About me

Hello and welcome to my Creative Pool profile.

I am a London based multi-disciplinary designer, specialising in graphic, product, packaging, branding and event design. I have a real love of typography, vintage inspired imagery and the kitsch.

I have enjoyed working both within a large award winning design agency and as an in house designer within a small corporate company, so I understand both creative and corporate clients alike. I also have experience in pitching and winning freelance based work with a spectrum of clients.

I like nothing better than starting out with a pen and pad before cracking on with the machine and am fully mac and PC literate with advanced skills in Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.I am also versed in AutoCAD, 3D modelling (3D Max/Maya), Video editing software and Dreamweaver.Oh, and I can draw if scamps are needed.

I am dedicated, I am known for working until the design is perfect even if this requires sleepless nights, I am passionate about design and ultimately very good at what I do... modest also.

Skills

Software, Proficent in:, Adobe Creative Suite 5: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, AutoCAD, SketchUP, Experience in:, Adobe Dreamweaver, Maya, 3D Max, Adobe After Effects, HTML and CSS coding, Skills, Print:, Flyers, Posters, Fashion,beauty and product photo retouching and editing, Packaging design and artworking, Magazine/editorial layout, brochure/Catalogue layout, large scale graphic wraps, 48 sheet billboards, Digital:, UX and UI, HTML website and Newsletters/E-shots, App development, Web banners, Video editing

Sector Experience

JUN 12_ SEPT 12, Freelance Designer, Hemingway Design/ Vintage Festival_ London, JAN 11_ JUN 12, Senior Designer, Aegis Vision Ltd._ London, NOV 09_ AUG 10, Freelance Designer, Hemingway Design/ Vintage Festival_ London, SEPT 09_ OCT 09, Exhibition Support, Side Gallery/ City State Exhibition_ Newcastle upon Tyne, NOV 00_ SEPT 09, Communications Officer, HM Revenue & Customs_ Newcastle upon Tyne

Awards

MAR 12_, Packaging Design (Short Course), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, JUN 10_, BA [Hons] Creative Practice, Second Class Honours, First Division [2:1], Leeds Metropolitan University, JUN 08_, DipHE in Architecture, Northumbria University, JUN 02_, A-Level, Art + Design A, English Literature B, Communication Studies C, Newcastle College

Clients

GN Porter Brewing, Hemingway Design, Mama Festivals Group, Urban Kings Gym