A dedicated, commercially-minded, creative communications professional, with extensive knowledge and experience in marketing communications, procurement and in the print management sector across advertising, pr, packaging, corporate, branding and retail.With over 25 year experience both agency and client-side, a true leader from the front. I believe the key to success for any team is strong communication, clear direction and a collective focus to deliver over and above the required… Show more A dedicated, commercially-minded, creative communications professional, with extensive knowledge and experience in marketing communications, procurement and in the print management sector across advertising, pr, packaging, corporate, branding and retail.With over 25 year experience both agency and client-side, a true leader from the front. I believe the key to success for any team is strong communication, clear direction and a collective focus to deliver over and above the required targets.Specialities: Creative Communications, Design and Project Management, Expert level Adobe Creative Suite applications, Design Studio Management, working with and writing corporate Brand Guidelines, Project and Campaign Management, Colour & Brand Management, Print Project Management, Service Contract Negotiation, Point of Sale production and implementation, Retail Display, Business Process Reviews, Technical Expertise in all Categories of Print Production.I am design-loving and customer focused with an extensive range of experience and a bit of a geeky obsession with process driven creative solutions. I get excited about logos, typography, layout structures and all things digital. I have crafted the skills of good communication, clear thinking and organisation to support marketers and to help designers do what they do best. My approach is pro-active and diplomatic, I am most confident in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. I get great job satisfaction from creating strong relationships with clients and colleagues as well as a buzz from working with a talented team. Show less

Managed two Studio teams, a print procurement team, a production night crew, a Marketing team and a digital photographic studio. Creating, project managing and directing integrated retail marketing campaigns. • Responsible for the production of £30 million of print• Overall production responsibility for all in store campaigns for Safeway Stores• Creative responsibility for the Safeway design approval process • Creation of the Safeway corporate brand guidelines• Built online… Show more Managed two Studio teams, a print procurement team, a production night crew, a Marketing team and a digital photographic studio. Creating, project managing and directing integrated retail marketing campaigns. • Responsible for the production of £30 million of print• Overall production responsibility for all in store campaigns for Safeway Stores• Creative responsibility for the Safeway design approval process • Creation of the Safeway corporate brand guidelines• Built online image bank circa 27,000 product shots with meta data• Built product and price database, producing circa 480,000 automated artworks annually• £2.5 million pounds of design and artwork brought in house from external agencies• £1.5 million pounds of press advertising brought in house from external agencies• £150k of digital photography brought in house. Show less

Studio and Systems Manager in a Packaging Design studio.Responsible for Hasbro, Land Rover and Reebok accounts.