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Bizarrely, some of the stuff I learned at university has, of late, become rather useful. So I have somehow contrived to take commercial experience as a merchandiser, a passion for writing, broad technical expertise and creativity and apply them to things like business process re-engineering and management of change. It turns out that business consultancy.

• Vertbaudet is France’s biggest childrenswear brand. As the UK Merchandise and Product Manager for childrenswear, babywear, maternitywear and homeware, I held a number of key responsibilities:
• Managing a team of Merchandise Assistants and freelancers, working closely with international colleagues.
• Production of web and print-based marketing material including all catalogues (800 pages per season): Layout and artwork in InDesign and Photoshop, copy writing straplines & editorial… Show more Vertbaudet is France’s.
• Production of web and print-based marketing material including all catalogues (800 pages per season): Layout and artwork in InDesign and Photoshop, copy writing straplines & editorial, proofreading, translation.
• Competitor pricing analysis to assess the brand’s market position, opportunities and threats.
• Seasonal product pricing in order to maintain or adjust market position, maximise demand and exploit margin opportunities at the product, range or department level.

The first of these years was spent living in France. I set up a publishing company creating instruction manuals, filling a niche market for UK high street gift retailers. I offered a unique combination of graphic design, creative and technical authorship, and technologist experience. Clients included Marks & Spencer, Next, Argos, Debenhams and John Lewis.

Peter Black supply high street retailers with gifts sourced in the Far East. My roles included: liaising with technologists and product managers from the retailers and with UK and Far East suppliers; design hazard analysis; creating instruction manuals and packaging copy; influencing product selection and sourcing; following through product testing and.

I developed a cross-platform job tracking system for the design studio at Carlton Cards in Dewsbury and undertook other small projects for local businesses.

GDI is a repro house whose clients include greetings card companies and children’s book publishers. I was brought in to organise their studio workflows and manage the company’s digital assets and IT infrastructure.

Tight deadlines taught me much about working smart and getting things right first time. My responsibilities included classified advert creation and page output in Quark Xpress, retouching and colour correction in Photoshop and scanning on drum and flatbed machines.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Information Management, 2/1

Modules Studied: Business Process Re-engineering, Human Resource Management, Management of Change, Communications Technology, IS Auditing.

High School

A’ Levels (July 1993): English Literature, General Studies, Art, Economics, Geography GCSEs (July 1991): English Language, English.