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About me

I have always had a strong desire for all things technical, artistic, and of course visual. I am also a very passionate skier and so, upon leaving school I made a conscious decision to chase the snow and take my pens, computer, and cameras with me. On moving to the ski resort of Tignes, I took my skill set and tools to operate as a freelance designer and developed an online and distance working client base as well as an expansive local portfolio from within the Alps.

Since then I have had the pleasure of working within the Automotive publishing industry, for Ultima Media as a Graphic Designer. Working for a B2B Automotive media company was an amazing opportunity to hone my skills working as part of a team of professional designers. High-end clients included commissions for Volvo, Honda, Michelin, FCA, and more. My period working for Ultima Media was a tremendous working and learning experience. My work included total responsibility for graphic content of entire publications including advertorials, infographics, and illustrations. I also had creative responsibility for videos, event signage, web banners, and much more. Ultima play a huge role in the global automotive industry, operating from a London-based office for one year, and then continued to work for the company on a freelance basis whilst living in France.

2017-Current
Over the last 4 years, I have had the pleasure of working at Ruroc ltd. a very successful start-up. My official title was Product manager, however, due to such a small team (of just 15 originally), our duties were widely spread. For our R&D team (initially just two including myself) the scope of work involved was vast; In parallel to my work as a product manager, I was also responsible for the product concepts, business roadmaps, industrial design, strategic partnerships, prototype evaluation & approval whilst ensuring final delivery of the product by suppliers, ensuring business growth and much more (see below for more details).
Working hard we managed to achieve a $1m turnover in my first year. Since then I played a key part in the core team growing the company and driving success. Ruroc currently has about 270 members of staff and generates an annual and, rapidly rising, turnover of $55m per annum. On my departure from Ruroc, we had built the R&D team to a total of 27 team members.

My role at Ruroc included:
- Helmet design & upgrades - Atlas 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0,
Lite, RG1-DX (upgrades), Berserker
- Goggles - Lite
- Conceptual artwork
- Audio devices - (shockwave & Shockpods RG1-DX, Lite)
- Packaging design (For all products including manuals)
- Helmet artwork design, stylesheets and development
- Helmet accessory design (GoPro mounts, balaclavas, internal soft goods.)
- Apparel design
- Ensuring products go to market on-time
- Market research
- Product roadmap and planning
- Liaising & planning with marketing teams & customer service
- Management of timelines including tooling
- Supplier & Partnership liaisons and negotiations
- Research and development of new & existing products from start to finish.
- Department budgeting and project costings
- Creation and upkeep of the "Bill Of Materials"
- Producing detailed & Top level presentations for the board of Directors, defining
business strategies & goals

Details

AvailabilityLooking for work

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

LocationAdd your town, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Skill LevelSenior, Director

LanguagesEnglish, French

Tagged Job TitlesDesign Manager, Product Designer, Graphic Designer

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Accomodation, Accounting & Finance, Advertising, Branding, Business Management, Creative Services, Design, Fashion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Photography, Production, Sports

Clients

Ruroc Ltd

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