Elyssa Biringer wears a red jumpsuit and a graduation cap while smiling at the camera and giving a peace sign.Gracie, Elyssa's Weimaraner, smiling in a field.

Meet Elyssa

2021 graduate from York University and Sheridan College's YSDN program with a Bachelor of Design with Honours degree and proud Provisional RGD, Elyssa is currently working as a freelance Graphic Designer with Green Living Enterprises in Toronto, Canada and is a member of RGD's education committee. She aims to bring accessibility to the forefront of her designs whenever possible. While most of her work pertains to marketing materials and motion animation, Elyssa hopes to branch out into 3D design. She has a passion for animation, branding, interaction design, and understanding user experience.

In the Student Awards hosted by RGD, Elyssa received an honorable mention for her project Broadway Play for the Quake Award for Creative Innovation (2021). In her free time, she enjoys playing video games with her friends as well as volunteering with RGD's Designathons where small groups of students and recent graduates come together in a 12 hour design sprint for non-profit organizations in Canada. On the occasion that a long weekend arrives, you can catch her on a bus back home to Kingston to visit the family dog, Gracie.

Experience

May 2022

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Green Living Enterprises
Toronto, ON

Intermediate Graphic Designer

Creating and designing various client projects such as brand identities, report booklets, campaigns and much more. Her work at Green Living has a strong focus on accessibility, ensuring all public-facing PDFs are AODA compliant, as well as being environmentally and socially responsible.

Green Living office with a live moss wall and the company's logo

Jun 2021

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Apr 2022

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Student Price Card
Vaughan, ON

Junior Designer

Creating and designing graphics for various partner campaigns, as well as in-house marketing materials including social media posts, GIF stickers, presentation slides, animations, large seasonal campaigns and much more. Performed a basic accessibility audit on the SPC website to inform the product team of areas of improvement with suggestions on how to address issues in terms of accessibility and SEO by creating a list of high-priority, low-priority, and quick tasks to be efficient with the strategy going forward.

Paper cut out images of SPC's back to school campaign prizing surround the words "Join SPC Now" in black text with purple accents.

Sep 2020

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Apr 2021

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Arts Media Performance & Design Faculty
York University, ON

Graphic Designer & Multimedia Assistant

Working as a designer for the AMPD faculty at York university, designing for the AMPD Instagram, website, newsletter as well as working on special projects for different programs under the faculty.

Header GIF created for a Ramp up to AMPD email with a black background and blue and red confetti falling.

Jul 2020

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Sep 2020

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Winters College
York University, ON

Head of Media, Designer

Working on designing various assets for the first virtual frosh event for Winters College at York University. Duties included creating Instagram filters, posts, stories, and managing the account, Website design, photography, and many more.

Once upon a winters logo on an orange gradient background.

Feb 2019

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Mar 2022

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RGD Designathon
Toronto, ON

Designer

12-hour event working alongside design students, recent grads, and a senior professional. Projects included a logo for the Assaulted Women Helpline's Senior Safety Line, UI design for non-profit organization SIS and logo design for the Ontario Society for Environmental Education.

RGD's Designathon branding with 4 figures on a purple background arranging the word "Designathon"

Looking to collaborate on a new project? Feel like talking about plants for hours on end? Want to grab a (gluten-free) bite?

Feel free to contact me so we can plan together and get things done!