Ruaida Mannaa

Illustration professor

Education

M.F.A.,iIllustration, Savannah College of Art and Design
B.A., graphic design, Universidad Del Norte

Credentials

Professor of illustration, 2024-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Artist, 2018-present, Illozoo
Clients include: Running Press Kids, Capstone Publishing, Rebel Girls, Groundwood Books, Usborne Books, Scientific American, and many others. Projects include: Farah Rocks series (2020), The Blue Scarf (2022), Baba, Why Do You Drink Coffee? (2024), among others.

Freelance illustrator and designer, 2016-present

Lecturer for typography and illustration, 2024, Graphic design program, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Lecturer for digital design and illustration, 2019-23, 2013-16
Designer for Memorias de El Prado, 2015
Graphic design program coordinator, 2013-15
Designer for MAPUKA, the Museum of Archeology, 2012-13

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Finalist, Bienal de Ilustración, 2022