Hack the North - Karen Lee

2019 - 2021

Bringing Excitement
to Online Events

Hack the North is Canada's biggest hackathon and attracts over 1,500 students around the world.

I was a graphic designer on their 2020 team - right when COVID hit. The result? Our in-person event had to shift online, and we had to find a way to bring that to life.

Website Animations

Illustrations by Annie Xu. Animated by yours truly :)

View the live website here!

Colorful illustration of a helicopter with a smiling face, flying over a digital communication platform with speech bubbles and chat icons.

Illustration of a tech workspace with a light bulb, computer monitor displaying binary code, laptop, gears, and stairs, symbolizing innovation and technology.

Colorful graphic of a stage with a sign that says 'You Belong in Tech' and three chairs, with decorative elements and a speech bubble.

Three colorful gears in blue, pink, and orange connected with each other on a white background.

Illustration of a slice of ham with three floating colorful circles above it.

Colorful gears with three circular objects above a large gear.

Three colored circles in orange, pink, and teal on a white background.

Illustration of three colorful speech bubbles with smiling faces on a pink platform, with one bubble containing a question mark.

Various colored circles and a pink gear icon on a white background.

Instagram Stickers (GIFs)

I created a set of animated Instagram stickers for Hack the North, giving attendees a playful way to personalize and share their event experience online.

Within three weeks, the stickers reached over 30,000+ views on GIPHY.

Virtual Photobooth

I designed a variety of backgrounds, foregrounds, and stickers for the virtual photobooth at our event.

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