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Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication

Interdisciplinary

Maren

Brophy

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Maren is a designer and illustrator who believes great design begins with strong ideas and stories. She approaches branding, web, copywriting, and advertising with curiosity, experimentation, and personality. While fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma, her true passion lies in the conceptual side of design, turning insights into impactful and unique visual solutions.
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Capilano University, Capilano Excellence Scholarship, 2022–2026
Capilano University, Dean’s List, 2022–2026
A gif cycling through three rectangular perfume boxes, Granite Grader, Coastal Cliffside, and Moor Meadows, set against light grey backgrounds, showing the back, left, and right sides of each package. Transitions to the matching perfume bottles displayed against a green bush.
Packaging for Firth Fragrance, a unisex perfume line created as a high-quality, memorable souvenir. Firth highlights Northeast Scotland’s distinctive character and strengthens the region’s presence in the Scottish tourism market.

Credits: Box mock-ups from Gumroad, perfume bottle mock-ups by Hexendesigns and images from Unsplash.

Each Firth Fragrance is accompanied by a magazine celebrating stories of Northeast Scotland, while inspiring exploration of the region.

Credits: Mock-up from Creatoom and images from Unsplash.

GIF starting with a blurred grey background displays three posters advertising Checkpoint. It then transitions to a green wall in a gym, followed by a t-shirt with a green video game-inspired design, pixel art patches, and water bottles decorated with stickers.
Brand identity for Checkpoint, a park and gym that uses video game-inspired visuals, missions, and rewards to gamify fitness and motivate Gen-Z teens to stay active.

Credits: Wall mock-up from Mock-up Forest. Shirt, water bottles, and wall sign mock-ups from Unblast, patch mock-up from Gumroad and images from Unsplash.

A GIF showing the Mockingbird storefront, transitioning to a branded bag, coasters, menu front, and then t-shirt, while illustrated posters cycle through on the right.
Brand identity, advertising, and collateral for Mockingbird, an alcohol-free bar creating inclusive nightlife for the growing number of young adults choosing sobriety.

Credits: Storefront mock-up from Mr. Mockup, T-shirt and bag mock-up from Bendito, sidewalk sign mock-up from Unblast. Menu and coaster mock-ups created with Adobe Firefly.

Three Instagram posts on the left rotate through various content from Mockingbird’s account. On the right, a phone-shaped frame shows the posts in the Instagram grid and examples of Instagram Stories.
Social media assets for the Mockingbird brand in various formats, positioning the bar as fun and approachable, helping it shine as a non-alcoholic option in Vancouver.

Credits: Social media and phone mock-up from Figma Community and images from Unsplash.

Blocky illustrated windows surround the wordmark for Major 2nd Jazz Festival. The GIF cycles through festival tickets, a poster mock-up, and social media assets for the event.
Brand identity for Major 2nd Jazz Festival. This festival celebrates iconic jazz artists and the genre’s roots in bringing people together. Glowing city windows symbolize connected stories, with blocky elements inspired by classic jazz cover art.

Credits: Poster mock-up by Pixelbuddha studio and images from Unsplash.