• Designer in a fast paced personalised card shop.• Designing and creating bespoke wedding stationery for clients.• Meeting with clients to discuss their design ideas and then putting these into practice.• Designing and creating bespoke cards using techniques for the card shop brand.• Fully trained in the card business making techniques in the work shop.• Using Apple Mac and design software to make custom made cards.• Managing work load, communicating effectively with a team of staff to meet daily deadlines on time.

I started working freelance in 2010, creating my own designs for greetings cards & wrapping paper. I take my inspiration from seasonal and trending topics. Packaging all my products neatly and dispatching them on time to customers. I hand draw all my designs and edit them using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

• Team leader meeting with clients to discuss their productions.• Leading a team of staff to coordinate costumes for productions• Working together with the Charades team altering & making costumes for hundreds of productions a year.• Assisting with the design of, and research into costumes. • Visiting amateur dramatic groups measuring the full cast of actors from children to adults in all shapes and sizes.• Working independently on bespoke costumes.• Carrying out a range of tasks from ordering accessories, overseeing fittings and helping with continuity.• Taking instructions from Costume Designers, Costume Design Assistants, Costume Supervisors and Wardrobe Supervisors.