Donna Esiri Email & Phone Number

Thetford, Gb

United Kingdom

East Anglia, England, United Kingdom

I am currently working on a freelance basis to develop brand guidelines, social media campaigns, website materials and graphic design collateral in line with client requirements.

Bury St. Edmunds, England, United Kingdom

Made redundant due to Covid-19During this period, I designed and produced brochures using live data with EasyCatalog software for both print and digital markets to drive business revenue. I was responsible for maintaining and updating the company website, featured brands, main sliding banners and brand pages with logos and product images ensuring accuracy with brand guidelines. In addition, I created print and online materials encompassing website banners, web gifs, advertisement… Show more Made redundant due to Covid-19During this period, I designed and produced brochures using live data with EasyCatalog software for both print and digital markets to drive business revenue. I was responsible for maintaining and updating the company website, featured brands, main sliding banners and brand pages with logos and product images ensuring accuracy with brand guidelines. In addition, I created print and online materials encompassing website banners, web gifs, advertisement, flyers, vehicle graphics, signage, site maps and internal communications. Most notably:- Increased email marketing campaigns with MailChimp email platform for Thomas Ridley brand and Food Angels to deliver never before seen direct sales through campaigns that drove month on month revenue.- Designed and delivered brand consistency across the business in areas including media outputs, branded advertising campaigns and promotional activities.- Won ‘Employee of the Year 2019’ within just 10 months for the Buying and Marketing department. Show less

East Anglia

As Graphic Designer and HR Administrator, I designed inhouse H&S artwork, documents and signage for both native English and Non-English speakers to drive engagement and understanding across the business of health and safety concepts. In addition, I supported the HR department with HR activities. Most notably:- Designed materials for the re-launch of a new company concept for ‘Employee of the Month’.- Produced informative training guides and materials in multiple languages to… Show more As Graphic Designer and HR Administrator, I designed inhouse H&S artwork, documents and signage for both native English and Non-English speakers to drive engagement and understanding across the business of health and safety concepts. In addition, I supported the HR department with HR activities. Most notably:- Designed materials for the re-launch of a new company concept for ‘Employee of the Month’.- Produced informative training guides and materials in multiple languages to drive performance.- General design assistance designing material for the relaunch of the company’s new concept for ‘Employee of the Month’ scheme, catalogues, adverts and designed bespoke seed packets based on customer’s specifications - Took the lead in updating business documentation to a professional standard and making it easier for end users. Designed and produced site maps including traffic routing instructions using drone imagery.- Assistance within the HR department with general administration duties; preparing contracts and new starter information, sickness recording using HR software. Produced training documentation for use in several different languages including both pc and manual based tasks Show less

Walton-Upon-Thames

During this period, I developed concepts and artwork across multimedia platforms producing engaging designs with ownership for creating identifiable products and bringing new materials to market for all 250 franchisees. I was responsible for delivering large-scale rebranding projects to produce multi-purpose graphic design concepts for international markets. In addition, I provided insights and ideas to key stakeholders for approval and suggestion, conducted in-depth research into trends and… Show more During this period, I developed concepts and artwork across multimedia platforms producing engaging designs with ownership for creating identifiable products and bringing new materials to market for all 250 franchisees. I was responsible for delivering large-scale rebranding projects to produce multi-purpose graphic design concepts for international markets. In addition, I provided insights and ideas to key stakeholders for approval and suggestion, conducted in-depth research into trends and network with 3rd parties and clients to understand requirements. Most notably:- Implemented new branding guidelines for all material and translated UK-branded materials for German and Canadian markets encompassing over 500 pieces of print and digital branding collateral to launch brand in both markets.- Reduced SLAs from 7 – 10 days to 3 – 5 days. Show less

South West London & Suffolk

As a freelance Graphic Designer, I provided a range of graphic design, website graphics, flyers, brochures and other marketing collateral in line with client brand guidelines, timelines and budgets.• Quercus Books, HML Property groups – offsite. Licata + Greutol - onsite and Thompson & Morgan onsite

Ipswich, United Kingdom

I was hired as Studio Manager to develop digital and print designs for campaigns, publications and advertising campaigns including brochures, hand-outs, flyers and online graphics. I managed a 5-member team workload, identified development opportunities within the team and organised training seminars in topics including HTML to drive knowledge and capabilities. Most notably:- Introduced new software, post-production techniques and industry trends and improved workflow processes to… Show more I was hired as Studio Manager to develop digital and print designs for campaigns, publications and advertising campaigns including brochures, hand-outs, flyers and online graphics. I managed a 5-member team workload, identified development opportunities within the team and organised training seminars in topics including HTML to drive knowledge and capabilities. Most notably:- Introduced new software, post-production techniques and industry trends and improved workflow processes to enable seamless tracking of processes.- Led end-to-end delivery of digital and print design projects and introduced new looks and systems ensuring alignment with timelines and budgets. Show less

Chertsey, Surrey

As Content Creator, I led the end-to-end development of engaging training contents and e-learning modules for external suppliers encompassing demonstration sheets, workbooks and interactive actions. Most notably:- Introduced new branding style in the department ensuring alignment with company branding guidelines.-Identified opportunities to create new training support material across all product channels.- Introduced interactive PDF files and Wondershare to support video… Show more As Content Creator, I led the end-to-end development of engaging training contents and e-learning modules for external suppliers encompassing demonstration sheets, workbooks and interactive actions. Most notably:- Introduced new branding style in the department ensuring alignment with company branding guidelines.-Identified opportunities to create new training support material across all product channels.- Introduced interactive PDF files and Wondershare to support video editing projects and utilised extended length films to create punchy short videos. Show less

Richmond, Surrey

During this period, I improved and streamlined the design process and built team to include 10+ new freelance designers ensuring all project goals were met. Most notably:- Established a pool of 22 freelance designers, developed a backlist of 1000+ cover titles for digital publishing and led cover production / imagery selection of 50 to 60 Mills and Boon books.- Reduced image costs to save the business £35k per annum.

• Responsible for producing a wide range of designs for all marketing material • Deal with the complete design requirements for all our international offices, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, Canada and USA. • Develop, run and complete independently, projects including: Corporate brochures, Catalogues, Exhibition panels, Leaflets/Flyers, Posters, & Logo enhancement

• Used my creative skills to produce a range of designs both from concepts and client briefs. With a high level of customer contact, this necessitated a thorough understanding of the requirements, from business tools, brochures and corporate identity. Upon the departure of the senior designer I took over responsibility for all accounts including:• British Airways • Hertz UK • American Airlines• Public Records Office • DHL • Dell Computers

Gnvq Art & Design, Art/Art Studies, General

National Diploma Multi-Media, Desktop Publishing 2 Trac Ocn Accredited Course