Mel White Design is a freelance design service, creating exciting and engaging design concepts for both Global and smaller start up brands with over 18 years of expertise in the retail sector.Using a plethora of both 2D & 3D visualisation software packages, brand identity is brought to life through a fusion of renders, sketches and Adobe Photoshop post production enhancement to produce stunning visuals.For enquiries, call Mel on: 07576 420862, email: mel@melwhitedesign.co.uk or… Show more Mel White Design is a freelance design service, creating exciting and engaging design concepts for both Global and smaller start up brands with over 18 years of expertise in the retail sector.Using a plethora of both 2D & 3D visualisation software packages, brand identity is brought to life through a fusion of renders, sketches and Adobe Photoshop post production enhancement to produce stunning visuals.For enquiries, call Mel on: 07576 420862, email: mel@melwhitedesign.co.uk or visit www.melwhitedesign.co.uk Show less

At Attic Room Design, I worked as a Senior Designer on a vast range of exciting retail and promotional concepts for a multitude of beauty and technology brands within a team environment. A huge motivation for me in my role was to constantly strive to exceed client expectations, through delivery of innovative designs enhanced via hand sketching methods, V-Ray rendering and Photoshop techniques.From inception to final design, liaising with clients, sales and project managers, as… Show more At Attic Room Design, I worked as a Senior Designer on a vast range of exciting retail and promotional concepts for a multitude of beauty and technology brands within a team environment. A huge motivation for me in my role was to constantly strive to exceed client expectations, through delivery of innovative designs enhanced via hand sketching methods, V-Ray rendering and Photoshop techniques.From inception to final design, liaising with clients, sales and project managers, as an individual and through collaborative team work also, concepts were effectively brought to life, with successes of winning competitive pitches.Throughout my time at ARD, I had been fully dedicated to researching, designing and project managing an in house evolving materials and resources library for staff and clients to access. Show less

During my short but fantastic time here at Design4Retail, working within a multi faceted design team, high quality retail design concepts were created for a number of large Global sports and technology brands, including Adidas, Puma and Lacoste.As well as bringing to life the imperative importance of the 'consumer experiential journey' with each and every design concept, my role included the 3D visualisation of brand concessions within large flag ship stores such as Harrods London, JD… Show more During my short but fantastic time here at Design4Retail, working within a multi faceted design team, high quality retail design concepts were created for a number of large Global sports and technology brands, including Adidas, Puma and Lacoste.As well as bringing to life the imperative importance of the 'consumer experiential journey' with each and every design concept, my role included the 3D visualisation of brand concessions within large flag ship stores such as Harrods London, JD Sports Trafford Centre and NK Homecourt Sweden. Being the first opportunity I'd had to work on these world famous sports brands, I found a real love for this sector and enjoyed overcoming the different types of design challenges this area of work brings.Here, I experimented with and presented my creations in many different styles, including 3D Studio Max, using Mental Ray rendering techniques, hand sketching, and the use of Google SketchUp. Show less

Throughout my experiences working as a Freelance Designer for various companies and individuals under the name of MooMel Creative, I was very fortunate to have worked on a number of very varied projects, from high quality POS and retail design concepts, to researching and designing the site and stage zones, overall theme and mood for Under the Stars Festival 2015.Experience of working confidently as a sole designer, and also within highly creative team environments also allowed for… Show more Throughout my experiences working as a Freelance Designer for various companies and individuals under the name of MooMel Creative, I was very fortunate to have worked on a number of very varied projects, from high quality POS and retail design concepts, to researching and designing the site and stage zones, overall theme and mood for Under the Stars Festival 2015.Experience of working confidently as a sole designer, and also within highly creative team environments also allowed for building on further awareness of design strategy methods, individual brand identity and commercial understanding. Show less

During my time as a Newly Qualified Teacher of Design, my main role involved delivering lessons in and implementing KS 3 Art, DT & Graphics, through which I was graded as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted when observed.

As a Graduate Trainee Teacher at Beauchamp College, I gained valuable experience in planning, writing, implementing and teaching projects in all areas of Design & Technology to KS 3, 4 & 5. In addition to this side of the course, I very much enjoyed helping to inspire students with my passion for design via links with local universities and design industry businesses.

During my role as a Learning Support Assitant I was required to assisted GCSE and A-Level SEN students throughout timetabled core subjects including Maths, English and Science as well as Product Design, Graphics, Photography, Textiles, Art & Media.

In a new role gaining experience in POS at Bezier, I worked within a team environment as a creative designer on a range of briefs based around POP, graphics and promotional fragrance / health care launches.I collaborated & communicated effectively to meet the needs of clients, whilst creatively pushing boundaries to deliver exciting concepts within tight deadlines.In addition to this, I effectively maintained up to date brand guidelines whilst creating engaging graphic / 3-D… Show more In a new role gaining experience in POS at Bezier, I worked within a team environment as a creative designer on a range of briefs based around POP, graphics and promotional fragrance / health care launches.I collaborated & communicated effectively to meet the needs of clients, whilst creatively pushing boundaries to deliver exciting concepts within tight deadlines.In addition to this, I effectively maintained up to date brand guidelines whilst creating engaging graphic / 3-D solutions for POP units and promotional sites. Show less

Whilst at Sheridan & Co, I had the wonderful opportunity of working on exciting briefs for Proctor & Gamble and some of the world’s largest iconic brands, including Gucci, Dolce & Gabanna and Hugo Boss. This experience enabled me to become more versatile in my creative thinking and mediums of design communication, having worked on briefs of all sizes from Harrods & Selfridges windows, through to promotional, POP, exhibition and full retail sites within tight deadlines.I confidently… Show more Whilst at Sheridan & Co, I had the wonderful opportunity of working on exciting briefs for Proctor & Gamble and some of the world’s largest iconic brands, including Gucci, Dolce & Gabanna and Hugo Boss. This experience enabled me to become more versatile in my creative thinking and mediums of design communication, having worked on briefs of all sizes from Harrods & Selfridges windows, through to promotional, POP, exhibition and full retail sites within tight deadlines.I confidently presented ideas with passion and conviction to clients, having regularly won competitive pitches, both individually and as part of a team. I have taken on whole projects solely, and succesfully lead and directed fellow team members through beginning to end of varied promotional projects.A great opportunity whilst here was to become a successful member of the Innovation Team, proactively pursuing new challenges. Show less

As a Graphic Designer for Mag Mouch (at Arnold Wills & Co), I created designs and concepts around core and licensed products, ranging from cufflinks, belts and other men’s / ladies accessories, through to full gift sets, packaging and corporate identity.This role required liaising with buyers on a regular basis, and being responsible for account handling with key high street stores, including M&S, Next, New Look and Asda.I regularly and effectively presented and communicated… Show more As a Graphic Designer for Mag Mouch (at Arnold Wills & Co), I created designs and concepts around core and licensed products, ranging from cufflinks, belts and other men’s / ladies accessories, through to full gift sets, packaging and corporate identity.This role required liaising with buyers on a regular basis, and being responsible for account handling with key high street stores, including M&S, Next, New Look and Asda.I regularly and effectively presented and communicated ideas and concepts to clients alongside and often on behalf of the sales team, and on occasions travelled to the Far East to meet with suppliers and generate new business. Show less

In my first design role working for Laura Ashley Design after completing university, I was mainly involved in advising customers on room schemes and the design service in general within a team. I devised and developed large numbers of individual concept presentations within tight deadlines, as well as dealing quickly and effectively with customer queries.