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Hey there!
My name is Joshua Alhassan. I was born the third child and only son of my parents. I became interested in drawing and design due to the influence of my artist mother. However, I went on to study Information Technology at Salem University Lokoja.

During my National Service Year in 2016, I worked as an IT support staff member at the Digital Bridge Institute, where I gained experience in hardware repair, maintenance, troubleshooting, software installation, and system configuration.

At some point, I had been encouraged to learn HTML by my kind supervisor. During this learning exercise however, I found that my HTML learning was constantly cut short by graphic design gigs, which would then force me to restart the HTML course from the ground up. As a Christian, I quickly recognized this as a divine redirection and promptly shifted my focus to design.

I initially used Photoshop as my primary design tool but soon realized that Illustrator was the standard for vector graphics in the design world. Despite my initial aversion to it, I started using Illustrator and quickly became proficient.

Since then, I have proceeded to work for organisations such as Nkataa, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) where I contributed to the West African Quality System Programme (WAQSP) as an IT Associate, GOPA Worldwide Consultants on the PESCAO project (The Programme for Improved Regional Fisheries Governance in Western Africa), The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), The Nigeria National Accreditation System (NiNAS) during which I started off as an intern and was promoted to the Head of the IT during the COVID; and SolaVieve Technologies where I am currently the Lead Designer.

I proudly hold a badge for securing 3rd place consecutively in the WAD Poster Contest for both 2022 and 2023.

My driving force has been the words of the late Myles Munroe, If you want to become successful, seek to become a person of value and when you first develop your gift, give it away freely.

Looking to bring your ideas to life? I’m just a message away!

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