Jonathan Leahy Maharaj joined UCC Academy in 2021, as our graphic designer. Prior to this, he has spent more than two decades working for brand and communication agencies including Fuzion and Huguenot with local, national and international clients. He is a careful, passionate, considered and challenging designer with experience across a huge range of projects for a vast range of clients.  ​

​Jonathan's work includes branding for places, buildings, services & products. These projects include logos, visual identities, packaging, POS, advertising, digital design, books & reports, and corporate & strategic design, with projects ranging in size from a business card to a building wrap.  ​

​Graduating from Limerick School of Art and Design (B. Graph Des Hons.), he is an award-winning designer who received membership to the International Society of Typographic Designers while in LSAD, and "Student Designer of the Year" while studying in Cork Institute of Technology (now MTU). Jonathan spent 14 years with the Department of Media Communications in CIT, designing and teaching modules in Design for Print, and Digital Imaging, and two years with UCD Professional Academy, giving him an extensive and up-to-date knowledge of the software & best practice used throughout the design industry.​