Highly creative and multitalented Creative Graphic Designer/Art Director/Artworker with 15+ years of experience, directing photo shoots and creating eye-catching designs.Clients - The White Company, Bambini Mio, ME&EM, Beauty Bay, Tui Travel, Bicester Village, Avon Cosmetics, BooHoo, Warehouse, Oasis, Docks-Brussels, RBH, Wacoal Lingerie & Swimwear, Cameron Homes.Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, developing new concepts, and delivering forward-thinking, creative photography & design projects for a variety of top-level clients. Proven track of creative success translating briefs into eye catching photography and design for brands/clients. Equipped with exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills. Excel within deadline-driven environments, while ensuring projects meet all milestones and budget requirements. Ability in organising the workload. Corporate materials, digital assets, gifs, adverts, B2B, magazines, POS, posters, catalogues, report and accounts.Areas of Emphasis• Creative Planning & Direction• Brand Strategy Development• Adobe Creative Suite• Catalogue Management System• Newsletters / Brochures / Flyers • Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, & Illustrator• Full Life Cycle Project Management• Digital Assets / Direct E-mails• E coms & Social• Relationship ManagementFlexible and able to apply and adapt design skills across multiple channels/mediums and sectors for print or digital outputs.

AVON Cosmetics - Designed and created impactful brochure layouts and campaign stories, collaborating with a multitude of functions to ensure the creative was executed successfully and delivered consistently.Art Directed photographic shoots and styling for key innovation for UK and GLOBAL brochures. Worked to tight deadlines, designing and Artworking a massive 18 books per year plus supportive marketing, digital material and product branding. Brand development on new product lines and initiatives. Contact with printers to provide optimal solutions for print outputs. Flight checking and outputting files to a print ready standard whilst meeting all deadlines.

Art Director/Graphic Designer/Studio manager of a small design agency, A mixture of new business pitches, integrated campaign work for new and existing clients. Producing posters, flyers, booklets, magazines, corporate identities and much more. Clients included Sharps Bedrooms, Sterling Press, British Medical Association, Oriflame, Argos, Tesco’s, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Nationwide Building Society, Lyco, MNDA, Hervey building supplies, Help the Aged and many more.Worked on multiple projects from initial brief to finished print ready Artwork, managed my time effectively to meet the agreed schedules and deadlines. Ensured that the assigned creative work was executed flawlessly using current trends.

Nationwide Building Society - Graphic Designer promoted to Studio Manager within the in-house studio.Designed all in branch materials and press adverts, also a lot of material for corporate events and exhibitions and report and accounts.Art Directed all photography for coeporate events and Branded clothing. Produced the Nationwide Building Society corporate brand guidelines manual, ensuring that any outside agencies or printers were using our brand colours and logo in the correct way.