Experience

LASERLINES Creative Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer/Creative Artworker

  • Oct 2023 - Present



The Club Company

• United Kingdom
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Apr 2021 - Oct 2023

  As the sole designer, I deliver all design content for the entire group of 15 country clubs around the country within a small marketing team. Each club requires both digital and printed collateral for a large range of product areas within the business: Golf course membership, Gym membership, Hotels, Restaurants, Creche, Beauty salons, Weddings and events, and Luxury lodges. A very fast paced environment with a huge demand for design within very tight deadlines. Concept creation and delivery of print and social media campaigns vital for membership acquisition at key points throughout the year. Liaising with all stakeholders throughout the business to create the perfect design solution for their department. Strong organisations skills involving seeing projects through from initial brief to final execution. Development of the company brand and creation of branding guidelines. Responsible for the initiation, development and management of our self-service design template platform. Inclusive of template creation, tagging and uploading of branded templates, in-house training for all team members, technical support, and content approval on templates adapted by the clubs. Allowing the clubs access to a whole range of promotional materials whilst maintaining brand guidelines. Producing all print ready artwork. Liaising with a number of printing companies to agree products, gather quotes and arrange lead times and print runs. Keeping projects within budget and on-time. Working with external agencies and freelance designers when additional resource is required - writing briefs and providing design feedback. Providing art direction during photo shoots to build the asset library for the business. Management of the in-house screens to ensure promotional content is uploaded and campaign and engagement materials are applied in all the clubs. Show less



Prontaprint Windsor

• Windsor

• Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2017 - Apr 2021

  Instrumental in winning contracts, client retention and new business. Strong problem-solving skills gave me the ability to find the right solution to deal with issues arising when preparing customer artwork for print. Built a digital presence for the company using social media and marketing literature. Developed and implemented a file management system to support more efficient workflow. Improved the presentation of designs to our clients by introducing corporate design templates. Supported clients to win new business with the creation of professional presentations, reports and proposals. Project managed effectively whilst handling multiple projects at a time using refined time-management skills. Delivered on time and budget with a 95% rate of approval of initial concepts. Design of promotional material and graphics - presentations and brochures, logo design, icon creation, POS, large format print, packaging, business stationery, social media banners and posts. Produced and delivered a design workshop for graphic designers across the Prontaprint group at the 2019 annual conference. Show less



self employed - graphic design and illustration

• Graphic Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Illustrator / Designer

  • Jan 2016 - Apr 2021

  • Development and production of Adobe training courses and training materials for delivery to professionals • Branding for start-up companies and creation of PowerPoint presentation templates, reports and proposals • Events signage and marketing materials for trade fairs, initiating leads for the client • Creation of a bank of 500 illustrations and icons for a client • Training workbooks, brochures, adverts, branding and promotional literature • Collaborated with stakeholders and the web designer to design an app, portal and website Show less



Academy Class / Highlander / Mekon / Xchange

• London, United Kingdom

• Freelance Software Trainer

  • Apr 2004 - Jul 2009

  As an Adobe Certified Expert I worked with a number of prominent software training companies in London to deliver training to their clients in a wide range of sectors including Harper Collins, The BBC, The Times, Panasonic and Interflora. Training programmes delivered: Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / InDesign QuarkXPress Macromedia Freehand CorelDraw Microsoft Word / PowerPoint / Excel As an Adobe Certified Expert I worked with a number of prominent software training companies in London to deliver training to their clients in a wide range of sectors including Harper Collins, The BBC, The Times, Panasonic and Interflora. Training programmes delivered: Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / InDesign QuarkXPress Macromedia Freehand CorelDraw Microsoft Word / PowerPoint / Excel



Appropriate Learning

• Clapham Common, London

• DTP Software Trainer

  • Aug 1998 - Mar 2003

  Learning the latest versions of software upon release then designing and deliver training courses for Adobe and Microsoft products to a wide range of professionals in a variety of large national organisations and media companies Learning the latest versions of software upon release then designing and deliver training courses for Adobe and Microsoft products to a wide range of professionals in a variety of large national organisations and media companies



Selfridges

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems trainer

  • Jun 1995 - Aug 1998



MDDT Advertising

• Account Manager

  • Jan 1995 - Jun 1995



RDW Advertising

• Art Director

  • Jun 1994 - Jan 1995