Experience

The Students' Union at UWE

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  The sole designer of a busy student's Union I create everything from social media assets to large wall vinyl prints. Within a fun and vibrant marketing team, I am responsible for managing the design to print process for a target audience of 30,000+ students.I have worked on various campaigns from student elections, social media competitions, events, and the big freshers' Welcome program.As Sustainability Champion, I am responsible for ensuring sustainability is a key focus within printed materials and liaise directly with printers and manufactures to do so.



FoodBev Media

• United Kingdom
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Feb 2016 - Sep 2018

  Working within an exciting international multimedia business I help create our two industry-leading publications, FoodBev and Refreshment magazines. Working closely within a small team we publish in print and digitally a total of 16 magazines a year as well as creating in house marketing, advertising and any other supporting materials the company may need.Role Responsibilities:- Magazine layout- Creating digital content- Preparing work for print- Liaising with editors and printers- Creating one off pieces of artwork- Organising the production- Maintaining customer relationsProducts Designed:- Magazines - Print- Digital magazine- Newsletters- Business cards- In house advertisement



Colorfoto

• Graphic Designer / Photographer

  • Oct 2013 - Feb 2016

  Colorfoto is a school photography company specialising photography, photography products and school marketing materials, all of which I help create. Working closely with the sales team I am a first port of call for them in lines of design support, talking through customer’s requirements, achievable goals, time framing and developing initial first concepts to help them secure a sale, due to this I am used to being very busy with tight deadlines to hit.Role responsibilities:- Sales team support- Creating designs- Editing layouts- Sales brochure production- Image management- Print management- Image retouching- Studio set up- Photography, individuals & groups- Maintaining recordsProducts Designed:- Roller banners- Value boards- Trifold leaflet- Booklets- Email shots- Business cards- Exhibition displays- Greeting cards- Prospectus’s folders- Advertisement flyers



Eurologo

• Designer / Artworker

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2013

  Here I worked as the sole designer for an energetic fast paced clothes printing company, in charge of all aspects of the position from the setup of machines, machine maintenance, ordering stock, production of art materials, customer designs, time framing and application onto a variety of clothing. I was also in charge of design communications with customers, creating visual mock ups or printed samples with follow up phone calls prior to final printRole Responsibilities:- Equipment set up- Equipment maintenance- Ordering stock- Design from concept to final- Time framing- Printing- Creating samples- Customer serviceProducts Designed:- Banners- Flags- T-shirts- Hoodies- Bags- Accessories- Training clothes- Army uniform



Colorfoto

• Graphic Designer

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  A three month graduate program where I adapted my university skills into practical working skills. I developed my Adobe creative suite knowledge creating school marketing designs from concept to finish and learnt to use the Xerox digital press. A three month graduate program where I adapted my university skills into practical working skills. I developed my Adobe creative suite knowledge creating school marketing designs from concept to finish and learnt to use the Xerox digital press.



Somerfield

• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Customer Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  Here I worked mainly behind the cigarette counter as I was a trusted and fast worker, capable of deciding whether a proof of identification was necessary. Other duties included messaging over the antenna and shelf stocking. Within this role it was essential to be self-dependant and reliable, ensuring all procedures were always strictly followed. Here I worked mainly behind the cigarette counter as I was a trusted and fast worker, capable of deciding whether a proof of identification was necessary. Other duties included messaging over the antenna and shelf stocking. Within this role it was essential to be self-dependant and reliable, ensuring all procedures were always strictly followed.



Foel’s country Stores

• Customer Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2007

  Here I worked behind the counter, and as customer service. Also I would clean and restocked shelves as well as doing the stock take to prepare the coming week’s new orders. Here I was often trusted alone in the shop where I would deal with any problems as they arose and resolved them solo where and when possible. Here I worked behind the counter, and as customer service. Also I would clean and restocked shelves as well as doing the stock take to prepare the coming week’s new orders. Here I was often trusted alone in the shop where I would deal with any problems as they arose and resolved them solo where and when possible.



Assessment Unit

• Work Experiance

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2006

  I studied a brief work experiences in an assessment unit where I learnt to deal with young children with a varied of learning difficulties & behavioural disorders. It really increased my level of patience and taught me how important communication is, and therefore I learnt effective ways to communicate to even those difficult of speech and of a fiery temperament. I studied a brief work experiences in an assessment unit where I learnt to deal with young children with a varied of learning difficulties & behavioural disorders. It really increased my level of patience and taught me how important communication is, and therefore I learnt effective ways to communicate to even those difficult of speech and of a fiery temperament.