Jake Colosi is a Toronto-based connoisseur of black coffee, bike riding urban explorer, sweet toothed home baker, dice rolling storyteller, and graphic design devotee, creating standout and insightful design solutions
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About Jake
Experience
With 8 years of experience working on highly collaborative projects, Jake has touched on all aspects of design development, from concept creation through to final production. This experience spans developing brand systems, to building out packaging systems and expanding visual identities to web, social media and print.
Having worn many hats, Jake's work has included production design, web development, motion design and copywriting. Jake holds a Bachelor of Design from the York Sheridan joint design program.
Design Work
Inspired by retro signage, mid century trademarks and expressive cultural brands, Jake excels at combining expressive design elements with modern sensibility, creating stylish, timeless visual systems. Not one for cookie cutter results, Jake forgoes trends in favor of thoughtful solutions customized to his client's unique needs.
As a skilled illustrator, Jake also loves incorporating custom art into projects, be it unique icons or fully realized hero images.
Proficiency
- Adobe Creative Cloud | Expertise in design applications Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat, from creating digital assets to print ready production art.
- Web Development | Experienced working as a front-end developer to create customized Wordpress websites using HTML, CSS and Javascript.
- Microsoft Office | Experienced working with Microsoft Word and Powerpoint to create reusable templates for clients.
- Adobe After Effects | Experienced working with After Effects to add motion and animation to graphics for social media and other digital applications.
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Contact
Need a standout design? Fill out the form or email directly and let’s make something great together.jake@jakecolosi.com