About Iris de Bruin
Dutch art director based in Barcelona
Iris (she / her) is a dedicated creative multi-talent with 8+ years of experience in the advertising & design industry. Important issues such as gender equality, health & inclusive design, the LGBTQ+ community, Black Lives Matter and the Stop Asian Hate movement, inspire her to create better work and push for more diversity and inclusion with every project. When she’s not moving pixels on her screen, she’s conquering her fear of heights with indoor bouldering.
Experience
Freelance Art
Director & Designer
— present
- Crafting tailor-made annual reports and impactful presentation decks. I’m not satisfied until every page or slide is pixel perfect.
- Diving into new or existing brands and developing brand guidelines and easy-to-use templates
- The variety of art direction brings me joy: from drafting moodboards to holding freshly printed assets in my hands
- All-round creator of concepts (campaigns, activations & events) and social content
- Providing my clients with a clear process from initial brief to delivery of the final assets
Lead Creative
Glasnost
2022
- Develop effective PR concepts, from ideation through to final execution – with creative supervision of production
- Present ideas and campaigns to clients, incorporate client suggestions and directives, resolve questions and concerns
- Review designers and junior creative
- Actively share inspiration with the team
Creative
Wunderman
Thompson
(formally JWT)
2018 — 2022
- Brainstorm creative advertising concepts and develop all assets necessary to present and produce integrated campaigns
- Directing photographers, illustrators, designers, sound technicians and production to ensure proper execution of campaign elements
Junior Creative
Etcetera
2016 — 2018
Junior Art Director
NR6, Amsterdam
2015 — 2016
Junior Designer
DartGroup, Amsterdam
2014 — 2015
Non-profit work
Art Director
Project Fearless
2021 — present
Project Fearless is a non-profit organisation in Amsterdam offering after-school programs that empower girls aged 9-14 to move beyond their comfort zones, develop new skills and rise above any outdated, stereotyped barriers society might put in their way.
Board Member
We Are RA*W
2019 — 2021
RA*W is a platform for students and starters in the Dutch creative industry to develop their careers and themselves.
Blogger
24Festival
October 2014
In preparation for 24Festival, local bloggers were asked to apply the theme ‘Will it Blend’ on their blogs and social media. Live reporting via Twitter during the festival plus four blogs about key program components after the event.
Education
Art Direction
JUNIOR* Academy
Amsterdam
2012 – 2015
UI Design Foundation
allWomen.tech
Barcelona
2023
Languages
- Dutch (native)
- English (C1)
- Spanish (A2)
Skills
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- Keynote
- PowerPoint
- Canva
- MailChimp
- UI design
- Figma
- WordPress
- Elementor
- HTML & CSS
- Social media