About me

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a highly experienced Image Retoucher, Graphic Designer and Digital Artworker based in Birmingham with in-house studio experience in retouching and artworking for Packaging, advertising, PR, Branding and all aspects of promotional material, with an unrivalled expertise in photo-manipulation and Retouching using Adobe Photoshop and the Adobe suite, and an educational background in Art, Design and Photography currently looking for a Retoucher / Designer / Artworker role in or around the West Midlands area.

Your current Photoshop Retoucher position sounds like an exciting opportunity and I would like to jump at the chance to submit my application.

I possess the highest level industry standard Photoshop and Adobe suite skills using a wacom tablet to reach pixel perfect results, as well as creating extremely high standard commercial artwork using Adobe Illustrator and Photo-Illustration along with very strong basic drawing skills.

In addition to Retouching and Artworking, I am a qualified and experienced Graphic Designer with vast in-house experience and highly tuned abilities covering all aspects of Design, to include posters, packaging artwork, marketing materials, catalogues, brochures, newsletters, typography, Web, Mail-shots, social media, POS, FMCG and CPG, with extensive experience liaising with printers and taking a job through the print process to final production.

I have a responsive and open approach to client and colleague feedback, working enthusiastically and professionally as part of a team, or under my own supervision and motivation to oversee and proof all out going graphics, adhering to company brand guidelines and within set deadlines through to its realisation, I also have some experience training a small creative team.

Please email or call me at any time of the day,

Yours faithfully,

Simon R M Taylor

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Skills

Basic Drawing, digital painting, drawing, film editing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Image Retouching, Photo-Illustration, Photography, Wacom Pen

Sector Experience

Advertising, Arts, Catalogues & Brochures, CGI / 3D, Creative Services, Design, E-Commerce, Film (Short / Documentary), Fine Art, Painting & Sculpture, Graphic Design, Internet, Magazines & Comics, Marketing, Packaging, Photography, PR