A Teesside University graduate is celebrating after she took home the bronze medal at the prestigious Adobe World Championship in Disneyland, California.
Graphic Design graduate Keavey Gamwell, from Middlesbrough, was selected to represent her country in California after winning at Prodigy Learning’s National Championship for Adobe Certified Professionals.
The international competition saw finalists take part in a real-world design challenge for non-profit marine conservation organisation, The Ocean Agency, demonstrating their proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
Gamwell designed a poster to encourage people to play their part in saving coral reefs, which saw her clinch third place, a bronze medal and $1,500 prize money as she competed against the best and brightest young creatives from across the world.
Gamwell said: “I am so proud to represent both my country and Teesside University overseas and reaching the highest achievement for the UK feels like first place in itself. Adobe is the industry standard, so to place third feels very prestigious. The work had to engage an audience to act on saving coral reefs, specifically around Egypt’s COP summit later this year. I decided to add coral elements to the main text to attract attention and stand out from other posters around.”
Salma Sanchez from the USA came in first place, taking gold, while Manoela Campos, from Brazil, achieved second place and silver.
Gamwell graduated from Teesside University in July with a first-class honours degree in Graphic Design with Marketing in the School of Arts & Creative Industries. She has now landed a junior graphic design role at Middlesbrough’s Juiced Studio.
