Experience

Cantarus

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Jul 2021 - Present

• Digital Designer

  • Jul 2019 - Jul 2021

  - Creative lead on website design for a range of clients, going above and beyond to adhere to all of their requirements.- Creative lead on app design for a range of clients, ensuring all requests are easily accessible for a simple and effective user experience.- Hosting and leading client calls and meetings to present design work, talking them through what has been done and the reasons why at each stage of the sprint to ensure the task is being complete to their expectations, and ensuring that no detail is misunderstood or missed by answering any queries that may arise.- Hosting client workshops face-to-face with relevant parties, taking them through discovery stages to identify what they require from us and anything we think may be beneficial that they may not have thought of initially.- Liaising with relevant in-house teams to ensure that designs are easy to interpret, and also being built as true to their original completed form as possible; then adapting and adjusting the designs dependant on any functional or time-restricted problems that may arise.- Branding work for internal and external clients, both completely new or an evolution of an existing identity.- In-house marketing projects, both digital and print, for use across: social media, email campaigns, external events and partner promotions.



BEAUTY BAY

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mid-Weight Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2019

  - Creative lead on big projects and brand launches, given the freedom and responsibility to decide how we creatively approach a brief and then feed that information on to the relevant parties while reinforcing the creative narrative throughout final assets- Main design representative in the conceptualisation and development of the BEAUTY BAY app and bespoke landing pages; working closely with UX/UI, Development and Visual Merchandising teams- Holding workshops with team members to share any knowledge and skills with them that they may not have, or are seeking to further develop, to help improve their own individual skillsets- Product and packaging design, liaising with the newly formed Own Brand team- First design member to introduce After Effects for more fluid motion graphics to relevant briefs, pushing the quality of the creatives higher and helping improve the engagement rate for the respective channel- Print design for external company events nationwide, including: flyers, event press releases, gift boxes, event signs, lanyards and tote bags - Exceeded initial expectation, excelling in any role or task given during my time as Junior Designer and earning a promotion to Mid-Weight Designer earlier than anticipated

• Junior Designer

  • Oct 2015 - Oct 2018

  - Innovating and pushing the level of creative artwork produced across the company website, using a developed understanding of the homepage and supporting channels- Offered a permanent position in the Design team as Junior Designer immediately upon finishing the apprenticeship scheme due to impressive performances throughout the year- Collaborating with the following teams from the wider business to produce work for their respective channels/formats, such as: Social, Email, Paid Social, Visual Merchandising, UX/UI, Video and Photography- Reinforcing brand values and guidelines across all creatives