My CV and creative work portfolio

I’m Emi Stael

A multidisciplinary designer with 8+ years of experience in branding, digital design, and visual strategy. Passionate about functional, compelling solutions. Currently based in Costa Brava. 🌊🌊🌊
I help shape brand identities, digital experiences, and visual strategies for startups and companies. Focused on storytelling, design, and strategy, I LOVE to create human-centered experiences with purpose.
Graphic designer
emi@designvenue.es

📍 Spain
+34 657 149 228
Design Venue reflects my work and is a project I’m building step by step.

Education
& Experience

EAE Business School
Digital Transformation
– Barcelona

Dec. 2023 – April 2024
European Institute of Design (IED)
Master’s in Design & Innovation
– Madrid
Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2019

University of Azuay
Graphic Design
Higher Education
– Ecuador

Rosa de Jesús Cordero
Elementary & High School
- Ecuador
Buynomics, Navar, 55 Birchstreet · Teamdecoder · Vreeda (...)
Freelance Designer
ECU · ES · USA · GER · MEX
2016 – Now

Design Venue
Founder & Designer
2022 – Now

Vreeda GMBH – Berlin
Product & Visual Designer
2020 – Sept. 2024

Navar GMBH – Hamburg
Product & Visual Designer
Sept. 2021 – Sept. 2024

The Re Company – NYC
Brand & Communications Dir.
Sept. 2019 – Sept. 2023

Woonivers – Madrid
Brand & Visual Designer
Feb. 2020 – May 2022

Inhaus Magazine – Ecuador
Brand & Digital Designer
Sept. 2018 – June 2019

Eikon Digital S.A.S – Ecuador
Graphic & Multimedia Designer
July 2016 – Sept. 2018

Signal X – Ecuador
Graphic Designer (Internship)
2015

Skills & More

Core Skills
Software & Tools
Illustrator · Photoshop · After Effects · Premiere · InDesign · Figma ·  Muse · Bridge · Miro · Webflow · Wordpress · Squarespace · Keynote · Word · Excel · PowerPoint

Expertise
Visual Design · Design Thinking · Design Research · UX / UI · Communication Strategy · Branding · Benchmarking · Video & Image Editing

Soft Skills
Creativity · Empathy · Teamwork · Initiative · Enthusiasm
Published Work
"Creative Process for Designers" – Rayado Book
October 2018

Additional Training & Events
Specialized After Effects Course with Jorge Monchón
Film Poster Seminar with James Verdesoto
Chromia – Design & Applied Arts Festival
Q'Mando Moda – Third National Design Meeting
Behance 2015 – Creativity Meeting
Google Apps & Adwords Session (2014)
FICE 2015 – Ibero-American Festival of Creativity & Strategy, Bogotá, Colombia
South Summit 2019