Feena Mccarthy Descloux Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Ireland

Dublin

Overseeing the production and delivery of Flutter’s internal Creative Studio work for Paddy Power. Project managing the process of turning creative ideas into tangible outputs across a wide variety of media in a highly regulated environment. Responsible for the allocation of studio resource, across multiple, often complex, projects at any one time. Ensuring that work is delivered on time, to the required level of quality, and within budget. Working with internal creative teams; creative managers, brand, customer marketing and online / social media teams. Also working with external producers, artists, designers, illustrators, photographers, typographers, copywriters.

Dublin

Available for freelance projects in both graphic and web design on an ongoing basis.

Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Role included:People management: team of 6* Liaising with Creative Studio team: weekly managers update meetings / weekly Graphics Creative team WIP meetings - communication of updates* Performance reviews: monthly 121s and quarterly review meetings with Graphics Creative team, encouraging and fostering great performance* Development plans: developing quarterly and yearly goals with team members, helping enable goals to be achieved* Managing freelance resources for peak times and to cover annual leave* Encouraging and organising training & upskilling of entire Creative Studio team (30+ people)Brand management: Including Paddy Power, Betfair, PPB, Flutter* Liaising with brand teams for external facing brands Paddy Power and Betfair: taking briefs, communicating briefs with Graphics Creative team - managing rollout of campaigns across all touch points* Managing end to end large key campaigns for Paddy Power and Betfair including - Cheltenham, Grand National, The Masters, World Cup, Start of Season, Chase day and Christmas campaigns for Press, Outdoor, Retail POS, PR and Events* Managing implementation of reactive creative* Liaising within Creative Studio teams to ensure brand consistency * Monitoring all Graphics Creative team assets internally and externally for brand accuracy and consistency* Ensuring responsible gambling message accurate across all assets * Quick thinking, problem solving and fast decision making* Managing and liaising with 3rd parties (outsourcing of press ad production and despatch to publication)

Dublin

Senior member of the Paddy Power Betfair in-house creative team in all aspects of the creative process. Working directly with business stakeholders across multiple channels. Interpreting creative briefs, presenting creative concepts and bringing concepts right through to final artwork. Projects include management and design of press advertising, internal communications and retail.

Dublin

Managing, leading and directing creative teams for key account projects including Nike, Davy Stockbrokers and Three Ireland. Responsible for ensuring creative excellence, positive campaign results and developing senior client relationships.

Dublin

RR Donnelley head office (January 2013 - Present) Working with many leading brands, in a busy, deadline-orientated environment. Responsibilities include being a key member of the creative team in all aspects of the creative process. Dealing directly with clients, receiving briefs, quoting, presenting creative concepts, bringing concepts to final artwork and liaising with printers. Role also includes pitching for new business, traffic management, art direction and photography management. Client list includes Three Ireland, Nike, Kellogg’s, Waterford Crystal, Eircom, O2 Telefónica Ireland, The Rehab Group, NCCA, Davy Stockbrokers, KBC Bank and Zurich Insurance.Eircom (January 2012 - December 2012) Working in-house with Eircom and sole responsibility for all below the line creative including advertising, internal communications and retail material. O2 / Telefónica Ireland (November 2008 - December 2011) Working in-house with a design team in O2/Telefónica Ireland, delivering design solutions for all below the line creative. Work included design, layout and amends of advertising, internal communications and retail material including magazines, brochures, product catalogues, flyers, posters, online advertising, updating O2 website, presenting creative to clients, complete responsibility for specific clients and projects.www.rrdcreative.com

Dublin

In Adept I was responsible for taking a brief from idea to artwork to completion, design, layout and amends of advertising material including press ads, outdoor, and some online, presenting creative to clients, complete responsibility for specific clients and projects. Clients included 20th Century Fox, Burger King and Repak.www.adept.ie

Dublin

In One Louder I had varied responsibilities including liaising with clients, writing creative briefs, putting together project budgets, taking a brief from idea to artwork to completion, design, layout and amends of advertising material including press ads, outdoor, and some online, sourcing print and paper stocks, presenting creative ideas to potential and existing clients, complete responsibility for specific clients and projects. Clients included The Rehab Group, The Irish Red Cross and Cash & Carry Kitchens.www.onelouder.ie

Dublin

Campaign was a busy challenging environment where my duties consisted of liaising with clients, taking a brief from idea to artwork to print, design, layout and amends of advertising material including press ads, outdoor, and some online, sourcing print and paper stocks, presenting creative ideas to existing clients, complete responsibility for two client companies. Clients included Wella Ireland, Thermoking International, CPL Recruitment and MACE Supermarkets.www.campaign.ie

Dublin

Design Forum was a design studio and training course set up and run by the National Learning Network for people with disabilities in order that they could learn design skills and experience a real life employment environment. It was a varied role including liaising with clients, helping students take a brief from idea to artwork to print, organising presentations, taking client phone calls and instructing students in classes on the design software and process. I taught students several FETAC level 5 modules including Communications, Design Skills, Drawing, Graphic Design Skills, Desktop Publishing, Image Processing and Computer Illustration Graphics. www.nln.ie

Professional Diploma, Leadership And Management, Pass

This course covered: Why organisations form; Getting The Right People; How to survive change; Management & Leadership; Coaching &.

Diploma, Professional Diploma In Project Management, Merit

This course covered Project Environment & the Role of the Project Manager; Project Integration; How to manage Scope, Schedule, Cost.

Certificate - Level 8 Award, Human Computer Interaction (Ui/Ux Design), Result - Completed And Passed With Merit

Topics covered include: - What is HCI and Interaction Design? And why are they important? - Context of HCI: communicating with clients.

Certificate In Web Development (Hetac Level 6), Web Development And Design, Distinction

Client Side Web Technologies (XHTML, CSS, Javascript); Server Side Web Technologies (Ruby on Rails); Introduction to Computing (Including.

Iact Diploma In Web-Design, Web Design, Distinction

HTML/XHTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash, Accessibility and Usability.

Higher Diploma In Community Arts Education, Community Arts

Community Contexts, Community and Adult Education, Visual Arts and Collaborative Practices, Community Arts Practice and Placement.

Postgraduate Diploma In Graphic Reproduction Technology, Graphic Design, Distinction

Graphic Design, Pre-press Technology (QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Typography, Printing, Print Finishing.

Degree In Fine Art, Fine Art

Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Drawing, Philosophy, History of Art, Psychology.