About me

An ambitious, focused and innovative designer with vast experience of working as part of design teams and handling the full life cycle and production of strategic and creative projects for a range of national and international corporate clients. I possess over 20 years experience within design environments. Currently employed as communications and art director for three regional contemporary lifestyle publication's covering the North West ; Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire. I have recently headed up a design team of eight employed as the design manager Duties included the workflow process for the eight designers, supervising and providing art direction to the whole group, budget control, cost estimating, key stage deliverables and hand-over.

As a Freelance Senior Graphic Designer I have worked for several large blue chip organisations I possesess extensive B-B - B-C experience. Throughout my career to date I have proven and demonstrated my ability to deliver innovative design requirements from concept to completion with clear and concise visual communications working closley with marketing, editorial, graphics and technical teams. I have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of design and marketing processes with expertise in formulating winning design solutions across a vast range of industries. I am adept in managing multi-skilled design teams to achieve specific creative goals and objectives within time and budgetary constraints, as well as having extensive knowledge of print and reprographics techniques.