Experience

Integrity

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager, Graphic Design

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Itad

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design and Brand Coordinator

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2021



IPPR

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor and graphic designer

  • May 2017 - Nov 2018

  Brand development including creative design, report templates, infographic design, marketing and admin materials, web graphics and co-branding. Report editing and layout. Project management including deadline and sign-off coordination and all aspects of printing process. Brand development including creative design, report templates, infographic design, marketing and admin materials, web graphics and co-branding. Report editing and layout. Project management including deadline and sign-off coordination and all aspects of printing process.



Spectrum – Sustainable Development Knowledge Network

• Communications Specialist

  • May 2014 - Feb 2018

  Communications strategy, branding and graphic design for EU-funded Social Accountability Project (launched 2016) with Oxfam and Scholar Institute. Project management, population, graphic design, staff training and site launch for www.spectrumsdkn.org. Supporting preparation of content and design for Spectrum’s first three annual reports (2014-5 to 2016-17). Coordinating external publicity and reporting for People-Centred Energy and Sovereign Wealth conferences and other events. Design and editing briefing papers on key focus areas for distribution to stakeholders including central government. Recruitment support for Myanmar communications team.



Thabyay Education Foundation

• Myanmar
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand and Design Consultant

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2017

  Development and implementation of brand for Thabyay Education Foundation. Creation of a range of branded print materials including reports, flyers, banners, posters, document wallets, certificates. Coordination and design of Thabyay’s first and second annual reports (2014-5 and 2015-16). Development of a sub-brand for Thabyay’s publishing arm, the Curriculum Department, applied to all new textbooks and marketing materials. Development and implementation of brand for Thabyay Education Foundation. Creation of a range of branded print materials including reports, flyers, banners, posters, document wallets, certificates. Coordination and design of Thabyay’s first and second annual reports (2014-5 and 2015-16). Development of a sub-brand for Thabyay’s publishing arm, the Curriculum Department, applied to all new textbooks and marketing materials.



Freelance Graphic and Web Design

• United States
• Graphic Design
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications and Brand Consultant

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2017

  Freelance design, writing, editing and brand development for national and international NGOs including British Council, international peacebuilders Cord, French aid agency GRET, Myanmar Education Consortium, Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, Land Core Group, Conservation Alliance of Tanintharyi, Resource Rights for the Indigenous Peoples. Freelance design, writing, editing and brand development for national and international NGOs including British Council, international peacebuilders Cord, French aid agency GRET, Myanmar Education Consortium, Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, Land Core Group, Conservation Alliance of Tanintharyi, Resource Rights for the Indigenous Peoples.



VSO

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Consultant

  • Mar 2012 - Mar 2014

  Communications consultant for Hambantota District Chamber of Commerce working on design and brand development, media coverage, monitoring and evaluation and donor reporting. Project managed, wrote and designed a book of success stories from the Youth Business International accredited Hambantota Youth Business Programme. Based for 18 months in remote, rural, tsunami-affected area.Project manager for legacy project to showcase 40 years of VSO work in Sri Lanka. Coordinated, wrote and edited VSO branded book of interviews with international volunteers, VSO staff and management and local partner organisations. Created series of display materials including banners and posters for high-profile launch event in Colombo.Design, editorial and publishing support for VSO-European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights project, focusing on civil society analysis of the Sri Lankan government's post-conflict Lesson Learned and Reconciliation Commission report. Coordinated series of trilingual publications in VSO brand.



Sri Lanka College of Journalism

• Guest Lecturer

  • Sep 2011 - Feb 2012

  Lecturer in English print media, training students in interview technique, writing, editing and the basics of good journalism in a complex and censorious environment. Encouraged students to leave the classroom and experiment with practical news gathering techniques Supported a group of five students to create four editions of their own newspaper as part of their final course assessment. Two former students have gone on to become award-winning journalists in Sri Lanka. Lecturer in English print media, training students in interview technique, writing, editing and the basics of good journalism in a complex and censorious environment. Encouraged students to leave the classroom and experiment with practical news gathering techniques Supported a group of five students to create four editions of their own newspaper as part of their final course assessment. Two former students have gone on to become award-winning journalists in Sri Lanka.



London Borough of Hackney

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Designer and Sub-Editor

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2011

  Designer and sub-editor for flagship LBH publication Hackney Today, delivered fortnightly to 100k+ homes and businesses. Headed team of five staff, commissioned freelance photographers, artists and writers. Copy editing and headline writing. Reporting, including interviewing, research, and writing on-message news stories and features. Exercising diplomacy and sensitivity to secure sign-off from chief executive, mayor and cabinet, with direct responsibility for impact of published content on LBH reputation. Building links with local stakeholders and supporting them to produce text and photography. Managing edition flat plans, news lists and contributing to long-term strategic forward plans. All pre-press work, including managing relationship with printers and preparing content for online publication on LBH website. Overseeing redesign in line with organisation re-brand and creating layout guide.



Various regional newspapers

• Senior Sub-editor

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2007

  Part of large teams of journalists in Slough, Windsor and Newham cooperating across up to four 100+ page titles in a tense, deadline-driven environment. Working with reporters to check facts and ensure copy was accurate and editing and cutting stories as required. Rewriting court copy from press agencies, to create an engaging read, while still meeting legal requirements. Laying out pages from scratch and redesigning on deadline to accommodate breaking news or new adverts. Extensive industry standard training in law for journalists.