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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Durham, England, United Kingdom

World-building illustration for Santa Academy and other IPs by Hudson.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

BRAND DEVELOPMENTKey protector and creator of Bede’s new brand. Responsible for ensuring uniformity and cohesion across the business.Ensuring that all presentation decks are used correctly and display the correct brand.Educating and supporting Bede staff worldwide in the use of the Bede brand.ASSET CREATIONCreating documents and assets for Bede in both high stakes pitches, presentations and internal activities.Supporting the creation and design of documents for all Bede staff.INTERNAL INITIATIVE DESIGNSupporting the design and creation of campaigns for internal and engagement initiatives to support the wider Bede mission of being the Safest Place to Play and becoming the first choice employer.Production of digitally painted wall murals for Bede and sister company Rocket 9, featuring forest and space environments, vehicles, architecture, alien and humanoid characters.CAMPAIGN & PROJECT DESIGNSArt direction, concept development, UX/UI design and asset production for 8 online slot games, Blackjack, Roulette, and the company’s new responsive bingo client.Responsible for the creation of visuals and videos for marketing, recruitment and promotional campaigns across the business.Collaboration with other team members, workshopping designs and techniques, sharing knowledge and constructive feedback to efficiently achieve project goals.SUPPORT MARKETING TEAMKey part of the marketing team supporting the effort of promoting the company and ensuring its brand is upheld and accessible.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Award-Winning Software Supplier for the Online Gaming IndustryArt direction, concept development, UX/UI design and asset production for 8 online slot games, Blackjack, Roulette, and the company’s brand new bingo client.Collaborating with the Marketing Manager and the HR Team to design materials for networking events, online advertising and internal communications.Rollout of the company’s brand identity, ensuring consistency in public communication, graphic design of presentations, branded clothing, mugs, stationary and wall decals.Production of 3 digitally painted wall murals for Bede and Rocket 9, featuring forest and space environments, vehicles, architecture, alien and humanoid characters.Collaboration with other team members, workshopping designs and techniques, sharing knowledge and constructive feedback to efficiently achieve project goals.

Newcastle Upon Tyne

Freelance Illustration and Design ServicesProjects include game UI and asset artwork, digital wall murals, brand identity, corporate mascots, children’s book illustration and concept art.Project management and client relations.Promotion and marketing using social media and face-to-face networking events.

Remote

Children’s Entertainment BrandWorking within a multi-discipline team of artists, designers, writers and games developers to create an online social game for children and a companion book series.Concept development, UI design, artwork for animation, background illustration, comic strip illustration, character design and QA testing.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

CE Electric UK: Working within a small team maintaining a high level of accuracy within regional electricity distribution records. Using council maps and various websites to update domestic and business address databases, using MS Excel. Using Outlook and telephone to find further information. Filing and using MS Word.Vodafone: Customer focused sales role providing help and advice regarding a comprehensive range of mobile products and services. Duties include sales, problem-solving, educating customers about their new handsets, account enquiries, stock management.Proctor & Gamble: Contacting vendors via data obtained from SAP records, accurately recording information and updating customer spreadsheets. Creating hardcopies of correspondence & invoices received, filing and archiving them in an organized and accessible manner.

Prudhoe, Northumberland

Specialist Display and Animation Services for the Retail IndustryProduction of concept artwork visualising potential themed displays and installations in situ, used by the sales team when pitching to local and international clients.Creation of printed artwork featured in character tableaus and Santa’s Grottos. Design of new christmas decorations, characters and scenes.

Brand Identity

Intermediate - Advanced, Adobe Illustrator

Activities and Societies: Adobe InDesignAdobe InDesign

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Design: Multimedia And Graphics

Conceptual, creative and technical design for print and screen. Experience with traditional & digital art/design tools using both Mac &.

Education record

A/AS Level: Art, Mathematics, Physics GCSE: Art, Mathematics, Dual Award Science, Resistant Materials, English Language & Literature..