Odette Kirby Email & Phone Number

Broxbourne, Gb

East Hertfordshire

Small friendly graphic design studio.Crafting clear, concise and engaging designs. Making sense of information in a visual way.

London Area, United Kingdom

Very lucky to have crafted a few presentations and visuals for the team at Ivory Worldwide. Mix of pitches and client work.

United Kingdom

Am lucky enough to have a long term relationship with the team at The Storytellers, tackling anything they need for their 'programmes of change' for their corporate clients; from Interactive PDFs to large and small format print for their events, to creative slide presentations (mainly in Powerpoint). Their projects involve working closely with the Producers, Creative Director, Consultants and occasionally the client, ensuring creative, cohesive and resourceful design solutions, strong attention to detail, and take time to understand intention of end product.

London, United Kingdom

Graphic Design Manager for this medium sized Financial Services Company. Responsible for every item of branded collateral produced (print & digital, from in-house stationery to reports) and all new business and company presentations. To achieve this I managed a team of freelance designers and Client Account Managers.Key responsibilities and achievements:• 2020: Adapted to wfh which included shifting 90% of presentations from Indesign to Powerpoint for a more agile delivery process• 2019: worked with the new Managing Partner and external agency to deliver a new brand identity, sub brand for a new events programme, and design and deliver a new company website over an intense 3 month period• No longer lost pitches due to badly designed and dated presentations thus establishing the graphics department as a go-to resource and ensured information consistency across all collateral.• Encouraged teams to become more digital, not rely on paper presentations and to become better presenters• Worked within a highly secure IT environment

London, England, United Kingdom

Companies include: Colefax and Fowler, Uffindell, Kerbang, Capita, Independents United, National Theatre, The Storytellers, VS Company…Brands: Capita, BioIstanbul, Cushman & Wakefield, National Theatre, Guinness, Johnny Walker, Pitney Bowes, Metso, Higgins Homes, Harley Medical Group, British Gas, Precis, Cellap, Diesel…Projects: Brochures large & small, marketing collateral, tool kits, infographics & icons, creative implementation, retouching, illustration

East London, E11

Small, friendly design company owned by Odette Kirby. Based in East London.

London, England, United Kingdom

Role breakdown: Design; art direction; project management; artwork; press passing; commissioned & managed external suppliers Brands: Colefax and Fowler, Jane Churchill, Manuel Canovas, Larsen, Kingcome Sofas, Sibyl and John AntiquesSignificant achievements:• Re-established the design studio within the company• Developed brand guidelines for all brands – thus brand guardian for all branded collateral• Helped define visual marketing strategy for Jane Churchill, challenging and progressing the print spec for this brands collateral• Managed the design and production of all collateral for every new collection for each brand (2 brands launched at the same time. Time frame: from shoot to launch approx 3 months): brochures, high-end retouching of imagery, collection catalogues, adverts, HTML emails, web site design, company gifts, pattern book graphics, window graphics

Ba (Hons), Graphic Design

Professional Diploma In Ux Design, Ux Design