About me

Experienced in Photoshop. Studies BTEC in 3D Design, BA in Product Design, NCFE in Graphic Design, City & Guilds Web Diploma and also Web Design. I am very market aware and understand the role of branding. I am confident working on my own inititave as well as in a team. I am PC and Mac literate, although I much prefer Mac. In addition i can use Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

HERE IS A LINK TO MY FACEBOOK ARTWORK/GRAPHICS ALBUM, WITH SAMPLES OF MY GRAPHIC DESIGN:

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Skills

- Flyer designs, Logos, Branding, Posters, Brochures, Leaflets, Business cards, Magazine double-page spreads & Banners., - Interior painting, decorating, printing and drawing, promoting and marketing; music & rave events., Transferrable skills, - Organising and planning an event from start to finish. This includes advertising, marketing and negotiating., - On the night; supervision of every aspect of the event, such as on-the-spot troubleshooting, crowd control and general safety, collection and distribution of money.

Sector Experience

May 2009 - Present - Freelance Graphic / Web Designer, - Meeting clients to discuss their needs, what they want their site to do and who it is aimed at, - Providing cost quotations and working to budgets and deadlines., - Choosing the most suitable materials and style, using specialist computer software to prepare designs, - Preparing a design plan, showing the site structure and how the different parts link together, - Deciding which text, colours and backgrounds to use and producing rough sketches or computer visuals to show to the client, - Laying out pages, positioning buttons, links and pictures, using design software, - Adding multimedia features like sound, animation and video, - Testing and refining the design and site features until everything works as planned, - Uploading the site to a server for publication online.

Awards

Richmond Adult Community College Web Diploma Level 2, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College- City & Guilds Level 1 in Web Design, College of North West London- NCFE Level 1 in Graphic Design, Middlesex Universit y- BA in Product Design, Westminster Kingsway College- BTec National Diploma in 3D Art and Design