About Jazz
Jazz Miller-Davis is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Brisbane, Australia. She brings to every project many years of hands-on design experience across a range of industry specialities. Her work encompasses brand identity, UI/UX, motion graphics, publications, and front-end web development.
Growing up in Brisbane, Australia in a family of creatives, Jazz has always been designing. She went on to study Graphic Design at Southbank Institute of Technology, graduating in 2017. Upon leaving college, she got her first design job at a local printing company where she quickly became the lead graphic designer and implemented their new brand identity program.
Throughout her career of agency work Jazz has also maintained a freelance portfolio of clients, many of which joined her design partnership Ligature Design, which she has operated since 2017. Jazz’s freelance work is particularly focused on socially conscious and progressive organisations where her values provide an insight into diverse, often overlooked markets. Her work is well known across the Queensland not-for-profit sector, having led brand identity programs for Watergum, Habitec, Skyjuice Foundation and Gecko Environment Council.
Her hands-on experience working with a broad range of clients from various backgrounds has become one of Jazz’s core strengths as a designer who is able to excel in a dynamic, fast-paced agency environment where a diversity and flexibility of knowledge is key.
Skills & disciplines
- Brand strategy
- Brand identity
- Brand management
- Logo & iconography design
- Customer service
- Pitch & presentations
- Digital print press & finishing
- Design direction and layout
- Front-end web development
- User experience, interface and interaction
Platforms & technologies
- Adobe CC
- Figma
- Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
- WordPress
- Shopify
Education & awards
- Diploma of Graphic Design
TAFE Queensland — 2017 - Award for Outstanding Achievement in Typography
TAFE Queensland — 2017
Employment experience
2020 — 2022
Brand & Web Designer
Marketing Together
Burleigh Heads, QLD
As part of the Marketing Together design team, I worked across domains in collaboration with both large and small businesses to develop branding and identity design systems, create engaging UI & UX solutions for web, desktop and mobile interfaces, and produce a range of printed advertising and marketing material — while carefully managing each project from conception to completion.
2019 — 2020
Graphic Designer
Sharples Enterprises
Burleigh Heads, QLD
Specialising in bespoke print advertising for high volume distribution to a variety of audiences, including within medical clinics, real estates, and event venues.
I collaborated with a team of designers to create stand-out results that effectively promote a multitude of businesses across a wide range of industries and target demographics.
2017 — 2018
Graphic Designer
Promotional Prints
Willawong, QLD
Responsible for all pre-press design, setup and refinement of client artwork for wide-format and screen printing. During a corporate restructure I was involved in developing and maintaining efficient workflows with the production team to ensure tight deadlines were met. This involved frequent communication with a large number of clients via telephone and email.
While at this position I also led the design direction for a rebrand for the company, including new marketing and advertising campaigns. I also designed, developed and maintained the new website.
Freelance and volunteer experience
2022
Industry Judge
TAFE Queensland Brisbane
South Bank, QLD
I was given the opportunity by campus faculty to judge the end of year student portfolios for the Graphic Design Diploma students at TAFE Queensland.
2019 — Present
Partner & Creative Director
Ligature Design
Remote
My side-hustle since 2019, Ligature Design is a small independent design partnership dedicated to creating strategic brand identity design and digital experiences, with a focus on progressive brands and causes. I have led projects to completion across sectors, from small businesses to charities and not-for-profit organisations.
2019
Panelist
Future Jobs Market Industry Event
South Bank, QLD
Invited to speak as a panelist at TAFE Queensland’s Future Jobs Market industry engagement event alongside other members of the Graphic Design, Film and Multimedia industry across Queensland, including panelists from Screen Queensland and other design agencies.
2015 — 2016
Branding Consultant
Gecko Environment Council
Currumbin, QLD
Gecko Environment Council is the Gold Coast’s peak environmental body. While completing study, I assisted them in a volunteer capacity with a rebrand of their organisation, creatively directing a new design strategy and core set of brand assets which could then be maintained by their in-house design team. I assisted the management committee in creating a set of rigorous brand guidelines and guiding initial implementation across various departments and domains. Upon completion of this work I was awarded a Leaf-tailed Gecko Award and Beaded Gecko Award as recognition at their annual Gold Coast Environmental Awards.