Celebrating 30 years of graphic design

About Nicole

I graduated in first place from the prestigious Billy Blue College of Graphic Arts in the mid-1990’s, and began my design career the next day at a North Sydney agency. With 30 years experience, I am the graphic design expert trusted by the world’s largest (and smallest) brands.

I create compelling, affordable solutions in all areas of graphic design: accessibility design (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance), brand, illustration, logos, PowerPoint, publications, signage, web design and more. My ability to work independently or as a trusted team member transforms many one-off requests into decade-long collaborations.

To see more of my work for a range of clients and budgets, click: Case Study 1: Learning and Leadership, Case Study 2: Start-up branding, Logos and PowerPoint Hacks.

Beyond design, I’m a published author, I hold a Bachelor of Arts with a special interest in English and Political Economy, as well as membership to the Golden Key International Honour Society. I volunteer. After many years travelling the world, I’m proud to call a little farm on Australia’s beautiful Barrington Coast ‘home’ since 2018.

Client Testimonials

“For seven years, Nicole designed all aspects of the Australian Academy of the Humanities annual reports, books, brochures, conference materials, journals, and online graphics.

Nicole’s designs show a keen eye and graceful aesthetic.

In our business dealings, I found Nicole to be accommodating and practical, honest and principled, and absolutely rigorous in meeting deadlines.

Whatever Nicole does she does well, and her participation will only be to the advantage of your business”.

“It was super easy and fun working with Nicole. We progressed from very rough ideas to a finished logo in two weeks — much faster than I expected! We were able to move quickly because Nicole was receptive to input and feedback and turned around ideas quickly.

She has a particularly keen eye for typography … her choice of font took my logo to the next level.”

“Nicole is a superb designer and an excellent colleague to work with”.

“We had the pleasure of working with Nicole as she created a logo for our family farming business.

She was very professional, prompt, and a pleasure to work with from start to finish.

Nicole came up with a terrific logo that represents our 100+ years family business, we are extremely happy with the design. I would definitely recommend Nicole to do your business logo”.

“Nicole is a first-class graphic designer who is great to work with and delivers outstanding results.

I’ve worked with Nicole extensively in my capacity as Leader of McKinsey & Company’s Green Team in Australia. One of Nicole’s graphics went viral and was used by McKinsey & Company in a global awareness campaign.

I’m currently working with Nicole for my new company, Carbon Transition Pathways. She’s developing our online imagery, Microsoft templates, and brand guidelines.

I would not hesitate to recommend Nicole to anyone looking for high-end graphics and branding”.

“Nicole provides high quality publication and graphic design services. I have used her services in a range of contexts over many years and it’s always been high quality.

Nicole is also a great communicator. As a commissioning client, I always have a clear sense of where my work is up to, how the brief is being interpreted, and how my feedback is being addressed”.

“Nicole did a great job re-vamping our restaurant menus and signage. She instantly understood the brief and turned it around for us very quickly. She is great to work with so we will be using her again!”

“Nicole Gilroy is one of the finest designers and illustrators I have ever worked with. She is not only a talented artist/illustrator/designer, but also a full partner in the project. In our case we were doing a 250 page book with 50 illustrations for a top global publisher. She had wonderful suggestions and ideas at every juncture on the overall look and feel of the book. She is on the mark on delivery timing and corrections too. We are so fortunate to have found her!”

“Nicole has a wonderful eye for simplicity and images that pop. I love the fact that my brand is now edgy, consistent and uses images that resonate with my work.

The ability to modify the templates created by Nicole has saved me an enormous amount of time.

Nicole is a joy to work with. Nothing is ever a hassle!”

“I have had the pleasure of working with Nicole on the design of student-facing learning resources and her work consistently stands out for its clarity and attention to detail. Nicole has a strong ability to translate information into clean, accessible designs that feel thoughtful and well considered. Beyond her technical skills, Nicole approaches her work with a high level of professionalism and responsiveness. I highly recommend Nicole”.

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