✨ This project demonstrates how advanced multi-modal prompting workflows, precise technical asset scaling, and an optimized creative process seamlessly meet rigid, print-ready engineering standards. Built to operate effectively for independent production roles, agencies, and clients, it proves that meticulous visual artistry can be delivered to exact technical specifications for everyday spaces, workflows, or structured prompt libraries.
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The Stylist’s Touch: Premium Digital Art Suite My Vision ✨- Created to honor the intricate textures and movement of natural hair styling, "The Stylist's Touch" bridges the gap between commercial art and authentic representation. The collection features a "Warm Minimalist" editorial aesthetic, blending bold, organic oil textures with rich earth tones. 🔻Case Study Breakdown - 📌The Collection Hook: A clean, asymmetrical grid layout displaying the cohesive 5-piece art suite to establish instant visual continuity. 📌Interior Staging: Digital art styled within premium mockups, helping boutique salon owners and collectors visualize the art in a physical space. 📌Marketing Assets: High-converting vertical Pinterest Pins utilizing elegant typography to demonstrate how the collection drives organic traffic. 📌Technical Execution: A 400% zoom comparison proving master files are built at 300+ DPI and optimized across proportional aspect ratios (4:5, 3:4, ISO) for crisp, pixel-free printing. My Strategy✨- This project demonstrates the full lifecycle of a digital product—proving that premium front-end design can seamlessly meet rigid, print-ready technical standards.
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This Premium Digital Product Design & Multi-Page Canva Template was such a satisfying creation, especially since I am a Licensed Cosmetologist that specializes in Natural Hair & Locs. My passion for the beauty industry and helping beauty professionals elevate in their businesses is my ULTIMATE goal.😊 🔹 The Instant Beauty Ebook Creator is a plug-and-play Canva template designed specifically for beauty professionals and educators who want to share their knowledge without spending hours wrestling with design layouts. I built this deck to bridge the gap between high-end editorial aesthetics and practical, informative beauty guides. 🔹 When designing templates, my goal is always to make sure the back-end setup is as clean as the final visual. I didn't just throw placeholder boxes on a page; I built this with a real user's editing workflow in mind: ✔️Real-World Layouts: I mapped out a cohesive page flow designed to handle dense informational text—like step-by-step styling procedures, aftercare instructions, and client policies—keeping everything beautifully organized and easy to read. ✔️Built to Be User-Friendly: I optimized the typography hierarchy and text frames specifically for Canva’s interface. This means when a client drops in their own text or swaps a photo, the layout stays balanced and doesn't completely break apart. ✔️Print & Digital Ready: Margins and spacing were carefully measured so the final export looks incredibly polished, whether it’s sent as a digital PDF or printed out as a physical booklet for a salon floor. 📌The Deliverable: A fully customizable, multi-page master Canva template link featuring matching cover options, structured content pages, and neat resource guides. Tools Used: Canva, Digital Asset Prep. Project Focus: Digital Product Design, Document Layout, Typography & Spacing.
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Morgan Bryson
Charlotte, USA
Designer, Illustrator, Lettering Artist
Designer, Illustrator, Lettering Artist
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Magazine Design and Layout for Restaurant Guide
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Studio Sloan: Brand Identity
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Book Cover Designs
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Origin Story
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Savannah Bradley
Charlotte, USA
EIC @ HALOSCOPE. Creative director across fashion + beauty.
EIC @ HALOSCOPE. Creative director across fashion + beauty.
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10 POSTERS 🌀 10 DAYS
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Maui — Beauty Packaging
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Barbary Coast | Copywriting and Brand Identity
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Beauty in Bloom — Branding
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Anjyla Morrison
Charlotte, USA
Branding & Product Designer 🎨
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Branding & Product Designer 🎨
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C.E.O | Branding for an Operations Agency
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Super excited about this challenge 😍 🧠 Work In Progress: Serenity - Designed for Emotional Check-Ins & Habit Tracking. Gently guiding you back to ease when life gets loud. See how your mood build habits that meet you where you are.
