About me

A versatile independent design professional, with a confident eye for detail and a passion for visual communication, merging auto-didactic skills and practices with solid academic and vocational experience.

Several years freelancing experience (five part-time, one full time) gained servicing varied clients in retail and leisure industries, alongside non-profit organisations, literary publications, and government-funded creative organisations.

Advanced practical knowledge of numerous imaging softwares, including Adobe CS5.

First Class 2008 Design Graduate with strong skills in design for print and photography, alongside a developed auto-didactic knowledge of design for web.

Ten months experience employed as primary in-house designer for international lingerie manufacturer. Responsibilities included production of magazine adverts for American & International markets, brochure design, POS, swing tags, e-marketing design and promotional campaign material, for brands such as Freya, Fantasie and Fauve.

Varied and Numerous Awards, Grants and features from creative associations, magazines, and hardware companies.

Skills

Design for Print:, Firm knowledge of both contemporary and historical print processes on a range of substrates., Ability to turn around high-quality design in time-critical environments without comprimising output quality., Strong understanding of technical print aspects - experience in preflight and artworking photographic, vector and typographic output., Able to re-touch photography to a high level, including skin adjustments, colour correction etc., Academically trained to a high standard in principles of visual literacy., Design for Web:, Good understanding of HTML/CSS and PHP/MySQL integration., Adept at translating mockups into HTML/CSS & Wordpress templates., Good knowledge of various CMS systems, including Wordpress & PHPMydirectory., Experience in coding and delivering Email templates and E-Newsletters, Software:, Adobe Creative Suite CS5: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Lightroom., Quark, Publisher, Xblend, PTMac

Awards

Academic:, 1st Class Graphic Design & Photography BA, (with Honours) DeMontfort University, AVCE Art & Design (eqv. HND), Graphic Design (A Level), Photography (AS Level), Extracurricular:, Featured by Magcloud (2010), Featured by Designworklife (2010), Highly Commended by YCN (2008), Selected for D&AD Newblood (2008), Featured in Digital Arts Magazine (2008), Awarded grant for immersive 360 photography project by Seagate (2008)

Clients

Bishops Castle Land Trust, Bulb Studios, Connexions, Delite.me, Enterprise South West Shropshire, From Dusk 2 Dawn Magazine, Kingsbridge Project, Leicester Creative Business Depot, Salamara, The Orange Tree Group, Theonlyshape Magazine, Toffee Monkey