About me
As a designer I like to work clearly, creatively and effectively, I am never happier than when I feel I have delivered a memorable solution to a problem and had a real impact. My experiences have given me the chance to use current technologies, meet other creative minds, and challenge both my own and their ideas on design. I am friendly, approachable, and hard working, and consider myself to be target driven with good communication skills accompanied by a passion for creativity and innovation.
Skills
Attributes as a person:, - Creativity and imagination., - An eye for photography, - Good appreciation of typography., - Project management skills, - Good multi-tasking and team-working skills., - Communication skills, - Enthusiastic, motivated and pro-active, - Good attention to detail, - A genuine interest in all things creative, Software skills:, - Adobe Creative suite, - Adobe Photoshop CS3 - CS6, - Adobe Illustrator CS3 -CS6, - Adobe In Design CS3 -CS6, - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc, - Keynote, - Quark Xpress., - Mac / PC
Sector Experience
Design Experience:, - Print, - Front-end web, - Front-end digital, - Branding, - Packaging, - Design for apparel, - Copyrighting, - Manufacturing, illustrations
Awards
The Sorrell Foundation Project, I took part in the youth design programme 2009 this was a design-based project between schools and the university and was a large team based project that I recently received an award for., Because the project was based in schools a large part of the experience was learning to work with young people, organizing classes for the pupils relating to the project., The project ended with a presentation in Somerset house in London, Voluntary work / The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, I Produced a range of promotional material for the wildlife trust, The projects I took part in required me to give a number of presentations to the organization based in belpher