About
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About 〰️
About the Designer
Vivian Cruickshank is a graphic designer and art director in San Francisco with 8 years of professional experience specializing in brand identity, design systems, and multi-channel marketing campaigns. Her experience spans commercial real estate (Maven, Transwestern), technology (Xbox, Salesforce), nonprofit (Sadie Collective), and government (USAID) sectors. Through corporate roles and freelance projects, she has created cohesive visual systems that scale and drive business impact. Notable clients include Vogue Magazine, The Hershey Company, Uber, Angelica Ross, and Heidi Nazarudin.
She is proficient in Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Procreate. She also has experience with video editing and motion graphics (Premiere Pro and After Effects) and has incorporated AI tools into her creative workflow, including recently completing an AI for Visual Design certificate from Designlab.
Education: B.S. Graphic Design (UW-Madison), A.S. Motion Graphics (Madison Media Institute), UX Certificate (UC Berkeley Extension), AI for Visual Design Certificate (Designlab).
Outside of design, Vivian enjoys attending concerts, exploring new restaurants, traveling, playing tennis, and DJing.
View her resume here.
Selected Awards
Powers-Knapp Scholar – 2007-2011 (UW-Madison Merit-based full tuition scholarship program)
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Award 2015 (3rd place: Long Form Production, Non News (TV))
Student Commencement Speaker – Madison Media Institute, May 2015
1st Place Winner - 2016 Artist Throwdown (Hive Social Club - Madison)
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, wave ∙ lengths, Muse Salon, Madison, WI, May 2016
Selected Publications
Illuminations" the Undergraduate Journal for Humanities - 2011
Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau - Spring/Summer 2011 issue