Maria Hunt Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Working with M&S and helping them to create beautiful photorealistic images across the home wear category - furniture, bedding, curtains, lighting, and soft furnishing. Reviewing and understanding client briefs and delivering accurate quotes and keeping production on an agreed budget.Led design teams and sourcing of external suppliers to deliver the best CG images and mixed media with high-quality assets for M&S account. Managed multiple projects at the same time, ensuring all briefs and SOW are clear for the team to follow and adhere to given timing plans as well as budget.Led cost-reduction projects, utilizing value engineering concepts and negotiation skills to achieve significant savings.Ensured all assets are briefed and set up correctly once uploaded online.Fostered strong relationships with clients and suppliers, promoting open communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Successfully managed and delivered a wide range of CGI projects within the automotive industry, adhering to strict timelines and budget constraints.• Collaborated closely with Ford and Aston Martin clients, creative teams, and technical specialists to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables.• Led cross-functional teams of artists, designers, animators, and developers, providing clear direction, setting project milestones, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.• Conducted comprehensive project planning, including resource allocation, budgeting, and risk assessment, to ensure successful project execution.• Developed and maintained strong relationships with clients, proactively addressing concerns, managing expectations, and ensuring client satisfaction.• Implemented effective project communication strategies, providing regular updates to stakeholders and facilitating open lines of communication.• Monitored project progress, identified potential risks and issues, and implemented mitigation plans to ensure project success.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Led strategic sourcing of suppliers to deliver bespoke Axminister carpet design and Installation for major hospitality clients globally such as Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott world-wide. • Creating quotes up to $1 million, followed by placing orders with the factory in Middle East and liaising about priorities with US head office. • Creating design briefs and assigning work to inhouse design team. • Organising logistics of shipments from EMEA. • Monitoring from start to finish and updating reports on a weekly basis in line with critical path.• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including artist, developers, quality control, and production, to ensure high quality images and media delivery.• Monitored suppliers and artists performance, quality, and delivery regular status reports.• Liaising with construction manager

Warwick

• Meeting with clients to discuss and understand the brief often on sites across England.• Following the site walk I would submit an estimate• Collaborated closely with internal teams of craftsmen and artists to ensure the highest possible standard is being met based on the brief.• Oversaw end-to-end art installation within hospitality industry for Giraffe restaurant and TGI Friday’s across England and manage and mitigate any unexpected complications on site.• Managed project budgets, allocated resources, and tracked expenses to ensure projects were delivered within scope and budget.• Responsible for outsourcing and ordering all the materials from number of screws needed for a frame to arranging subcontractors and their brief and site access.• Follow the project plan, identified risks, and implemented mitigation strategies to ensure successful project completion on site with the install team.• Leasing with site manager prior to installation to ensure the site was ready for us and organising any Health and Safety training for our staff prior to installation.• Following technical drawings to ensure installation as per CAD but also making sure that it is aesthetically appealing too.• Managed client relationships, attend snagging and fostering productive partnerships and ensuring client satisfaction.• Hands on installation and painting murals with artists when needed

London, United Kingdom

o Packaging Graphic Design for Perfect Crunch crispso Developed Branding and marketing campaigns o Design and Print large banners and promotional material for trade shows in Londono Planned and coordinated events to improve brand perceptiono Created Website with full graphics design content o Creating POS material placed at local retailers o Social Media content

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Design & Develop new eyewear products3D Modelling of Eyewear High specs technical drawing for manufacturersRendersVisual Presentation for clientsBlog Writing

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Product Design InternshipExperienced in 3D Modeling using SolidWorks, AutoCad, Shark, 3DMax, --Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Web design and development, Graphic Design, AnimationRendering, Sketching, Model making, Technical DrawingResearch, Marketing, Visual Presentation

Milan Area, Italy

Designing Industrial products for commercial market sold across Europe. Living and Working abroad, designing products for reputable A&D companiesResearch & Development of new Products, Service Design and User ExperiencesPreparing 3Dvisuals, Technical Drawings, sketches and Presentations

Poole, Dorset

Design innovative thermoformed packaging solutionsProvide technical packaging expertise in support of customer meetingsDeciding on the best materials for each new product Using Solidworks and TOPS and or CAPE PACK software3D Modelling in solidworksLiaising with Clients to work on new projectsHand sketching RenderingProduct TestingPreparing presentations for clients

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Industrial And Product Design

Psychology And Sociology, Industrial And Product Design