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Paul Gernale is a graphic designer and an art director. He’s been in the creative field for over 10 years now and has comprehensive design knowledge and experience in fast-paced environments such as advertising, marketing, and tech.  Specializing in brand development, Paul is enthusiastic in everything about brand design such as logos, identity systems, design strategies, and creative campaigns. While this is his main expertise, he can also be reliable in other areas of design such as digital design, publication design, and digital illustration.

Over the past years, he gained experience and acquired a wider range of skills from various industries such as advertising, marketing, and tech. Everything that he learned from this experience has been useful in providing creative ideas and solutions to his projects. This also helped him improve his design thinking and process to effectively help brands achieve their business goals.

Local to global, start-up, or established, Paul enjoys collaborating with people who are as enthusiastic about their work as he is and helping them in unleashing the full creative potential of their brand or project. When there’s an opportunity, he would love to collaborate with nonprofit organizations or small businesses whose vision aligns with his principles. One of his missions is to provide support to organizations that strive to do great things for people. Seeing the beneficial connection between his work and the people, even if it’s just for one person is already considered a success. This is how he truly values the significant impact his designs create.

Experience

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Education

2009 - 2013
University of Santo Tomas
Fine Arts Major in Advertising Arts

Professional

2012
TBWA\SMP
Creative Intern
2013
Team Pacific Corporation
Graphic Designer
2013 - 2015
Primer Group of Companies
Graphic Designer & Art Director
2015 - 2017
Canva
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
2017 - 2018
Canva
Digital Designer & Illustrator
2018 - 2019
Canva
Senior Brand Designer
2019 - 2021
Canva
Creative Lead
2021
Canva
Design/Team Lead
2021 - 2022
Maze
Brand Designer & Illustrator

Invitations and Seminars

2015
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Creative Consultant
2019
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Creative Speaker
2020 - 2021
QBO's Consultation Services
Design Consultant