Graphic Designer & Front-End Web Developer

• Oct 2016 - Present

Digital Media Designer

• Dec 2010 - Oct 2016

• Project lead on design jobs including tenders, print work and website/eCommerce projects.• Follow up on design leads from sales team. Meet with external clients and assess their design needs for their business.• Project manage design jobs from initial client meeting to team planning & collaboration to final production, ensuring that all work is completed by deadline. • Providing design services including: Business Branding, Print Design, Website design & Digital Marketing• Website development with content management system Wordpress. Including theme design, plugin install & adaption, PHP editing and maintenance.

Web & Graphic Designer

• Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

• In collaboration with my Graphic Design job I was hired to work on a number of freelance digital projects. • Met with clients and discuss their digital and print needs. • Design business branding along with website design.• Perform maintenance work, updates and cleaning design layout on other business websites. • In collaboration with my Graphic Design job I was hired to work on a number of freelance digital projects. • Met with clients and discuss their digital and print needs. • Design business branding along with website design.• Perform maintenance work, updates and cleaning design layout on other business websites.

Graphic Designer

• Jun 2009 - Dec 2010

• Produce design work based on the job specifications and once reviewed by the client supervise the printing process. • Collaborate with design team to produce high standards of work, improve efficiency and design/print standards.• Used Adobe Creative Suite to produce design work. Including Illustrator for graphics & branding, Photoshop for photography based imagery and Quark for layout design.• Other roles include meeting with clients to discuss/plan their printing needs, money handling for the business and key handling.

eCommerce Support

• Jul 2008 - Dec 2009

• Contact the company’s main suppliers and inform, demo and fulfil the switchover from the old purchase order system to the new web based system. • Configure each of the suppliers onto the new system, walk them through it with examples and help out with any problems they may have. • Contact the company’s main suppliers and inform, demo and fulfil the switchover from the old purchase order system to the new web based system. • Configure each of the suppliers onto the new system, walk them through it with examples and help out with any problems they may have.

Multimedia Designer

• Jun 2006 - Jul 2008

• First three weeks I received training on camera techniques, Motion, Final Cut Pro and DVD studio Pro. • Final five weeks I was placed in a team where we had to complete a digital job for an external client. I worked on creating a 3D animated model of a smart home that was to be built in the local area. Including exporting animation to DVD, with DVD package design and brochure design. • First three weeks I received training on camera techniques, Motion, Final Cut Pro and DVD studio Pro. • Final five weeks I was placed in a team where we had to complete a digital job for an external client. I worked on creating a 3D animated model of a smart home that was to be built in the local area. Including exporting animation to DVD, with DVD package design and brochure design.

Web & Graphic Designer

• Jan 2007 - Apr 2008

• Look after in house website’s as well as external client websites.• Project lead on a number of different projects building websites and graphic design work including business stationery.• Websites and graphic design work required a wide range of skills and worked mainly with Adobe Creative Suite to produce them. • Assist the IT Department with the day to day running of North-West News Group computer systems.• Provide IT support for employees and helping maintain Hardware & Software on both Apple Macs and PCs.

Web Designer

• Mar 2004 - Dec 2004

• Design and development a website for a secondary school to display general information, news, curriculum and contact details.• Website was built in HTML and ASP with some flash elements and displayed along with photography and graphical components. • Design and development a website for a secondary school to display general information, news, curriculum and contact details.• Website was built in HTML and ASP with some flash elements and displayed along with photography and graphical components.