About me

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I'm a multi-skilled creative all-rounder, graphic and marketing designer, digital conceptual artist and illustrator, working in the public, private and charitable sectors such as charity, arts, culture and museums, giftware, publishing, healthcare, retail and manufacturing environments. Proven success creating high quality innovative design and illustration for print and digitally engaging content for use across social media channels.

With 6+ years in print and digital imagery, successfully built a reputation using the latest industry standard computer design software, designing for both digital and print. My broad experience and range of skills includes brochure and catalogue design, typographic layouts, flyers, brand design, reports, signage, animation, photography, packaging, large format design, way finding signage, external signage, exhibition design, illustration, wildlife illustration, technical product illustration, TV media campaigns, vehicle livery, website design, digital/online social media banners and assets for facebook, twitter and other social media platforms.

With a passion about how ideas come to life and an understanding that creative design is about how things work and behave, not just how they look.

CORE COMPETENCIES

- Illustration

- Graphic Design

- Branding

- Photography

- Social Media and HTML Mailers (Benchmark, Mailchimp)

- Digital and Web Design

- Marketing and Communications

- HTML and CMS Systems (WordPress, Magento, Wix)

- 3D Design

- Digital Illustration

- Adobe XD

- Adobe Creative Suite

- Delivering Presentations

- Package Design

- Animation and Videography

- Character Design Illustration

- Social Media Marketing

Constantly challenging myself to rapidly ever-changing technology and software, think 'outside the box', a commitment to excellence, strong work ethic, a passion for all things creative, and a proven track record in creating high qualy innovative design and illustration for print and digital platforms. I am fully literate in both PC and Mac platforms using Adobe Cloud Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Adobe XD, Acrobat), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint), CMS Systems (Word Press, Magento), UI Design, Mailchimp, Trello, Krita, Sketch-Up.

Skills

3D Design, Brand Management, Branding, Digital Art, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, illustrator, Motion Graphics, Online Graphics, Packaging Design, Photography, Point of Sale Design, QGIS, Social Media, Trello, Typography, Visual Layout, Web Design, Word Press CMS

Sector Experience

Arts, B2B Business, Charity / Not for profit, Communications, Design, digital art, digital marketing, e-learning, Education, Healthcare, Museums, Public Sector, Publishing, Retail

Awards

National Design Award 2009

Clients

Archant Group, Bedford Museums, Blue Cross, Dales Life Magazine, Dartmoor Magazine, Golden Coast Ltd, Green Tree Court, John Dony Field Centre, London Luton airport, Luton Borough Council, Luton Culture, Newcross Healthcare, North Herts College, Petroc, Right Price Tiles, RSPB, Stockwood Discovery Centre, The Hat Factory, Wardown Park Museum