Paul Pajot
Creative Director & Founder at Coucou Design- Claim this Profile
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Val Toch
Paul is amazing at translating a brand into the digital space, a no small feat. He’s thought process and attention to details aligned perfectly to ourselves at JKR.
👾 Angelica Beristain
Paul is a highly collaborative designer and story teller. He approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and with an attitude of exploration and playfulness essential in achieving great design work. During our time together at LifeWorks, I was very impressed by his ability to both, listen and receive feedback and successfully communicate his design vision. Paul is a highly creative, solution driven designer who is open to feedback and input form others, qualities that make him a great asset for any team and design driven organisation.
Val Toch
Paul is amazing at translating a brand into the digital space, a no small feat. He’s thought process and attention to details aligned perfectly to ourselves at JKR.
👾 Angelica Beristain
Paul is a highly collaborative designer and story teller. He approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and with an attitude of exploration and playfulness essential in achieving great design work. During our time together at LifeWorks, I was very impressed by his ability to both, listen and receive feedback and successfully communicate his design vision. Paul is a highly creative, solution driven designer who is open to feedback and input form others, qualities that make him a great asset for any team and design driven organisation.
Val Toch
Paul is amazing at translating a brand into the digital space, a no small feat. He’s thought process and attention to details aligned perfectly to ourselves at JKR.
👾 Angelica Beristain
Paul is a highly collaborative designer and story teller. He approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and with an attitude of exploration and playfulness essential in achieving great design work. During our time together at LifeWorks, I was very impressed by his ability to both, listen and receive feedback and successfully communicate his design vision. Paul is a highly creative, solution driven designer who is open to feedback and input form others, qualities that make him a great asset for any team and design driven organisation.
Val Toch
Paul is amazing at translating a brand into the digital space, a no small feat. He’s thought process and attention to details aligned perfectly to ourselves at JKR.
👾 Angelica Beristain
Paul is a highly collaborative designer and story teller. He approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and with an attitude of exploration and playfulness essential in achieving great design work. During our time together at LifeWorks, I was very impressed by his ability to both, listen and receive feedback and successfully communicate his design vision. Paul is a highly creative, solution driven designer who is open to feedback and input form others, qualities that make him a great asset for any team and design driven organisation.
Experience
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Coucou Design
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United Kingdom
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Creative Director & Founder
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Nov 2019 - Present
We are a graphic design studio specialised in brand and digital design. We also craft storytelling experiences raising awareness about our environment. Services: Branding Digital Storytelling Clients: BBC, Sky Nature conservation NGOs (River trust, Salmon trusts) City of Paris, Saint Denis Tourism Ireland, Tourism Paris Causes: Wild Atlantic Salmon Urban underground rivers Plastic pollution Fish passages We are a graphic design studio specialised in brand and digital design. We also craft storytelling experiences raising awareness about our environment. Services: Branding Digital Storytelling Clients: BBC, Sky Nature conservation NGOs (River trust, Salmon trusts) City of Paris, Saint Denis Tourism Ireland, Tourism Paris Causes: Wild Atlantic Salmon Urban underground rivers Plastic pollution Fish passages
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Catchafire
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United States
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Civic and Social Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Volunteer, Graphic Designer
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Sep 2020 - Present
- Assist nonprofits to advance their mission and goals - Contributed approximately $12000 through 4 engagements with nonprofit organizations - Learn more about my impact: https://patagonia.catchafire.org/profiles/705587/impact/ - Assist nonprofits to advance their mission and goals - Contributed approximately $12000 through 4 engagements with nonprofit organizations - Learn more about my impact: https://patagonia.catchafire.org/profiles/705587/impact/
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Jones Knowles Ritchie
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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500 - 600 Employee
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Lead User Interface Designer
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Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Apollo Vredestein is an international tyre manufacturer. We are designing three mobile-first digital platforms (2 product and 1 corporate sites). The job includes creating UI principles from existing brand guidelines all the way to delivering UI kits, components and templates across the three platforms. A job made in collaboration with design director Val Toch, digital lead Lee Sherman and UX designer Olivier Bonine. Apollo Vredestein is an international tyre manufacturer. We are designing three mobile-first digital platforms (2 product and 1 corporate sites). The job includes creating UI principles from existing brand guidelines all the way to delivering UI kits, components and templates across the three platforms. A job made in collaboration with design director Val Toch, digital lead Lee Sherman and UX designer Olivier Bonine.
