Beyond Canvas · @beyond.canvas.ke
Ryan Nguitui
Graphic Designer & Web Designer — Nairobi, Kenya
Experience
Graphic & Web Designer (Founder)
Independent design practice working across brand identity, web design, social media creative, and large-format event graphics for Kenyan brands and ventures. Active client roster includes Modern Cushions, Zalika Africa, and others. Operating under the Instagram brand @beyond.canvas.ke.
Graphic Designer & Social Media Manager
Luxury automotive seating brand. Responsible for all creative output: holiday and seasonal posters, social media content, large-format event banners (tear-drops, 5m event banners), fliers, business cards, seat design graphics, and complete website design.
Web Designer & Graphic Designer
Caregiver training school. Full brand and digital build: logo design, roll-up banners, tear-drop banners, 3m event banners, business cards, fliers, posters, website design, and a custom school management system.
Co-founder & Design Lead
Climate-tech venture building a flood early-warning system and cognitive community platform. Lead all visual identity, web design, pitch deck, and presentation design.
Co-founder
Mentorship venture guiding Kenyan students through the US university Common App admissions process. Led all branding work, plus recording and editing all TikTok video content for the platform's social presence.
Selected Engagements
Graphic Designer & Videographer
Strathmore Computing & Engineering Students Association. Event posters, on-the-ground content recording at campus events, and video editing.
Graphic Designer & Videographer
University leadership body. Christmas and New Year seasonal posters, plus video recording for committee events.
Graphic Designer
Promotional creative — family feast offer poster series for the restaurant.
Brand Designer & Graphic Designer
Forex education brand. Logo design and Forex Trade Expo event poster system.
Graphic Designer
Influencer / content creator. Business posters and YouTube thumbnail design.
Education
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
Third-year student on a full scholarship. Scholarship awarded following first place in Kenya's National Mathematics Contest (2023). Coursework spans electronics, signal processing, embedded systems, and computer engineering.
Recognitions
Kenya Top 15 National Finalist
Angawatch selected among the top 15 ventures from over 3,800 entries nationwide.
International Top 5 Startup
Angawatch ranked in the top 5 startups internationally at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.
Award Winner
Angawatch awarded at the IEEE Climate Hackathon for innovation in climate-tech and flood early-warning systems.
National Winner
First place in Kenya's National Mathematics Contest — the result that earned a full scholarship to Strathmore University.
Skills
Toolkit