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Profile

I’m Kwaku ‘REEZ’ Opoku. I’m a graphic designer and musician. After earning my undergraduate degree in Integrated Design, from Parsons School of Design, I worked in Tema, Ghana for a year. While there, I’ve been focusing on building a creative agency and mainly, exploring the numerous ways I could make my home country, Ghana more sustainable using design as a tool. One of my greatest strengths is my ability to integrate design and music, in order to create experiences that are conducive enough for conversations and interactions to flourish. For the longest time, it has been a goal of mine to help change the skewed perceptions that people have of design and of the arts in Ghana. 



Experience

Branding, Advertising & Curation
Vernal Exposition Curator / 2014 - 2015
The Vernal Exposition displays artwork done by young prospective artists from around Ghana and promotes achievement in the visual arts and arts integration.

Branding, Advertising & Curation
Creative Director at Tekuma / 2016 - 2017
Tekuma is a tech start up from MIT in Boston, rebranded in 2016. Hired as their creative director in 2016.

Branding, Advertising & Curation
Graphic Designer at New School / 2015 - 2017
Was the lead graphic designer at the Office of Student Development and Activities at The New School.

Branding, Leadearship & Analysis
Designer and Partner at Small Hype / 2018 - Present
Small Hype is a design agency in Ghana that I’m a co-founder and designer at. Set up in 2018, I’ve been overseeing all design work we get presented with since then.

Branding, Advertising & Curation
Creative Director at Giraffe Mobile Library / 2018 - Present
Giraffe is a charity organization based in Ghana. I rebranded Giraffe in 2018 and shortly got hired as their creative director in the same year.











Education

IB Diploma
Tema International School / Tema / Ghana / 2012 - 2014

Bachelor in Fine Arts
Parsons School of Design / New York / USA / 2014 - 2017

Master of Design
The Basel School of Design – Academy of Art and Design HGK – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW


Awards

Sustainability
John L. Tishman Award for Sustainability / New York / USA / 2017