Harte are a shopfitting business who have predominately operated in Food Retail however over recent years have diversified into cosmetics, high street and the discount marketplaces. With such a wide variety of customers across a multitude of market places Harte have a secure platform to continue building on their 50 year history. Typically engaged in several projects at once, I constantly seek to work smarter with the use of my design time. Making swift design decisions, utilising… Show more Harte are a shopfitting business who have predominately operated in Food Retail however over recent years have diversified into cosmetics, high street and the discount marketplaces. With such a wide variety of customers across a multitude of market places Harte have a secure platform to continue building on their 50 year history. Typically engaged in several projects at once, I constantly seek to work smarter with the use of my design time. Making swift design decisions, utilising standard components, and reworking existing products to increase design output. Attend meetings and represent company interests alongside clients, guiding the team through the best way for products to be designed, manufactured, and installed.Refreshed the company’s identity to better define their services and position within todays market. The rebrand marks the start of the 50th Golden Anniversary.Forefront team involved with Aldi’s £300m Project Fresh to upgrade all their existing store formats - producing drawings, install guides, presentations for their Bakery, H&B and BWS units.Involved with the Boots UK reinvent beauty project currently undergoing a millennial makeover to compete with the impressive rise of digital retail. Customer experience around the products had to be rethought and refreshed with a sustainable design approach Show less

A placement with the leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of Automotive POS displays. My goal was to deliver design excellence through a range of creative services to determine clients requirements, timescale and budget. Managing the project from typesetting through to graphic design, print and production. A large proportion of work is printed in-house, where I managed to excel in my graphic and layout skills as well as gain rich knowledge within the signage industry. Assigned… Show more A placement with the leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of Automotive POS displays. My goal was to deliver design excellence through a range of creative services to determine clients requirements, timescale and budget. Managing the project from typesetting through to graphic design, print and production. A large proportion of work is printed in-house, where I managed to excel in my graphic and layout skills as well as gain rich knowledge within the signage industry. Assigned to work with the company’s key accounts to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements.• Art direction • Brand strategies and placement • Creative communications • Posters, Flyers, Invites • Proof reading • POS • Advertisements • Signage • Direct mail • Logos • Brochures • Digital design • Print Management • Show less

To name a few:Glasshoughton Community CentreWorking with the project manager, I've created brochures and posters to help promote public awareness of the Glasshoughton Community Centre, includes Christmas craft fair flyer. Itsy Bitsy Baby ClubDesigned a new company logo, for a family friend in Macau opening a new nursery school for young toddlers. I created a range of logos using my Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills in-line with the brief. Blue Ocean… Show more To name a few:Glasshoughton Community CentreWorking with the project manager, I've created brochures and posters to help promote public awareness of the Glasshoughton Community Centre, includes Christmas craft fair flyer. Itsy Bitsy Baby ClubDesigned a new company logo, for a family friend in Macau opening a new nursery school for young toddlers. I created a range of logos using my Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills in-line with the brief. Blue Ocean TakeawayAiding a family member with my professional design approach to help redesign a new menu for the business and frequently updating advertorial designs for the online website. Show less

Organising elements within the store, from individual products to larger displays and creating ideas for void spaces on the shop floor to increase footfall. Assisted with general retail duties and providing customer service where possible. Creating visually inspiring displays through own judgement to encourage more sales, ensuring they were aligned with current trends and the company’s guidelines. •Moved displays accordingly around the shop floor, which created better traffic flow and… Show more Organising elements within the store, from individual products to larger displays and creating ideas for void spaces on the shop floor to increase footfall. Assisted with general retail duties and providing customer service where possible. Creating visually inspiring displays through own judgement to encourage more sales, ensuring they were aligned with current trends and the company’s guidelines. •Moved displays accordingly around the shop floor, which created better traffic flow and attracted more customer awareness•Minimise cost and waste through good process practise by using appropriate existing in-store furniture and fixtures where possible.•Proactively engaged with customers to understand their needs and make product recommendations•Supported the store to achieve a customer first experience through creating a visual identity through the implementation according to M&P guidelines•Assisting colleagues to achieve high-quality service output, through attentive customer service Show less

Volunteered to help with two projects that required assisting 12 - 12 yr olds with a sustainable garden to tackle the problems of furnishing and to prepare a design and technology fair. My responsibility was to promote creativity , help individual develop and share a range of fresh ideas with the students.Achievements and Accomplishments include:• Develop a successful strategy from using SWOT analysis to understand each student capabilities of reaching specific goals. •… Show more Volunteered to help with two projects that required assisting 12 - 12 yr olds with a sustainable garden to tackle the problems of furnishing and to prepare a design and technology fair. My responsibility was to promote creativity , help individual develop and share a range of fresh ideas with the students.Achievements and Accomplishments include:• Develop a successful strategy from using SWOT analysis to understand each student capabilities of reaching specific goals. • Manage the flow of day-to-day operations, from ensuring the garden tools are used safely by the students to writing down in the hourly log journal of the project progress.• Maintained high morale by recognising and rewarding individual student performances.• Worked as a team with the teachers to create design briefs for the students. Show less

A placement with the bubblegum department, My primary task is to research and create ideas for text, illustrations, images that compliments the inside and outside of the greeting cards.Achievement and Accomplishment includes:• The use of traditional drawing methods include watercolour painting• Discussed and learned ideas from the manager to get a sense of consumer preferences within the greeting card market.• Researched and presented Mothers day card ideas to… Show more A placement with the bubblegum department, My primary task is to research and create ideas for text, illustrations, images that compliments the inside and outside of the greeting cards.Achievement and Accomplishment includes:• The use of traditional drawing methods include watercolour painting• Discussed and learned ideas from the manager to get a sense of consumer preferences within the greeting card market.• Researched and presented Mothers day card ideas to managers and colleagues, few ideas was selected for further developing.• Designed and proposed a range of pop-up card concept ideas to the team, approved by the manager to be used as templates for new greeting cards. Show less