Experience

Hallmark UK & Ireland

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior 3D Designer

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Primarily managing the Christmas Cracker and Festive Family range for the Marks & Spencer account. This includes creating trend boards, developing innovative products, and thinking cleverly about how to bring surprise and delight to the customers at Christmas. Using my experience to develop sustainable solutions as well as considering commercial implications. Also managing the workload for the 3D Design Team, to ensure requirements across the business are met. Primarily managing the Christmas Cracker and Festive Family range for the Marks & Spencer account. This includes creating trend boards, developing innovative products, and thinking cleverly about how to bring surprise and delight to the customers at Christmas. Using my experience to develop sustainable solutions as well as considering commercial implications. Also managing the workload for the 3D Design Team, to ensure requirements across the business are met.



Yoga with Josie

• Bradford, United Kingdom

• Yoga Teacher

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  I currently teach public classes in Bradford at Naturally Twisted Studio. I began practicing yoga in 2012, and after attending a 60 hour foundation course in 2014, completed my Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training in 2016. Taking the time to focus on movement with breath brings me great pleasure. Cueing students into postures and encouraging them to dig a little deeper allows the transforming effects of yoga to drip into daily life. The toolkit I have been equipped with from my teacher training supports me in my design role, as I change my perspective to solve problems, and I am way more comfortable presenting to a room full of people.



Tigerprint

• Assistant Design Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Mar 2015

  Assistant Design Manager on the Christmas 3D range for Marks & Spencer.This consisted of Christmas baubles, room decorations, lights, trees, wreaths and garlands, and kids at Christmas products. Managing a range of ‘Festive Family Fun’ products to encourage staying around the table on Christmas Day. Creating trend boards to brief from, and to ensure each range had differentiation. Briefing the design team to create concepts, using a range of substrates including wood, metal, resin & glass.Briefing the Far East team with our design briefs & technical drawings, to brief the factories, source accessories and off the shelf items.Working closely with the Product Manager & Technical team to ensure margins were achieved and products hit a high standard.

• Designer

  • May 2010 - Oct 2012