Olivia Waugh
Born and raised in Colorado, Olivia now works as a graphic designer based in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2020 and in June 2021 got to marry her best friend at her family's ranch in the mountains in Colorado.
She loves using design to tell stories and make people smile. Ever since starting a small business designing business cards for friends and family in middle school, Olivia knew she was made to be a graphic designer. Getting to create is such a great joy!
Olivia was an absolute joy to work with.
Our company employed Olivia for two years, and she was nothing less than outstanding. She was hired as our Chief Branding Officer to create a unified branding strategy for our company, represent our brand to customers, and sell our brand through multiple distribution channels. Olivia undertook her role with a tremendous work ethic and happy spirit. As a business owner, it gave me great relief having her in that role, because she knew what we wanted, and took initiative and ownership. Having her on our team enabled me to focus on other aspects of the business, because I knew she would take care of her responsibilities well. Olivia has great communication skills both in explaining and listening, and sought to have the leadership of the company understand why she felt a certain strategy would be best. She is a great team player, and was loved by all our customers. The difference between good and great at anything is attention to detail, and Olivia is great. She cared about the success our company as much as the ownership, and made our company better.
Ted Stricklin
Co-founder and CEO of Experience RIOlivia was powerhouse of creativity and a truly wonderful student.
Olivia’s work was consistently outstanding, both graphically and conceptually and reflected a maturity and dedication to communication through graphic design. The level of craft she brought to her projects was impeccable and her facility with technology and efficiency of production across many media was unsurpassed in students I’ve seen. She was also great pleasure to have in the classroom, always an enthusiastic and insightful participant—flexible and open to the various modes of learning including group collaboration and critique.
Nancy Skolos
Professor, RISDWe definitely give her a 5-star rating!
Our church’s pastoral team contacted Olivia about helping us design a new church logo. She not only demonstrated to wide array of artistic talent, but was open to input from others, and showed a great deal of patience as we asked her to do multiple tweaks to the logo along the way. Her insight, vision, and thorough explanations (via video) proved extremely helpful as we finalized the logo design. I happy to announce Grace Community Church now has a new and appealing logo thanks to the hard work and creativity of Olivia!
Michael Robble
Pastor, Grace Community ChurchOlivia was powerhouse of creativity and a truly wonderful student.
Olivia’s work was consistently outstanding, both graphically and conceptually and reflected a maturity and dedication to communication through graphic design. The level of craft she brought to her projects was impeccable and her facility with technology and efficiency of production across many media was unsurpassed in students I’ve seen.
Nancy Skolos
Professor, RISDSkills
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign
Adobe After Effects & Premiere
Social Media
Web Design & UI/UX
Customer Service
Risograph Printing
Laser Cutting & Vinyl Cutting
Bookbinding
Screen Printing & Letterpress
Awards
Recipient of the Robert Taylor Scholarship AIGA Colorado
Judges Choice Award Better World By Design Creative Jam
Best of Colorado Scholarship RMCAD
Graphic Design Gold & Best of the Department Awards RMCAD
Recipient of the Tectonic Force Award AIGA Colorado
People’s Choice Award Winner RMCAD Creative Jam
Scholastics Scholarship Colorado Art Education Association
Elaine Betts Award for Excellence in Graphic Design FRCC