Gabriel Covarrubias
Gabriel Covarrubias
Graphic Designer | Strategic Steward
Qualifications
Master of Arts and Design, Shaanxi Normal University, China
Bachelor of Graphic Design, Technological University of Mexico
Diploma of Web Development, TAFE NSW
Diploma of Social Media Marketing, Business Institute of Australia
professional summary
Gabriel is a cross-cultural creative professional with over 7 years of experience in graphic design, web development, and communication design across corporate, education, and advertising sectors. His work spans multilingual campaigns and a diverse print and digital portfolio focused on health communications, publishing, and multicultural engagement.
Born in Mexico City, Gabriel has lived and studied in China and now resides in Sydney, Australia. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Chinese Mandarin, he brings his language skills cultural fluency to his design work.
Gabriel began his career in corporate design at the China Chamber of Commerce and Technology Mexico, before receiving a scholarship to study in Xi’an China, where he completed a course on Chinese Language and Culture before later pursuing a Master’s degree in Fine Arts and Design.
After graduating in 2019, he continued his Australian design career at the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership (IECL), where he contributed to corporate branding and web design.
He later joined Times Education Group Australia, where he led the development of visual assets across digital, print, and web formats. At MultiConnexions Group, Gabriel created multilingual digital campaigns for renowned brands such as Medibank, and developed multicultural assets for diverse language audiences, adapting content for clients including Volvo, Sydney Metro and Telstra.
In 2024, Gabriel joined DBG Health, contributing to Australia’s pharmaceutical and primary healthcare sector. There, he led nationwide marketing assets for Chemist Discount and designed health campaigns for EasyClinic focused on chronic disease awareness, including diabetes care.
Gabriel is highly proficient in the following programs and skills:
Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Film and Animation:
Final Cut, After Effects
Premiere Pro
Website development:
WordPress theme development
Content management
WooCommerce, Elementor
HTML, PHP, CSS
Digital marketing:
Google Campaign Manager 360
Google Tag Manager, Floodlight
Social Media Marketing:
Paid Ads, Meta Business Suite
Typesetting:
Multilingual (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic and Vietnamese)
Beyond his professional practice, Gabriel is deeply passionate about painting, working with both Chinese calligraphy and traditional brushwork, as well as acrylics.
As an entrepreneur, he created Paper Waves Books, a publishing initiative producing poetry, art, and humanities books, in different languages, including Spanish, English, Chinese Mandarin and Nahuatl, among others. His first publication, The Songs of Birds 鸟之歌, has been exhibited in China and Australia, including at the Australian National University’s IMMERSIA 2023 and the XVI Biennial AILASA Conference 2024, and was presented to UNESCO’s delegates in China.
Gabriel’s work is driven by curiosity and creativity, and appreciation to languages and expressions. He brings design thinking and technical capability to every project, creating design solutions that resonate with diverse audiences.