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Papa M's | Natural Skin & Haircare Branding
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Branding for an Operations Agency. Branding for an operations agency helping entrepreneurs optimize their systems so that their businesses don't consume their whole lives. Industry: Operations & Consulting Scope: Brand identity, logo, typography, packaging direction & Social Media Ads Focus: Brand clarity, Recognizability, Scalability
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Joseph Clarkson Jr
Charlotte, USA
UX/UI & Brand Designer for SaaS
New to Contra
UX/UI & Brand Designer for SaaS
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Glowpop Logo Deign GlowPop: Illuminating Your Nights with Style Welcome to GlowPop, Australia's premier night light company dedicated to bringing warmth and wonder to every room. Founded on the belief that a little light can make a big difference, GlowPop creates enchanting night lights designed to soothe and inspire. Our collection features a variety of designs, from whimsical animal shapes to sleek, modern styles, ensuring there’s a perfect fit for every child's bedroom or cozy corner in your home. Each night light is crafted with safety in mind, using soft, energy-efficient LED technology that emits a gentle glow, perfect for nighttime comfort.
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Shopify developer for All Daughter store As a Shopify developer, I delivered an ecommerce website with a responsive web design built using Shopify, Shopify templates and HTML and CSS and Javascript for a robust and scalable platform.
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Premium Branding & Packaging for Por This branding and packaging design was created for Port of Mokha Coffee, a brand known for its rich heritage and high-quality coffee. The project includes a complete visual identity, from packaging and merchandise to logo design and typography. The goal was to reflect the brand's authenticity, luxury, and deep-rooted history in Yemeni coffee culture.
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SaaS Truck Management System | SaaS Designer | UI UX Designer As a UX designer and product designer for Vektor, an all-in-one trucking management system for carriers, I focused on creating an efficient and intuitive user interface. Utilizing Figma, I designed the system to streamline operations for users overseeing truck management. This approach reflects my expertise as a SaaS UI designer, ensuring that the platform meets the specific needs of its users while enhancing their overall experience.
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Michael Dorcas
Charlotte, USA
Academic Editor & Publication Strategist (PhD)
New to Contra
Academic Editor & Publication Strategist (PhD)
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As lead author of Frogs & Toads of the Southeast (University of Georgia Press), I headed up the development of a comprehensive, accessible guide covering more than 40 frogs and toads in one of North America’s most biodiverse regions. The book synthesizes scientific research, species ecology, and conservation insights into clear, engaging content for a broad audience, supported by extensive photography and distribution mapping. I led the organization, writing, and narrative structure of the book, translating complex biological concepts into material that is both scientifically rigorous and accessible to naturalists, students, and professionals alike. This work demonstrates my ability to bridge high-level science and public-facing communication—delivering clarity, accuracy, and strong narrative flow in long-form, publication-quality writing.
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Peer-reviewed research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) demonstrating severe declines in native mammal populations associated with the spread of invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Led field data collection, analysis, and manuscript development as part of a long-term ecological research program. This work has been widely cited and covered in major media outlets, contributing to national awareness of invasive species impacts.
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As lead author on this Biological Conservation publication, I investigated long-term population declines in diamondback terrapins, drawing on over two decades of mark–recapture data. The study provided rare, quantitative evidence linking crab trap bycatch to shifts in population size, age structure, and sex ratios. I led the development of the manuscript, integrating complex longitudinal data into a clear, cohesive narrative suitable for a high-impact conservation journal. This work demonstrates my ability to structure and communicate technically complex findings while preserving scientific rigor and clarity for publication-ready results.
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As lead author of Invasive Pythons in the United States: Ecology of an Introduced Predator (University of Georgia Press), I worked with my colleague and synthesized emerging research on one of the most consequential wildlife invasions in North America. The book integrates field data, ecological theory, and management implications to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of python impacts on native ecosystems. I led the development, structure, and narrative of the manuscript, translating complex and often fragmented research into a clear, authoritative, and cohesive volume. This work demonstrates my ability to shape technically complex, interdisciplinary material into publication-ready writing that is both scientifically rigorous and accessible to a broad audience, including researchers, managers, policymakers, and informed general readers.
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