Ashley Broad Email & Phone Number

Nantwich, England, United Kingdom

As a Graphic Designer at TIMCO, I specialize in creating visually engaging and brand-consistent designs across both digital and print platforms. My role is expanding to include a strong focus on web design and front-end development, where I am building expertise in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These skills enable me to enhance website interactivity, ensuring a seamless and responsive user experience.Key contributions include: - Designing and delivering graphics that maintain a… Show more As a Graphic Designer at TIMCO, I specialize in creating visually engaging and brand-consistent designs across both digital and print platforms. My role is expanding to include a strong focus on web design and front-end development, where I am building expertise in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These skills enable me to enhance website interactivity, ensuring a seamless and responsive user experience.Key contributions include: - Designing and delivering graphics that maintain a cohesive visual identity across TIMCO’s digital presence.- Assisting with multiple projects, providing creative input, and supporting a collaborative design environment.- Developing proficiency in front-end development to create interactive, user-friendly web pages.- Supporting print projects, including updates to product packaging, labels, point-of-sale materials, and event-related collateral like posters and flyers.With a foundation in user experience (UX) principles, I contribute to intuitive design solutions and effective information architecture. My commitment to professional development ensures I stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, which I actively share with the team to enhance our design strategies. Show less

Wardle, England, United Kingdom

I manage a diverse range of design tasks at TIMCO, including introducing branded product lines to our B2B website and improving its navigation with assets like product/category navigation elements and banners. I help conceptualize website structure for new product ranges, creating detailed line drawings for items such as screws, hand tools, and impact drivers.My digital marketing work includes designing social media posts and headers for platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as… Show more I manage a diverse range of design tasks at TIMCO, including introducing branded product lines to our B2B website and improving its navigation with assets like product/category navigation elements and banners. I help conceptualize website structure for new product ranges, creating detailed line drawings for items such as screws, hand tools, and impact drivers.My digital marketing work includes designing social media posts and headers for platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as producing product photography, image clipping, and packaging artwork. I also organize new products in our Product Information Management (PIM) system and design email signatures and e-shots to promote new releases.Additionally, I assist with lifestyle photography, video production for promotional content, and edit product photography and videos. I create social media post templates in Figma and have designed brand pages for the Screwfix website. Show less

Winsford, England, United Kingdom

In my previous position, I held a multifaceted role encompassing diverse responsibilities. I spearheaded impactful email campaigns using Mailchimp, contributing to our digital marketing strategies. My involvement in developing and implementing new brand guidelines and logos played a pivotal role in ensuring consistent brand representation. I managed logistics, including stock checks and receiving deliveries. Notably, I boosted Instagram engagement by 20%, showcasing my proficiency in driving… Show more In my previous position, I held a multifaceted role encompassing diverse responsibilities. I spearheaded impactful email campaigns using Mailchimp, contributing to our digital marketing strategies. My involvement in developing and implementing new brand guidelines and logos played a pivotal role in ensuring consistent brand representation. I managed logistics, including stock checks and receiving deliveries. Notably, I boosted Instagram engagement by 20%, showcasing my proficiency in driving social media growth. Utilizing photography skills, I captured and edited high-quality product images with Adobe Photoshop. Through Adobe Spark, I designed cohesive social media templates, enhancing our online presence. I created compelling content, managed various social media pages, and demonstrated design flair in crafting eye-catching layouts for flyers, posters, booklets, and business cards. Additionally, I played a key role in transforming corporate identities for three businesses and designed and managed Shopify eCommerce stores, contributing to their online success. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, I showcased a wide-ranging skill set in design, digital marketing, and content creation. Show less

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Creating videos, visuals and buttons that will be used across the company social media platforms and helping to develop the company website with the Positive Impact Events team.• Applying branding to videos.• Video editing.• Keeping all work in accordance to set brand guidelines.• Adding subtitles to videos.• Developing an online toolkit.• Designing presentations.• Organising my time and tasks effectively through the use of an action plan.• Creation of… Show more Creating videos, visuals and buttons that will be used across the company social media platforms and helping to develop the company website with the Positive Impact Events team.• Applying branding to videos.• Video editing.• Keeping all work in accordance to set brand guidelines.• Adding subtitles to videos.• Developing an online toolkit.• Designing presentations.• Organising my time and tasks effectively through the use of an action plan.• Creation of timeline infographics.• Using software such as Piktochart and Canva.• Changing the file format of videos.• Aiding in the design and creation of a Manual for Sustainable Events at IATA (International Air Transport Association).• Aiding in the design and creation of the company white paper using Adobe InDesign.• Designing workshop agenda documents. Show less

Chester, United Kingdom

Student Paper Representative for The University of Chester. My role included increasing the university's ties with paper mills through visits. Increasing awareness of campaigns around the university, for example, the recycling of used paper/paper cups. As well as the founding of the university print club alongside the printing technician so that students could learn traditional printing techniques and processes such as screen-printing, linocut, reductive printmaking and mono-printing.

Aiding Alpine Creative with the creation of promotional material during the start-up phase of the company.

Northwich, Cheshire

From animation and visuals to business cards, flyers and signs I contributed to a large variety of the client work whilst at Acrylic.

Marston, Cheshire

Contributing to the development of Lion Salt Works information booklets and posters for young attendees, school trips and events.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Graphic Design, Upper Second Class (2.1)

Activities and Societies: The Paper Library student ambassador for the University of Chester & Co-founder of the University of Chester.

Foundation Degree, Graphic Design

Btec National Diploma, Games Design & Animation, Mmp

Education record

GCSEs: Music B, Maths C, English C, Science C BTECs: Level 2 Digital Applications PASS, Level 1 Religious Studies Entry 3, Level 2 Applied.