Patchaya Proud Khomna
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Pattaya City Chon Buri, Thailand
Toptal member since November 30, 2022
Patchaya is a senior designer with 10+ years of experience working in advertising agencies and production houses. Fully trained to be detail-oriented and deliver perfect results, she has worked with top brands like Formula 1, Unilever, and 7-Eleven. Patchaya enjoys helping brands build their identities through design, creating interfaces and visuals that fit their identity. She leverages her skills and experience to make the most of the available budget, maximizing marketing output and exposure.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Art Director
Dass - inc
- Experienced art director with a proven track record in conceptualizing, storyboarding, directing animation, and producing B2B corporate videos.
- Conceptualized and developed visual styles that effectively communicated client messages and brand identities.
- Directed animation and motion design, maintaining consistent quality and meeting project timelines.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing project workflows, task assignments, and delivery schedules.
- Presented creative concepts, storyboards, and design rationales to clients, incorporating feedback for refinement.
- Conducted thorough quality assurance checks to ensure final products met established standards.
- Led the conceptualization and development of game ideas, from initial brainstorming to final execution, resulting in several successful game titles.
- Created detailed design documents outlining gameplay mechanics, story elements, and visual aesthetics for the development team.
- Played a pivotal role in the design iteration process, incorporating player feedback and analytics to enhance gameplay mechanics.
- Conducted regular design reviews, fostering a culture of innovation and creative problem-solving within the team. Coordinated with programmers to ensure seamless integration of gameplay systems and mechanics.
UX/UI Designer
Freelance Clients
- Conceptualized visuals based on requirements and created a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites.
- Contributed to the brand strategies developed for client projects, including ideas demonstrating insight and innovation, solutions engaging audiences, and expressions of thinking in words or images.
- Collaborating with other communities including planners, account and project managers, and third-party suppliers such as copywriters, photographers, illustrators and animators to make all projects a creative and commercial success.
- Provided branding design for manufacturing and corporation brands across Thailand, Belgium, Singapore, and China.
- Communicated user experience at various stages of the design process using storyboards, sitemaps, process flows, and wireframes at the discovery level.
- Identified and troubleshot UX problems and presented solutions using impactful UX strategies. Evaluated competitor websites to understand what works well and why.
- Built sitemaps, wireframes, and prototypes to outline structures. Worked with developers to build a prototype to test design concepts in the real world.
- Developed a style guide for an organization's visual identity system that includes font usage, color theory, and other design principles to ensure consistency across all marketing materials.
- Illustrated original visual graphics and defined how to create a narrative on the web and social media platforms.
- Worked with clients like Central Marketing Group, Keestrack, For Art's Sake, Vitchuda Power Line, and GOF_Y.
Brand Designer
Braw Robot
- Conducted UX research, design thinking, visual design, prototyping, and mockup of interface design. As the key responsible for brand design, worked closely with clients and the developer team to ensure the consistency of the final product.
- Identified UX design needs for the company's digital assets, proposed solutions for the design strategy, and developed and conceptualized the brand's UI/UX design strategy.
- Took responsibility for multiple clients' accounts, including Stream technologies, Neo Environmental, InnDeep, Scotrack, SWG3 Studio, Electric Frog Summer Jam Festival, Riverside Music Festival Glasgow, and Dance House Glasgow.
- Served as the leading branding designer for the Riverside Music Festival Glasgow project.
- Managed motion graphics, infographic animations, and video content production for clients' social media.
- Developed concepts, graphics, and layouts, including making decisions about fonts, images, readability, and readers' needs.
- Kept stakeholder up to date, listening to and acting on feedback, explaining the rationale behind graphic design decisions, reviewing final layouts, and suggesting improvements if required.
- Contributed to the brand strategies developed for client projects, including ideas demonstrating insight and innovation, solutions engaging audiences, and expressions of thinking in words or images.
- Understood the business case and/or client brief through research into the client and subject, understanding the client's objectives, and having an overview of the commercial content.
- Presented and communicated objective design solutions with clarity, effectively sharing ideas with various stakeholders.
Senior Designer
Alice/Creative Supermarket
- Built the brand design and marketing for the following companies: Singapore Grand Prix Singapore F1, Genting Rewards Casino, S.E.A Aquarium, Dolphin Island, Adventure Cove Waterpark, Hotel Michael, and Resorts World Sentosa.
- Designed an automatic system to duplicate templates of multiple marketing materials, saving the company time and production costs.
- Conducted UX research on target users and analyzed the market and competitors.
- Created and designed various materials for print and digital collateral. Established creative direction for the company as well as brand guidelines.
- Prioritized and managed multiple projects within design specifications and ensured the projects were completed with high quality and on schedule.
- Produced content, business design strategies, and commercial materials to improve the brand's growth.
- Motivated and managed a high-performing team, setting annual objectives and conducting regular performance reviews.
- Collaborated with internal and external design teams to provide designers and print production input on producing graphic files in preparing final layouts for printing.
- Developed story and utilized innovative narrative devices and processes for presenting concepts and ideas. Produced advertisements, sales promotions, and public relations material for visual communications media.
2D Designer & Web Designer
Digital Mirage
- Produced digital background landscapes, scenes, sets, and any other element that was difficult or impossible to photograph for an architecture firm as a 2D digital artist.
- Built a brand interface design, including archive projects from the company, and produced a visual compilation to represent the brand design.
