About me

Hello, my names is marika. I have 4 years experience working in the graphic design industry and have had many freelance opportunities working with pharmaceutical company's across the world and in the UK.

I have digital marketing experience indicating my confidence in creating social media campaigns and commercial launches. I have increased companies social media engagement by as much as 96.6%

I am fluent in the adobe suite my strongest programmes are Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, XD, Premier Pro, Lightroom, Dimension & Animation

I hold a BA Hons Graphic Design Degree of a 2:1

I pride myself in having fantastic time management and task prioritisation skills and I am highly organised.

I am a fantastic team player and work well within a team, I love to motivate people around me and always try to create a stress free environment and always bring positive energy to the team.

I have worked with many companies with branding guidelines and have produced guidelines and have great colour theory, I have fantastic layout and my additional skill in photography indicates my keen eye for imagery layout when designing brochures.

A bit about what I do outside of work; In my spare time I enjoy martial arts, singing and fashion.

I am a first Dan black belt and have a great singing record I've sung with the likes of Pharrell Williams on the Brit Awards. As well as this I own a small online store where I sell streetwear clothing.

Skills

After Effects, Brand / Logo Design, Cinematography, Colour, Creative Direction, Digital Art, Digital Marketing, Editing, Editorial Design, Email Design, Graphic Design, HTML, Illustration, Image Retouching, Multimedia, Photo Editing, Photography, Photoshop, Print Design, Printing, Public Speaking, Social Media, UX/UI, videography, Visual Layout, Visualising, Wireframes

Sector Experience

Advertising, Charity / Not for profit, Design, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Television

Clients

Atlantic Productions, Dacorum County Council, I-Occupy, Keystage Housing, Olympic Karate, P3MO, Pai Care, Team GB