Experience

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  Panaz

  • Burnley

  • Marketing Team Leader

    • Feb 2017 - Present
    • Burnley

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  Self-employed

  • Pendle Lancashire

  • Owner and Designer at Quench Creative

    • Mar 2010 - Present
    • Pendle Lancashire

    Founder of Quench Creative, a successful and creative freelance graphic design business with a focus on retail branding. Quench Creative has undertaken design and development work for many well-known high-street brands and their suppliers. This has included the re-branding a variety of garment ranges, producing mood boards, swing tickets, woven labels and packaging. The design and production of catalogues, advertising, POS and graphics for exhibitions.Responsibilities have included experience on photo-shoots of product ranges and subsequent re-touching of photography.

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  Nilorn UK

  • Keighley

  • Lead Graphic Designer

    • 1998 - 2009
    • Keighley

    Delivering successful designs for ranges of swing tickets, woven labels, packaging and other ‘branding vehicles’ in response to either direct liaison with the customer or via internal teams. •Taking inspiration from the market by visiting trade shows to research current and future trends.•Enhancing the company’s performance by developing mood / trend boards for team inspiration •Designing new concepts and as a ‘sales tool’ in customer presentations.The position has included a supervisory role and I have taken care to support and bring out the strengths of others in my small team.

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  Peter Black Footwear & Accessories Ltd

  • Keighley

  • Visualiser/Graphic Designer

    • 1989 - 1994
    • Keighley

    Developed Licensed Character Merchandise and supporting labels / packaging for high street stores, including Mothercare, Woolworths and Marks & Spencer.•The role included liaison with Licensing companies to ensure conformance and approval. • Assisted the footwear design team by producing mood / trend boards each season to help with the development of new product ranges.