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Valentina Duque is a Visual Communication Designer and Marketing Specialist originally from Colombia and based in Vancouver, Canada. With extensive experience in Design Thinking methodology focused on user experience. Valentina has worked with startups companies developing their branding trough packaging and digital marketing. She loves working in interdisciplinary teams, learning new things everyday and solving problems in creative ways through meaningful and beautiful design experiences. 

Experiences

Graphic Designer

Visual communication specialist

Marketing assistant and content creator

assistant brand manager

graphic designer

internship/product designer

Jan 2023 – AUG 2024

July 2022 – Dec 2022

May 2022 – june 2022

dec 2020 – june 2021

oct 2020 – nov 2020

sep 2019 – june 2020

Holland Imports, Surrey

fastsigns, Vancouver

active baby, vancouver

vive let’s go!, cali – col

wallis printers, cali – col

aurora propulsion, helsinki

Jan 2023 – Present

Holland Imports, Surrey

Graphic Designer. Branding and Marketing

July 2022 – Dec 2022

fastsigns, Vancouver

visual communication specialist

May 2022 – June 2022

Active Baby, Vancouver

Marketing assistant and content creator

Dec 2020 – June 2021

Vive Let’s Go!, Cali – COL

Assistant brand manager

Oct 2020 – Nov 2020

Wallis Printers, Cali – COL

Graphic designer

Sep 2019 – June 2020

Aurora Propulsion, Helsinki

Internship/Product designer

Education

Diploma in digital marketing and web design

certificate in product development project pdp in design thinking

ba visual communication design, major in branding and packaging

jan 2022 – dec 2022

sep 2019 – june 2020

jan 2017 – june 2021

greystone college, vancouver

Aalto university, helsinki

xaverian pontificial, cali – col

jan 2022 – dec 2022

greystone college, vancouver

Diploma in digital marketing and web design

sep 2019 – june 2020

AALTO UNIVERSITY, HELSINKI

certificate in product development project pdp in design thinking

jan 2017 – june 2021

XAVERIAN PONTIFICIAL, CALI – COL

BA VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN, MAJOR IN  BRANDING AND PACKAGING

The real Val

Hello you! Officially I introduce myself, I’m Valentina, but you can call me Valen or Val, as you prefer 🙂 I always like to clarify, that before being a designer or professional, I’m a person of flesh, bone, soul, dreams and feelings like you.

This is my way of seeing people and the world, a universe of possibilities with millions of experiences to discover. This is how I see each project that I face and execute from design, that’s why you can be 100% sure that what I create, will be a unique piece that is consciously planned to generate a positive impact. 

My personal interests:
  • I’m a people person. You would probably find me watching people on the train, or sitting in the mall watching shoppers, and don’t get me wrong, it’s not because I’m gossiping, it’s because I find it amazing to find patterns of behavior in people. If I wasn’t a designer, most probably I would have been a psychologist or something related. I love listening to people and analyzing how they do things and what I can learn from them, it’s really amazing!
  • 3D thinking thrills me! I have a great passion for industrial design and three-dimensional designs that comes from my packaging knowledge. I decided to study a couple of courses in industrial design about materials and product development which I loved, I discover Blender by that time and have been using it since then. This is why I always keep all kinds of boxes to unfold and study their mechanism.
  • Writing is one of my skills. Although it is not my passion because all the ideas storm in my mind all at once when creating stories, creating and writing the branding and storytelling for my projects, is how I find the middle point. I love creating eye-catching and heart-touching brand identities, where people can connect on meaningful levels.