RESUME

Education

Diploma, Advertising & Graphic Design
Humber Polytechnic (Formerly Humber College) - Toronto, ON

May 2025 | Graduated with Honours

About

I’m Baran Umut Taskin, also known as Umut Taşkın, a Toronto-based Graphic and Motion Designer. I work across brand identity, campaigns, social and digital content, and print, with motion graphics as a focused part of my practice. I carry projects from concept and visual direction through design, animation, revisions, and final delivery.

Work
Experience

Freelance Graphic Designer

Freelance Brand Designer

Toronto, ON / Remote | May 2025–Present | Selected Clients: Maduu Beauty, Dermoworld, Casativo Hotel

Designed brand identities, campaign assets, social media content, motion graphics, and print materials.
Managed projects from concept development through revisions, production, and final delivery.

Twisted Frame

Junior Graphic Designer & Design Assistant

Toronto, ON | Dec 2025–Jul 2026 | Contract

Designed motion graphics and digital assets for client projects.
Supported senior designers with revisions, production, and final delivery.

Gymboree Play & Music

Graphic Designer & Motion Graphics Designer

Toronto, ON / Remote | Jun 2025–Dec 2025 | Freelance

Designed social media graphics, motion content, promotional videos, and campaign assets.
Maintained brand consistency across posts, stories, reels, and the 50th anniversary campaign.

Vipot Advertising Agency

Graphic Design Intern

Toronto, ON / Remote | Dec 2024–Jun 2025 | Contract

Designed social media content, digital advertisements, and brand assets.
Supported client projects from concept development through revisions and final delivery.

What I can do

Motion & Visual Skills

Motion Graphics, Video Editing, Campaign Films, Social Reels, Animated Digital Content, Typography, Visual Composition, Brand Consistency, Creative Concept Development, Production Support.

Music Production & Sound Engineering

Another way to express the thoughts.

Software

After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, FL Studio.

Skills

Adobe
Photoshop

Photo editing, design creating and animation.

Adobe Illustrator

Design creating.

Microsoft Word

Brief and
research creating.

Adobe After Effects

Video editing, VFX
and UI animation.

Adobe InDesign

Typography,
design creating.

Figma

Web, app and
basic designing.

Microsoft PowerPoint

Presentation preparing.

FL Studio

Music production
and audio engineering.