About me

I'm a fully qualified graphic designer with 2 years industry experience. Over the past 12 months I've worked as an Artworker within London-based marketing agency 'The Garden Marketing', producing artwork for a range of Legal & General promotional material. Previous to my current occupation, I worked as the sole Graphic Designer and digital printer for 'Kwik Kopy Corporate Print and Design Centre', in Australia for 12 months. A self-confessed perfectionist, meticulous attention to detail goes without saying. I crave the challenge a creative project brings, take pleasure in communicating across my concepts and ideas with clients and/or staff, enjoy learning and I look forward to enriching my current skill base with the new opportunities and experiences each creative role provides.

Producing creative artwork for Legal & General clients whilst working for The Garden Marketing, has provided me with invaluable agency experience and enabled me to gain a solid understanding on the workflow process. As an Artworker, working alongside the designer and creative director, I have been able to step in and produce design when needed. I'm currently acting as the Artworker and Designer, as our Graphic Designer is on maternity leave. On a day to day basis, I'm required to design print-ready artwork on the fly and called upon to apply a certain design style across a range of printed material. Speed, accuracy, consistency and creative flair are crucial to this role. During my previous position, as the sole graphic designer within a high demand environment, I worked autonomously, producing a range of promotional material and stationary items for local businesses and ensuring that they were always set up correctly for print. A high level of expertise across all software within the Adobe CS5 Creative Suite was crucial and my ability to perform the highest standard, and meet strict deadlines under high pressure situations was essential.

Both my roles, past and present, have required a great deal of responsibility and I have acquired a solid foundation of communication and customer service skills, in my previous position as a graphic designer, carrying out private consultations on a daily basis, booked by individual clients. I'm first and foremost a Print designer and/or Artworker, however, I have acquired experience in creating design for web, such as interactive PDFs, email templates and attachments, website banners, etc. and have a basic understanding of Dreamweaver, Flash and CSS. I'm extremely keen to learn, take on new creative challenges, gain invaluable experience and extend my skills set as a Designer. I would jump at an opportunity to gain knowledge in packaging and extend my skills in digital design. I work hard, apply only my very best to the task at hand, have a fantastic work ethic, am very personable and would be an asset to any design team.