Nash DSouza

Profile

Graphic designer with over 20 years of experience, focused on nonprofits and purpose-driven organizations — across branding, print publications, and web.

I bring a collaborative, human-centered approach, strong attention to detail, and a genuine care for the people a project is trying to reach.

Experience

2008 – Present
Designer · Naaash · Self-Employed 

naaash.com

Working independently with clients in the nonprofit, social, cultural, and educational sectors — combining strong visual strategy with a collaborative approach. 

Work spans branding, print, web, and visual communication, for organizations where design has to catch the eye and speak to the heart. 

Selected Clients:

Circle Community Land Trust

City of Owen Sound

City of Toronto 

Community Foundation for Kingston & Area 

Compassionate Inquiry

Environment and Climate Change Canada 

Golden Dawn Senior Citizen Home

Grey County

Parkdale Activity & Recreation Centre

Pathways to Education

Saibhang Institute

Co-founded The Story of Light (2014–2015), a free-to-attend public arts festival in the heart of Panjim city, Goa, bringing together 70 artists, scientists, and philosophers from 14 countries, drawing 15,000 attendees — the majority of whom were school students from across the state.

2002 – 2008
Creative Director · BC Web Wise, Mumbai

bcwebwise.com

Led a cross-disciplinary team of 30 — designers, animators, coders, and writers — at a full-service digital advertising agency producing campaigns for global brands.

Selected clients: 

Candyman

Clinic All Clear

CloseUp

EMI Music

Hero Honda

Microsoft

Pepsi

Radiocity
Sunsilk
Unilever

Our work on Sunsilk’s Gang of Girls earned Gold at the 40th Abby Awards.

Education

1996  – 2000

Bachelor of Engineering — Computer Software 

Pravara Rural Engineering College, Loni, Maharashtra, India 

Self-taught in design after discovering Macromedia (now Adobe) tools post-graduation. It’s been learning by doing ever since.