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My name is Nicole Marie DeSarno, I am passionate about creating meaningful and captivating designs that leave a lasting impression. With a keen eye for detail and a love for creativity, I strive to bring unique and innovative concepts to life. Let's work together to turn your ideas into stunning visual experiences.​
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​In 2023 I launched my design company, Graphnic Designs Inc., where I take my love for visual storytelling and ability to capture brand identity, voice, and tone to serve clients in all their design needs!
About Me
Skills & Expertise
UX/UI Design
Pitch Deck Design
Branding & Identity
Logo & Web Design / SEO
Photography & Illustration
Videography & Editing
Design Tools
Adobe Photoshop
Procreate & Illustrator
Figma
Canva
Lightroom
AVID & Premiere Pro
I’ve cultivated my design skills while working in the media industry for the last 7 years, building executive presentations and entertainment pitch decks for unscripted television shows in development. As I continue to expand my abilities, I get a thrill out of visual storytelling and learning new creative solutions to design problems. I love watching a project come to life at my finger tips — from gathering and sharing my inspiration via mood boards to establishing various design directions, composing title treatments, selecting texture options, perfecting layouts and creating flow from one page to the next — I work to produce premium looking designs that accurately represent the project and it’s tone as intended.
I began my professional career in Ad Sales at A+E Networks in 2017 before transitioning into development and production in 2019 with A+E Factual Studios, A+E Global Media Group's internal unscripted production studio. Currently I serve as an Associate Producer/ Creative Development Manager for the the studio. In this role, collaboration, communication and creativity are key, while each day is different. Some are full of research and writing, others with management and workflow creation, but my favorite is when they are full of design! I discovered my passion for visual storytelling when I was first tasked with creating a pitch deck as a coordinator in 2019, and since then, have created over 100 pitch decks for the studio to date.
I continue to grow with each year I design and am always looking for opportunities to learn more. In 2020 during the pandemic, I taught myself how to illustrate on Procreate, completed a 10 week intensive UX/UI Design course with General Assembly, and picked up embroidery and learned how to play the ukulele. At the beginning of this year (2025) I completed another General Assembly course in Digital Marketing and have been diving deep into the world of SEO and photo retouching for product design. I’m a hungry, eager, and enthusiastic creative who’s most proud of my ability to communicate designs I can execute with clients, my time management skills and my masterful ability to multitask, take criticism and pivot.
I believe that traveling and seeking inspiration in both the extraordinary and the mundane are vital to my experience as an artist and human. When not working, you can find me planning my fiancè and I's wedding (we tie the night in Sept. 2025) , playing tug-of-war with our 11-year-old pitbull, Luna, being way too loud with my 100% Italian family, singing, dancing, laughing and embracing each day knowing we aren’t promised tomorrow.