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About me

I am an experienced designer working in the industry for almost six years, having gained an excellent knowledge in graphic design, high-end retouching, print and promotion. I have gained a variety of experience in brochure layouts, creating identities for brands, digital retouching, designing websites, posters, flyers, signage and promotional material as well as managing work-flow according to deadlines. I have a proven ability to be adaptable in developing projects, from concept through production to final delivery.

At times I would work closely with the marketing manager, external partners/clients and print companies which have enabled me to gain the experience of working with different people, allowing me to have strong communication skills. I am efficient, well organised, adaptable, self motivated, ambitious, work to deadlines, able to use my initiative and learn from others. I am not afraid to think outside of the box, always looking for inspiration, love being creative, thrive on design and I always put 100% into my design work.

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AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationWalton on Thames, Surrey, West London: United Kingdom

Working locationsLondon: United Kingdom

Skill LevelMiddleweight, Senior

LanguagesEnglish (Fluent), Gujarati and Punjabi (basic)

Tagged Job TitlesCreative Artworker, Branding Designer, Graphic Designer

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Skills

PC and Mac Literate, I have a confident understanding of the following programmes:, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint

Sector Experience

June 2012 - Present, Freelance Graphic Designer, Clients include Regus, Summersby Media, Colour Unique, Hillbrook Primary School and Earlsfield Primary School., Sept 2006 - June 2012, Senior Designer: New ID Studios / Burlingtons Hair / New CID Cosmetics, Roles and Responsibilities:, - Management: Managing workflow of print department, managing costs and working within a budget, managing facilities in all studios and salons, networking/liaising (agencies, partners, staff), supervising contractors., - Marketing and Promotion: Website design, producing leaflets and flyers, point of sale solutions for retail, designing E-shot campaigns, poster design, - Branding: Corporate identity, packaging design, designing product brochures, - General Design: Creating promotional visuals, designing the ‘look and feel’ of salons, drawing floor plans for new builds, photo retouching, exhibition design, designing backdrops for photography sets, interior design, Achievements:, - Creating a unique and innovative brand identity for Burlingtons, including designing the company logo, creating a new website and following this through to the company’s promotional material. Within four months of the new website going live, it was nominated as a finalist for three awards in the hairdressing industry., - Developing the brand identity of Style Stop; the first hair and make-up bar in the UK., - Designing and project managing the opening of seven makeover and photographic studios, liaising with clients such as Debenhams, Mothercare and our first Franchisee in Glasgow., - Starting as a photographic retoucher and working up to a senior designer position., - Taking a lead role in creating design solutions for the companies on a regular basis., June - July 2006, Digital Designer: Cibernet, Roles and Responsibilities:, - Updating website on a daily basis, - Designing company fact sheets and promotional mail-outs for clients, - Supporting the Marketing Director, Achievements:, - Due to time constraints I was required to develop skills with design programmes I was unfamiliar with (such as Dreamweaver). I was able to do this quickly and efficiently which enabled me to cover the web design position successfully, - Designed an E-Shot campaign to launch a new roaming service to hundreds of mobile phone companies worldwide, April - October 2006, Designer & Part-Time Journalist: Ethnic Media Group, Roles and Responsibilities:, - Designing a three page publication for the entertainment and listings guide for a tabloid newspaper, Eastern Eye, - Writing weekly reviews of up and coming club/bar events (included market research), - Layout design for a bridal magazine, Occasions, Achievements:, - Eastern Eye newspaper circulated over 26,000 copies per issue, - Although I had no previous experience in journalism I was asked to write weekly articles in the events section which was the most read publication of the newspaper, June 2005: La Boca, Artworker, Roles and Responsibilities:, - Supporting senior designers in idea generating, - Assisting the Senior Designers to produce artwork for film posters and record labels, Achievements:, - Produced artwork for company prospectus, - Album and CD design for a record company

Clients

Burlingtons, Cibernet, Ethnic Media Group, Hillbrook Primary School, New CID Cosmetics, New ID Studios, regus, Saturday Slam, Summersby Media

Awards

BA Honours in Graphic Design 2:1

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