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Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Designing and handling print for brand guidelines, marketing collateral and out of home advertising for Visit Leeds. • Creating bid documents, pitch decks, presentations and infographics for teams within the City Development directorate. • Responsible for commissioning photography and videography.

United Kingdom

I help clients with branding, communication and marketing challenges. Through brand strategies, tone-of-voice, messaging and copywriting I'm passionate about helping organisations to stand out and get their story heard.A confident and effective marketing and branding consultant with excellent design expertise. My business experience has enabled me to manage projects and motivate others whilst organising my time to ensure high standards of work and performance. Talents include: crafting logos, infographics, marketing collateral, editorial layouts, publications, websites, reports and presentations.Clients I've worked with: Leeds Women's Aid, World Fair Trade Organisation, Penine Domestic Abuse Partnership, Women's Lives Leeds, The Finance Innovation Lab, Women Friendly Leeds, North East Counselling Services, Northumberland Ltd, From the Fields Events, London School of Economics

Kirklees, England, United Kingdom

Brand awareness campaigns, communications planning, graphic design, stakeholder campaigns

Asia & Australia

Between 2012 and 2014 I travelled in Asia and Australasia to discover more about global trade and to volunteer with a number of artisan groups helping them improve their online marketing particularly their approaches to using social media as a means to garner direct business.During this time I was commissioned as a consultant for a number of buyers and fair trade businesses. My roles included developing new product ranges and their associated approaches to marketing. This led to orders for organisations from buyers including John Lewis. • Trend Research • Product & Labelling• Ethical Procurement • Design for Marketing• Client Services

Fair Trade Futures Conference 2013, Australia

Awarded a project management role spearheading the online content for the first Fair Trade Futures digital conference. This work involved producing digital content, participant guidelines as well as managing digital contributions and event schedules for network members across Australia and New Zealand.• Graphic Design• Campaign Development• Project Management

York

A hands-on role creating product ranges from market data and research as well as their associated marketing materials and sales collateral. My approach to work was rewarded with an additional position managing key customer account 'Oxfam GB' to generate large volume bespoke orders, oversee quality control checks and in turn generate an excellent company profit.• Trend Research • Product & Labelling• Ethical Procurement • Design for Marketing• Client Services

Leeds, United Kingdom

In house agency position where I honed my Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills preparing work for print. Work often involved unpredictable additions, amendments and deadlines were tight. I learned to be responsible for organising and prioritising efficiently and developing a great eye for detail. • Mac Operating• Art work finishing• Print Handling

Uk

In house agency position where I honed my Adobe Illustrator and InDesign skills preparing work for print. I often worked on complex print jobs for clients including The Football Association and Unilever. Work often involved unpredictable additions, amendments and deadlines were tight. I learned to be responsible for organising and prioritising efficiently and developing a great eye for detail. I thoroughly enjoyed the pace of this work and the skill-sets are something I have valued and used throughout my onward career. • Mac Operating• Art work finishing• Print Handling

2:1 Ba (Hons), Graphic Arts & Design

Activities and Societies: Student magazine designer.

Business Management Aset Qualification, Merit

Digital Marketing Aset Qualification, Merit

Copywriting For Advertisinng, Merit

Typography, Short Course, Merit

Professional Certificate, Website Management, Merit

Foundation, Art And Design