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Hugo & Cat
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United Kingdom
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Marketing Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Digital and Brand Designer
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May 2019 - Dec 2019
Tourism Ireland - Lead UI designer on a major digital and brand re-design. Created Design Directions (UI principles and Art directions) as well as sketching wireframes (UX) and designing prototypes (UI) all the way to delivering UI kits, components and templates. I was also involved in the high-level strategy, client presentations & workshops.
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Brand Designer
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Nov 2017 - May 2019
Swarovski - with creative director Dan Atkinson and Architects from UXUS, we pitched on won an experience design project mixing digital touch-points and interior architecture design. This involved months of sketching and collaborating with architects from UXUS as well as 3D mock-ups and specs proposal made with our internal 3D designers and external tech providers. The work also included several workshops and brand immersions at Swarovski's headquarters in Austria.Shimano - with Creative Director Dan Atkinson, UX Designer Mariane Jobet, Animator Mark Mathieson and Business Development Director Philip Kassapian, we pitched on won a serie of digital touchpoints for a new experience center for Shimano (Fishing, Kayaking and Cycling). I was involved from concept to animated visual mock-ups to help convey our vision. Thomas Cook - with creative director Tony Coppin , we developed several brands under Thomas Cook Money (Roam, Sumo, Lyk). We helped clarify their brand positioning as well as creating their marketing comms and products. I was personally in charge of developing their brand via illustration design as well as creating comms (social and print) and digital interfaces (UI) for their app products and marketing websites. Bitcarbon - with creative director Yannick Connan in New York, we collaborated with brand guidelines from Futurebrand NY and designed in 4 weeks: an app, webapp and marketing site which includes UI, Illustrations, photography and animation for Bitcarbon - a cryptocurrency startup.
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LifeWorks Wellbeing (acquise par TELUS Santé | acquired by TELUS Health)
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Canada
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Digital and Brand Designer
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Sep 2016 - Nov 2017
Collaborated with UX and UI designers, front-end and back-end developers and outsourced strategists on a major brand transformation project from creative directions to brand guidelines and application designs: icons, marketing site, photoshoot, sales deck, promotion film. Worked with iOS and Android native app developers on the main product app including a social feed, perk libraries and wellbeing content. Self initiated side project on optimising color semantic and color choices across platforms..
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Atelier L'épicerie
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France
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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Creative Director
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Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
In collaboration with architects from Atelier Novembre, Artists like Michel Quarez, Builders from Bouygues construction and creative director Christine Mathieu we created the colour identity and signage system for Montjoie (2 schools and a gymnasium) from concept to delivery.. I also assisted the painter Michel Quarez on creating three handpainted murals. In collaboration with architects from Atelier Novembre, Artists like Michel Quarez, Builders from Bouygues construction and creative director Christine Mathieu we created the colour identity and signage system for Montjoie (2 schools and a gymnasium) from concept to delivery.. I also assisted the painter Michel Quarez on creating three handpainted murals.
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Toaster
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Brand Designer
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May 2015 - May 2016
In collaboration with project managers and illustrators and designers at Google, I worked on several presentation design project and illustrations for Google IO. I also initiated a global brand refresh for Toaster. In collaboration with project managers and illustrators and designers at Google, I worked on several presentation design project and illustrations for Google IO. I also initiated a global brand refresh for Toaster.
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Marmalade Technologies Limited
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Illustrator
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Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Pitched, designed and handpainted a 13mx2.5m mural in Clerkenwell, central London. Pitched, designed and handpainted a 13mx2.5m mural in Clerkenwell, central London.
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PETER ANDERSON STUDIO LIMITED
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London, Royaume-Uni
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Environmental Designer
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Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
Designing place branding for Southdowns and Bassetlaw and title sequences for BBC and Sky TV series. Designing place branding for Southdowns and Bassetlaw and title sequences for BBC and Sky TV series.
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Richard Chapman Studio
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United Kingdom
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Design
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1 - 100 Employee
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Brand Designer
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Apr 2011 - Jul 2011
At RPC I co-designed for little startups. From global identity to single logo design or illustration, we were 3 designers dynamically grouped to give quick creative and efficient answer to client briefs. At RPC I co-designed for little startups. From global identity to single logo design or illustration, we were 3 designers dynamically grouped to give quick creative and efficient answer to client briefs.
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Education
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Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
MA in Communication Design, Communication and Media Studies -
Penninghen
BA in Graphic design & Art direction, Graphic Design -
Atelier de Sèvres
Design and Applied Arts