Digital

Designer

I’m a senior creative focused on scalable design systems that bring brand stories to life. With over 7 years of experience across agency and freelance environments, I specialize in creating efficient, scalable frameworks that empower teams and elevate brands.
But how?

Design approach

Emotional
Flexible
Timeless

Brand Storyline Creation

Strategy

The initial chapter of the brand story. A strategy that focuses on the brand’s objectives with the user’s pain points. All to inform the solution to be designed. Anchored by a brief designed to encapsulate the essence for a distinctive presence in the marketplace.

Mood

Sets the brand's emotional foundation, marrying colour palette and messaging to position the new brand amidst its competitors with a fresh, confident look. It's where inspiration begins to shape the strategy forward.

Narrative

Distilling the brand’s ethos into tangible assets. Constructing a brand storytelling with a design language, copywriting, typography, photography, and more. Which will carry the brand’s identity forward in a consistent yet dynamic manner.

Iteration

The elements come into play dynamically, engaging with one another to create a living, breathing ecosystem that not only represents the brand but creates a world in which every piece fits. Continuously testing and iterating.

Design

The grand finale in the brand's design symphony. Here vision meets reality, ensuring the crafted story resonates as powerfully on the user’s hands as it does on the storyboard.

Atomic Design Methodology

Atoms

Colours
Graphics
Messaging
Typography

Molecules

Buttons
Form Fields
Breadcrumbs
Card Components

Organisms

Navigation Bar
Tables
Forms
Overlays

Pages

A well designed page elevates the brand essence and facilitates the navigation of the user throughout the interface.

Design System

A complex design ecosystem that includes all the states, interactions, user flows and pages necessary to an easy  hand-off to development.

System design is, by definition, a team collaborative effort.

Introduction

I’m Bernarda Avila, currently a senior digital designer at Klick Brands. With seven years of experience across agency and freelance environments, I’ve developed a passion for design process. From conceptual thinking to high-quality design systems.
In my free time I enjoy sewing, exercising, biking, reading, and terrasje pakken .

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