Michelle Lyons

I help brands and destinations to attract inbound and domestic tourists in Japan. Uncover your unique value, gain competitive advantage, and craft a compelling brand.

Exploring Japan? Fuel your national park adventures with fun that funds their future! Parks & Japan aims to promote Japan's 35 national parks as a network of equally exciting destinations whilst supporting conservation efforts and local communities, engaging the general public through joyful brand experiences to generate interest and vital funding. Now in development: FIELD QUESTS - a series of national park activity booklets with corresponding enamel pins, and the first products to launch under the Poketto brand. PARKLANDER - a shinto-inspired trading card game building interest in the parks through gameplay.

Mantra Media is the world's ethically leading brand and marketing firm based in the U.K and Japan. Our award winning and global respected agency helps businesses, government agencies and charities communicate with clarity and purpose. Our bold creatives build captivating creative campaigns. We place culture at the top of our agenda because we understand that it’s our people that craft the innovations, strategies, and productions that ensure consistent growth for our clients. Our mission is to deliver compelling communications and data-driven creative marketing services for ambitious organisations.

I work with Atelier Japan on a freelance basis, categorising and recording store inventory, and developing on-brand messaging and design for store promotions.

Creating templates, social posts, and animations to promote the company's digital fundraising platform, Ema, across social media.

FreelanceHER100 is a unique fully funded 12-week business accelerator for women by women working to launch and grow sustainable businesses in digital, creative, media and technology from across the 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester. Creating an opportunity for 100 female freelancers so they can succeed in these challenging times, it’s a safe place to test their ideas and grow their businesses. If you want to be in the next cohort or to find out more information check out: https://www.thelanding.org.uk/freelanceher100/https://www.thelanding.org.uk/freelanceher100/

Design and animation for the agency's clients, creating proposals, learning about UX/UI design, and gaining experience in Figma.

As a volunteer designer I produced player profiles for use on the football team's social media, and ticket designs for their matches.

Responsible for social media content creation, including Instagram stories & templates, short animations, gifs and assets for the university's student blogs webpage.