- Conducted UX research to improve brand identity and create prototypes for the first stage of web design.
- Created the brand's sitemap and web design while handling concept and art development.
- Brought client's story to life by designing tailored collateral for client properties through print and digital assets.
- Worked closely with third-party agencies and print vendors to estimate projects and oversee production.
- Translated creative strategy into a creative direction, designing with a bigger picture in mind and preparing presentations with exceptional follow-through.
- Worked collaboratively with the marketing team and internal clients to discuss and determine the best design strategy and approach given the context of any marketing project.
- Created the two-dimensional images per the client's requirements and sketched images by hand or designed them using digital mediums.
Graphic Designer & Event Design
Asian Geographic Magazines Pte Ltd.
- Assisted in the graphic design of in-house magazines like Scuba Diver Australasia, Asian Diver Magazine, Asian Geographic, Asian Geographic Junior, and Asian Geographic Passport Magazine.
- Created design materials for marketing, held the events' design, and produced videos for brands and events commercials.
- Managed events design like the Asian Dive Expo (ADEX) and Asian Geographic Images of Asia.
- Organized the archive of the magazines and files to distribute to online subscribers in English, Chinese, and Japanese languages.
- Worked with print production to ensure the design met printing requirements, such as compatibility with book and magazine manufacturing presses.
- Assisted with all in-house product photography, videography, setting up, and styling shots for catalog and advertising.
- Solved complicated publication layout issues, such as balancing advertisements with content.
- Developed a strategic plan for visual elements that reflects current trends in design, art, technology, and culture.
- Identified the target audience and determined how they would react to different visual elements such as color schemes, images, or text styles.
- Created visual concepts for various mediums such as website banners, social media ads, billboards, and print ad commercials.
Intern
Phenomena
- Supported the production team, film crew, and talent on the film set.
- Assisted the visual design team with various tasks that included research design, scene visualization, storyboard organization, and photos and footage production to create compelling story mockups to present to the director.
- Researched topics using various sources, including video archives, the internet, library archives, and others, as needed.
- Performed other duties as requested by staff to ensure all necessary tasks were performed proficiently and adhered to the quality expected from the company.
- Designed graphic layout with senior designer and art director to develop content and presentation design.
- Compressed video projects for output, made video products available in various formats, and coordinated internal and external duplication services as required.
- Followed creative direction, worked in a group dynamic, and actively participated in any given project or team to which assigned.
- Integrated commercial production shoots for clients like the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Unilever (Wall's), Pantene, Shark, 7-Eleven, and Muang Thai Life Assurance.
- Run errands such as purchasing supplies, props, equipment, and other necessary items for the project.
Education
Master's Degree in Digital Communication and Multimedia
Glasgow Caledonian University - Glasgow, Scotland
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Design
LASALLE College of the Arts - McNally, Singapore
Certifications
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
Google | via Coursera
Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Google | via Coursera
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate
Google | via Coursera
Increase SEO Traffic with WordPress
Coursera
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with Squarespace
Coursera
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
Google | via Coursera
Introduction to Google SEO
University of California, Davis | via Coursera
Skills
Tools
Figma, After Effects CC, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe InDesign, Cinema 4D, Visualizer, Visual Website Optimizer, Adobe CC
Industry Expertise
Luxury Goods
Platforms
iOS, Director
Other
User Experience (UX), Visual Design, Brand Design, Logo Design, Graphic Design, User Research, UX Research, User Flows, Branding, Marketing Design, Illustration, UX Design, Communication Design, Infographics, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Presentation Design, Layout, Design Strategy, Mockups, PowerPoint Design, Slideshows, Ad Design, Advertising Design, Print Design, Video Editing, Brochures, Motion Graphics, Design Direction, Brand Guidelines, Landing Page Design, Adobe UX, Design Thinking, Design Research, Web Design, Wireframing, B2B, UI Design, Production, Artwork, Digital Design, User Journeys, eCommerce UX, User Personas, Web App Design, Mobile App Design, Brand Books, Sport Branding, Animation, Social Media, User Interface (UI), UX Branding, Creative Design, Iconography, Journey Mapping, Competitive Analysis, Sitemaps, Prototype Framework, Task Management, Music Recording, Organization, App Design, User Experience Design, App UX, B2C, Digital Marketing, Concept Art, Visual Art, Digital Art, 3D Art, Web Illustration, Google SEO, SEO Tools, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Algorithms, Website Ranking, Core Web Vitals, Keyword Research, SEO Keyword Research, Persona Development, Prototyping, On-page SEO, Product Descriptions, Squarespace, Squarespace to WordPress, Web Development, Web Marketing, SEO Marketing, Web Analytics, Web Content, Web UX, Webinars, Reports, Keynote Templates, Presentation Boards, Sales Presentations, Responsive UX Design, Usability, Usability Testing, Remote Usability Testing, Video Ads, Storyboarding, Digital Marketing Strategy, Game Design, Gamification, Microsites, Online Games, Solution Design
Experience
- Visual Design - 12 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 12 years
- Adobe Illustrator - 12 years
- Design Research - 7 years
- User Experience (UX) - 7 years
- Adobe Experience Design (XD) - 6 years
- After Effects CC - 6 years
- Figma - 4 years
Tools
- Figma
- After Effects CC
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Experience Design (XD)
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