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Creative Director
Brand & Identity
Featured workRwanda FinanceThe brand behind Kigali’s international financial centre
I help institutions and companies across East Africa build brands people trust, from the first strategy session to the last signboard.
- 16
- years in brand and creative direction
- 30+
- brands across the region
- 5
- countries: Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon, Norway
Open to brand partnerships and senior creative leadership roles.
Brand strategy, identity and digital design for institutions, startups and household names, from Kampala to Oslo to Kigali.
About meRecent work
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Rwanda FinanceThe brand behind Kigali’s international financial centre
Brand strategy & Identity
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Green Hills AcademyA new crest and strategy for a leading IB school
Brand strategy & Creative direction
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BSC Brand RefreshA sharper telecom brand, and Ahwii for young Rwandans
Brand strategy & Creative direction
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Uganda Press Photo AwardA decade shaping East Africa’s photojournalism award
Brand strategy & Creative direction
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The Adventure CommitteeA safari brand as well-travelled as its trips
Brand identity & Strategy
About
I’m Ivan, a creative director working across brand, communication, product and service design.
I’ve led creative at agencies across East Africa and at Onezero Designbureau in Norway, for clients like MTN, Irembo, Standard Chartered, BRD, Sheraton and UNHCR. I believe design has a real part to play in how this region grows.
Photography lover, tech enthusiast, proud dad.
Experience
- Art of BariFounder & Creative Director · Kigali
- Legacy XPCreative Director · Kigali
- Onezero DesignbureauDigital, UI/UX and identity systems · Norway
- iBlueCreative Director
- Fireworks AdvertisingCreative Director
- MAAD AdvertisingCreative Director
- 01
Discover
Find the real goal and the problem behind the brief before anything is drawn.
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Define
Turn what we learn into a strategy and a story the brand can own.
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Design
Build the identity, the system and the touchpoints, tested against that story.
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Deliver
Launch, hand over guidelines, and stay close as the brand grows.
Trusted by
AlsoIrembo · BRD · UNHCR · SPENN · Bralirwa · BPR · SNV · Agaciro Development Fund · Uganda Breweries