About me
An inspirational and innovative illustrator, graphic designer and art worker. Passionate about bringing more flair and creativity into the world via as many mediums as possible including social media, hard copy printing, (books, flyers, posters), video production. Fully conversant in online tools and applications e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Paint Pro, Microsoft, Premier Pro.
During my time with Oaka Books, I had the opportunity to work collaboratively with marketing and management to develop their branding and illustrations as well as creating and editing videos for their youtube channel to enhance the visual product and shape it to what it is today whilst still adhering to the BDA guidelines.
Creativity, design and illustration are my hobby as well as my chosen career path, therefore whilst working in the private sector I continued to run my own business in parallel. This allowed me to unleash my creative flair working to client briefs whilst adding my own creativity and passion.
My private commissions through my business were increasing significantly and in May 2006 my 'can do' attitude led me to make a major step change in my life and become self-employed on a permanent basis. This new challenge has been an excellent experience in my life and career and has seen me working on a variety of projects with some great achievements.
Whilst I think of myself as entrepreneurial and confident in my abilities and feel I have flourished and enjoyed self-employment, learning new skills and taking on a variety of challenges. Despite this, I have missed the opportunity to work as part of a team sharing and exploring ideas and am keen to return to the employed sector to work with the right company that I believe shares my creative vision and passion about the importance of visual creativity in the world.
Skills
Brand / Logo Design, Digital Art, Graphic Design, Icon Design, Illustration, InDesign, Photoshop, premiere pro, Video Editing