About me

I relocated to London almost two years ago, in order to broaden my horizons, career -wise. Upon graduating with a BA in Creative Brand Communications with a major in Graphic Design, I was employed as a graphic designer for Maverick Publishing, who publishes Fitness Magazine on a bimonthly basis, and distributes to all major magazine sellers within the country. At Fitness, I worked on the print issue, putting together the whole magazine from start to finish, under the guidance of my art director. I was also in charge of web maintenance, through CMS platforms such as Wordpress and Joomla, creating weekly HTML newsletters using Fireworks and Dreamweaver, assembling the digital magazine, as well as maintaining the social media profiles of the magazine.

During this time, I also created and ran a successful online magazine, Vixxen, of which I was the editor, designer, art director, brand manager, as well as writer. I managed a team of designers, photographers and writers, and once I moved to London, I carried on with Vixxen remotely. At the beginning of 2011, I decided to broaden my knowledge, successfully completing courses in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Flash. Since 2007, I have also freelanced under Open Secret. In August 2011, I began working as a permanent freelancer at Graphic Impressions, a design agency based in Clerkenwell, with over 27 years experience. My role as a designer at Graphic Impressions has allowed me to grow from a somewhat publishing-based designer to a well-rounded one, producing work for the likes of Mercure Hotels, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, from initial concepts and consultations with clients, through to liaising with printers. The projects I have worked on have have varied - from following strict guidelines (such as Mercure Hotels), to having carte blanche with the designs (Cadogan Hall, RPO), which has enabled me to adapt from project to project, and complete each brief successfully.

In all of my roles so far, I have proven not only that I can work as a part of a team, as well as on my own, but that I can also work on different projects simultaneously. An ambitious and driven individual, I have grown significantly since I began my career, and am confident that I have the skills, experience and commitment required to take on this role. With this in mind, I believe I can achieve great results at my next role.

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Skills

Graphic Design, Art Direction, Online Magazine design & optimisation, Copywriting & Editing, Branding & Marketing, Advertising, Web Design (HTML, CSS, CMS, FLASH), Video Editing (Final Cut Pro)

Sector Experience

MAVERICK PUBLISHING (2009-2011), Graphic Designer for Fitness Magazine, OPEN SECRET DESIGN STUDIO (2007-PRESENT), Owner & Designer , VIXXEN MAGAZINE (2009-2011), Owner, Designer, Art Director, Editor, Brand Manager, Writer, GRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS (2011-PRESENT), Graphic Designer

Awards

VEGA BRAND COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL (2006 - 2009), Bachelor of Arts in Creative Brand Communications with a major in Graphic Design, INSCAPE DESIGN COLLEGE (2011), Adobe Flash Course, CITY VARISTY (2011), Final Cut Pro Course