Managing a busy in-house design team, consisting of 12 creatives across all levels. Ensuring that the brand guidelines are implemented and maintained across all other departments in the business. And that the output of the design team remains consistent and of the high standard we have set for ourselves.During my initial few months in the role I’ve implemented structure, training and progression opportunities across the team and increased the number of designers from 5 to 10 as we take… Show more Managing a busy in-house design team, consisting of 12 creatives across all levels. Ensuring that the brand guidelines are implemented and maintained across all other departments in the business. And that the output of the design team remains consistent and of the high standard we have set for ourselves.During my initial few months in the role I’ve implemented structure, training and progression opportunities across the team and increased the number of designers from 5 to 10 as we take on more work and design functions, but insist on keeping the same quality levels.We cover the a whole range of design disciplines. From stores, to email, POS to events & charity days, packaging, web... If it’s got our brand logo on it, we’ve probably worked on it. Show less

Helping tackle creative challenges across the business. From branding new look More stores and truck liveries to creating a visual identity for new promotions as well as everything in-between. Working in a busy studio of 5 designers (including me) and reporting into the studio manager.

Responsible for the look and feel of communications both colleague and customer facing. Working across a wide range of projects including promotion visuals via window posters, POS, press adverts and catalogue design.Creating guidelines for the companies internal brands, including use of tone of voice and visual style across all marketing communications.Major projects have included the rebranding the companies head office, we wanted this to be more than just a lick of paint, and… Show more Responsible for the look and feel of communications both colleague and customer facing. Working across a wide range of projects including promotion visuals via window posters, POS, press adverts and catalogue design.Creating guidelines for the companies internal brands, including use of tone of voice and visual style across all marketing communications.Major projects have included the rebranding the companies head office, we wanted this to be more than just a lick of paint, and created a look and feel in line with the companies tone of voice, through the use of tongue in cheek copy and visuals. Producing copy with correct tone of voice for "the good life" brand to be used across numerous marketing communications. Show less

As the sole In-house graphic designer, I had to be very organised and prioritise my workload under my own initiative to meet all deadlines whilst maintaining a high attention to detail and ensuring that each of the companies brands retained its own individual identity. I was involved across the entire design process, from initial concepts to either print or online execution.A key part of the role was designing and producing artwork for an extensive 356 page catalogue, implementing and… Show more As the sole In-house graphic designer, I had to be very organised and prioritise my workload under my own initiative to meet all deadlines whilst maintaining a high attention to detail and ensuring that each of the companies brands retained its own individual identity. I was involved across the entire design process, from initial concepts to either print or online execution.A key part of the role was designing and producing artwork for an extensive 356 page catalogue, implementing and maintaining numerous style sheets and liaising with print companies and suppliers.Other projects included: Printed adverts and marketing materials, packaging, branding, POS, pop up banners, exhibition stand graphics, online web banners and content, creating and sending e-shots, maintaining social media presence and even a livery for a London taxi which was featured at London Fashion Week. Show less

This was a varied role working across the companies numerous and diverse brands. Primarily my responsibilities were to create graphics for garments (including placement and all over prints), hang tags and labelling as well as packaging and branding. Part of this role was to finalise artwork for the companies eastern factories and liaise with them on a daily basis throughout the proofing process. This exposed me to a range of printing processes and techniques. I developed… Show more This was a varied role working across the companies numerous and diverse brands. Primarily my responsibilities were to create graphics for garments (including placement and all over prints), hang tags and labelling as well as packaging and branding. Part of this role was to finalise artwork for the companies eastern factories and liaise with them on a daily basis throughout the proofing process. This exposed me to a range of printing processes and techniques. I developed and maintained brand guidelines for some of the the companies' major brands then subsequently managed the approval processes of submissions from third party suppliers. During my time at the company I was tasked with managing the design and production of quick response t-shirts. Which were produced following sporting events, such as Andy Murray reaching the final of Wimbledon, these would have to be turned around quickly and involved working closely with the in house printing team. Show less