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 Kirstie Hawkins

Kirstie Adamson

Lead Layout and Graphic Designer

It's not often you find a person with quite as much design and communications expertise Kirstie. Combined with her charm and business know-how, DFC found itself an outstanding contributor who is ready for her next challenge ­— the climate challenge.

Kirstie is a versatile and creative designer with almost 20 years of experience designing a wide range of digital and print solutions. She takes great pride in her work and is used to working to tight deadlines in high-workload situations. She is highly skilled at choosing and planning appropriate design solutions: from early concepts and creative development to project management, art direction and successful delivery of fully-realised brand identities.

Key Details

Nationality:

British

Languages:

  • English (Native)

  • German (B1)

Skills & Expertise

Layouting

Graphic design

20+ years

Document design

20+ years

Printed products

20+ years

Social media

2-5 years

Branding

Icons & imagery

20+ years

Logo development

10+ years

Colour scheme development

10+ years

Visual identity & corporate design

10+ years

Information Design

Infographics

20+ years

Science communication

5-10 years

Web

UX & UI Design

5-10 years

Career Milestones

2022Launched Centre for Forest Protection website
2021Rebranded Cumbria County Council
2021Redesigned Forest Research technical publications range
2020Forestry Facts & Figures revisualisation
2020Joined Designers For Climate
2019Scottish Forestry Strategy: Scottish Government
2008Founded Pure Communication UK