About me

In applying for this position, I wish to convey that I am an all-round designer with excellent design and artworking skills. I have transferred my educational achievements in fine art and painting to a digital outlook that provides a strong foundation for concepts and ultimately an innovative and well researched design. Through my experience of over 10 years in creating commercial artwork, I have been able to apply myself to a variety of projects, namely campaign design, digital media, visual identity, sales and

corporate literature.

My career choice is borne from a passion for graphic design and current design trends. I regularly read the latest computer design magazines and I have an extensive library of font and logo design books which provide inspiration and motivation to achieve. I have a keen eye for detail and endeavour to produce the best design for the client and to meet the brief.

Both within a team and through my freelancing roles I can communicate and visually present my ideas to colleagues and clients both face to face and digitally through client service facilities.

I am responsible for managing budgets within teams and ensuring time spent on projects is proportionate to the outcome. This culminates in liaising between clients, printers, other team members and designers to successfully achieve the best possible outcome for the project. I have experience of the development and line management of junior designers.

As a brand guardian and Mid/Senior Designer I am responsible for maintaining high quality standards while leading on the development and visual outcome of campaigns. As a freelancer, I have experience in administration of a business, which requires a high level of self-motivation and drive.

Within my portfolio I showcase a varied selection of projects. I have led on numerous projects to promote sales and events, not only through printed media, but copywriting, on-line and through social networking. I have also designed for a multitude of media ranging from POS to billboard ads, stickers to cinema screen advertising, posters to T-shirts and many in-between.

I follow the latest design trends and am fully conversant in CS6 Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat, Quark Xpress 9 and have a thorough understanding of the technical and practical issues of design. I have excellent project management skills and am fluent in both Mac and PC operating systems. I have the ability to multi-task and prioritise workload demands and have valuable experience in design for print and design for digital media from websites to app design.

With my experience of creative design and responsabilities on a management level, I believe I would be an asset to your organisation. I have a desire to be actively involved in a busy and creative studio environment.

For samples of my work, please see my portfolio at *

Skills

I am fully conversant with core design CS6 applications: namely Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign along with QuarkXpress 9 and Microsoft Office. Furthermore, due to personal interest, I have been able to touch on further applications including movie editing with Adobe Flash and have completed recent courses in Dreamweaver.