Emily Buchanan

Freelance services

 

When I’m not writing about sentient houseplants, I’m a freelance creative working with charities, non-profits and NGOs. I put the ‘multi’ in multidisciplinary, covering everything from graphic design and illustration to copywriting, editing and comms strategy. This range of skills means I can manage the entire creative process – from concept to execution. But I’m just as comfortable slotting into an existing team, filling gaps and delivering one-off creatives for digital, print, film or events.

I’m known for coming up with big ideas and actually making them happen. I’m a trained creative facilitator and have led communications processes, tailoring messaging to reach the right people and contributing to campaigns that make a real difference.

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Copywriting & editing

Graphic design & illustration

Strategy & ideation

 

I have over a decade of experience working for campaigning organisations, including Green New Deal UK, Organise, The Sunrise Project, Mencap, Waterwise, Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, and Greenpeace offices around the world. I work on public, political and corporate campaigns, targeting MPs, UN delegates, CEOs and the wider public.

Whether it’s designing campaign materials, developing messaging or creating content that resonates with diverse audiences, I bring a flexible, impact-driven approach that drives engagement, inspires action and influences change. Career highlights include contributing to the UK fracking ban, Shell abandoning its search for oil in the Arctic, and, most recently, the UN agreeing to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.

 

portfolio

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Greenpeace UK Three Year Strategy

Communications lead, editorial, graphic design

The Big Plastic Count 2024

Campaigning & graphic design

The Frack Free Bake Off

Art direction, graphic design

Unilever Plastic Campaign

Editorial & graphic design

Offshore Wind Campaign

Art direction

Green New Deal Campaign

Graphic design

Toxic Bonds Report

Editorial & graphic design

Quentin Blake Collaboration

Artworking

HSBC Deforestation Campaign

Campaign concept, graphic design

Sustainable Fishing Campaign

Art direction

Lockdown Activity Pack

Illustration, graphic design

Greenpeace Guide to Christmas

Illustration, graphic design

Police Spies Film

Direction, graphic design

Struggle Music Video

Direction, video production

UN Oceans Treaty Negotiations

Graphic design

Cannes Lions Campaign

Creative direction & design

The Inclusive Growth Network

Illustration & graphic design

#GreenTok

Illustration & graphic design

Antarctic 360

Art direction, graphic design

Waterwise Campaign

Illustration, graphic design

Build Back Better Campaign

Campaign concept, editorial, graphic design

Greenpeace Guide To Life

Editorial, illustration, graphic design

Fast Food Deforestation Campaign

Graphic design

Organise Cost of Living Campaign

Graphic design

Global Oceans Reports

Editorial & graphic design

Universal Basic Income Campaign

Illustration

The Hare, The Moon & The River

Illustration

Jacob Collier Tour Materials

Graphic design

Camp Greenpeace, Latitude Festival

Art direction & set design

Bring Back Refill Campaign

Illustration & graphic design

Greenpeace India Campaign

Art direction

Operation Ocean Witness Campaign

Campaign concept, editorial, graphic design

Covid-19 Public Inquiry Report

Editorial, graphic design

Educational Resources For Kids

Illustration, graphic design

Double Standard Campaign

Editorial, graphic design, data visualisation

The Winter’s Walk

Illustration

The Big Plastic Count 2023

Editorial & graphic design

March of The Penguins

Art direction

School Strike For Climate

Illustration