Yannick
Bamona
Graphic Designer · Illustrator
I design logos, brand identities and campaign posters that help businesses get noticed and remembered, and I illustrate the rest, from pencil sketch to finished artwork.
Cotonou, Benin · available remotely
Client work first, sketchbook last.
Logos, identities and campaigns for clients in Benin and Ghana, followed by illustration and pages from the sketchbook.
Idylle Déco
Logo for a decoration brand
Read the case study: Idylle DécoPastry’s House
Logo and variations for a bakery
Read the case study: Pastry’s House- Image to comePrometheus logo
Prometheus
Logo
Rickzadou
Crest logo for a custom clothing label
Jojo Fruity
Logo and fruit icon set
- Image to comeMen In Suits campaign posters
Men In Suits
Campaign posters · Ghana
- Image to comeLB Assur campaign posters
LB Assur
Campaign posters for an insurance agency
- Image to comeCanal+ weekly posters
Canal+
Weekly programme posters
“Nothing can stop a good idea”
Typographic poster
- Image to comePeacock illustration
Peacock
Digital illustration
Child portrait
Digital painting
Space landscape
Digital illustration
Floral pattern series
Sketch → colour, three versions
What I can do for you
Brand identity
Logos, colour and type choices, variations and a simple brand charter your team can actually use.
Illustrator · Photoshop · InDesign
Campaign posters
Print and social posters for launches, events and weekly programmes, in every format the campaign needs.
Photoshop · Illustrator
Illustration
Portraits, mascots, scenes and patterns, from pencil sketch to finished digital artwork.
Pencil · Photoshop · Illustrator
Video editing
Promo edits, event films and motion graphics for social media and screens.
Premiere Pro · After Effects
Ten years of agency and client work.
I’m Yannick Bamona, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Cotonou. I studied graphic design at Studio M in Casablanca, and since 2016 I’ve designed logos, brand charters and campaign posters for agencies in Benin and their clients, from an insurer to a menswear brand to Canal+.
I start from the client’s problem: who needs to notice the brand, where they will see it, and what they should remember. Drawing is how I think, so most projects begin in pencil before they become vectors.
Languages
French — nativeEnglish — fluentExperience
- 2023 – 2025Le Groupe MonarchDigital communication agency · CotonouLogos, variations and brand charters; campaign posters for Men In Suits (Ghana) and LB Assur.
- 2022 – nowFreelanceCotonou and remoteLogos for Idylle Déco and Pastry’s House; video editing for a gala event in Morocco, for Aidreve, and three films with director Le Kipré.
- 2018ATL S.ACommunication and events agency · CotonouPosters for a seaside resort, logos for several clients, audiovisual planning for a large public event.
- 2016 – 2017Atelier PaonCreative agency · CotonouWeekly posters for Canal+, the agency mascot, and logos for clients.
Education
- 2019 – 2022Studio M, CasablancaGraphic design
- 2015ETAP — École Technique d’Art Plastique, CasablancaInfographics
What I work with
Design
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
Video & motion
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
By hand
- Pencil and paper
Have a logo, campaign or poster to make?
Tell me what you need and when you need it. I work in French and English, with clients in Benin and abroad.
yannbamona@gmail.com