Grace Cole is an award-winning bath and body product, cosmetic and home gifts company which retails in over 94 countries. As creative studio manager I supervise the studio team members and deliver on brand designs across all platforms.Key Responsibilities• Identify trends and create mood boards.• Develop concepts, design and artwork innovative and unique packaging.• Art direct and assess creative work.• Proof artwork in multiple languages.• Communicate with suppliers.• Coordinate, schedule and forward plan with respect to all work received by the studio.• Brand guardian of Grace Cole, The English Bathing Company and The Luxury Bathing brand.• Create relevant cross-platform content for social media channels, (web banners, photographic and video).

My Passion Media is Canada’s largest travel and lifestyle media company. As the sole designer of Canadian Traveller, CT and their supplements I was responsible for all creative aspects of the magazines, from picture research, advertisement, production and layout design through to designing promotional material for print, online and events. Key Responsibilities• Designed Canadian Traveller magazine.• Redesigned and rebranded CT magazine.• Commissioned, wrote and created features.• Managed ad production and creation.

Pacific Magazines is one of the biggest publishing companies in Australia with an array of world class titles from Marie Claire to Better Homes & Gardens. As part of the Innovations Department in Pacific, a sub-department dedicated to advertising, I created advertising material for print, online and mobile content for some of the biggest accounts in the company. Working closely with editorial and advertising agencies, I led projects from idea to implementation, creating commercially viable designs and campaigns within tight deadlines and budgets.I created advertising material for L’Oréal Paris, Armani, Cadbury, Kellogg's, Target and Myer to name a few.Key Responsibilities• Met with clients to sell-in concepts.• Selected and hired suppliers.• Created estimates and managed budgets.• Managed and mentored the design team.• Art directed photoshoots.• Project managed large print and digital projects.

Motivate Publishing is the Gulf’s leading publisher of magazines and books. I created a refresh of Emirates Woman, the UAE’s most popular english language women’s magazine. My designs embraced the changing attitudes of women in the Gulf, giving the publication an international flavour. The Emirates Woman re-design was heralded as a success and I was promoted and asked to bring the same energy and creativity to What’s On, the UAE’s best-selling entertainment magazine and the company’s flagship title.