Hello, I’m Navada – a First Nations brand designer and illustrator.

My design career began at Inala Wangarra, working with Aboriginal children to create Jarjum Life Museum, a pop-up art exhibition. That project sparked my love of design and showed me how design can tell stories.

In the 10 years since, I've worked across in-house, agency and freelance roles, on a huge range of projects and alongside all kinds of people. Much of that work has been in the non-profit space, with organisations like the Leukaemia Foundation, Synapse – Australia's Brain Injury Organisation, MS Queensland, The Hospital Research Foundation Group, Redkite, and the Mater Foundation.

More recently, I worked as an Aboriginal artist at Gilimbaa, partnering with government and corporate clients to create artwork grounded in culture. As a proud Aboriginal woman with connections to Mununjali on my grandmother's side and Kabi Kabi on my grandfather's side – it's always a privilege to share my love of culture through my work.

I believe great design does more than look nice – it tells stories, builds trust between organisations and the people they serve. I love working closely with my clients, listening to their ideas and bringing their vision to life.

And when you work with me, that's exactly who you get – just me! You're talking straight to the person making your work and there’s nobody in between, where things can get lost in translation. That also means lower overhead and better value for you. All backed with experience across in-house, studio and agency projects.

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