Rebecca Smith

Communication Design

I’m Beccy, a passionate design graduate from Swinburne University, ready to kick off my career in the creative industry. Over the course of my degree, I’ve gained valuable hands-on experience through internships, including a memorable overseas placement in Vietnam. These experiences taught me the importance of adapting to different environments, working collaboratively, and finding creative solutions under pressure.

In addition to internships, I’ve worked on a variety of professional and community-based projects. From branding initiatives to creating marketing campaigns and visual identities, I’ve had the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills. Working on community projects, such as volunteering my design services for organizations like my local fire brigade and Landcare, has helped me hone my ability to communicate effectively and empathize with diverse audiences.

I thrive in fast-paced environments where I can bring my ideas to life and work closely with others. I enjoy tackling new challenges and am always eager to expand my skill set, whether that’s mastering new design tools, exploring emerging trends, or finding fresh approaches to creative briefs.

As a designer, I’m driven by the goal of creating meaningful and impactful designs that resonate with people. I’m excited about the opportunity to work in a dynamic, supportive environment where I can grow both personally and professionally while contributing to innovative projects.

Book Nook

My Capstone Project; a comprehensive brand identity for Book Nook, a cozy bookshop concept, focusing on a warm and inviting aesthetic with a natural color palette.

Skyward Innovations

A dynamic startup I had the opportunity to work on a variety of creative projects with, including business cards, websites, brochures, photography, and brand identity development.

You Matter

A communication design strategy aimed at promoting positivity and raising mental health awareness through uplifting visuals and empathetic messaging.

No Filter, Just Facts

Winners of the 2024 Amplify Youth Designers Competition with our campaign, No Filters, Just Facts. My groups campaign uses a three-tiered approach aimed at educating Gen Z on misinformation

ENOSTA Signage

Completed a 6-week International internship at ENOSTA, Vietnam. I contributed to branding, social media, and design projects while developing cross-cultural communication skills.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.