Creative Manager at The Trade Centre Wales. Responsible for creating marketing and brand content for both The Trade Centre Wales and The Trade Centre UK. Creative content includes online advertising, billboards, signage, press ads and TV adverts.

I created OSHEA MEDIA to allow me to utilise the skills I have gained working in the media industry over the last 25 years. Work during this period has included a mixture of video, digital and print. I have created / designed social media campaigns, large format posters, food menus, book design, billboards, digital signage, press and magazine advertising. Clients have included Trade Centre Wales, Bassetts Motor Group, Trainer BMW, Celtic Mitsubishi, The Uplands Diner, Student Digz, Llanelli Scarlets, Swansea Rugby Club and Seren Media.

The South Wales Evening Post became part of the Trinity Mirror / Reach newspaper group in 2017. I looked after the motors category for Swansea, Neath, Port Talbot and South West Wales. My role required me to create marketing plans for key clients and plan the motoring platform. Sales targets were high but I was able to bring in some of the highest revenue in the company during my time in this role. I was one of the only team members to hit target in my final month in April 2018 achieving one of the highest revenues in the company. Additional to my sales role I was able to design adverts to brand manufacturer guidelines when required. These included designing print and digital adverts for brands including Honda, BMW, Mini, Seat, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Citroen, Kia, Renault and Nissan.

The Digital Agency was part of South West Wales Media portfolio offering a wide range of solutions to help local companies market their business online. My role was to create packages to maximise customer response through our digital display and social media platforms.

As Motors & Property Manager I was responsible for Motor Post and Property Post in Wales' largest selling paper the South Wales Evening Post. I was also responsible for the Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star. As manager I was responsible for the annual budgets, monthly team targets and ensuing my staff were trained in all areas of their job. My role also required me to work closely with all key motor dealers and estate agents in our area. During this period I won several national incentives competing against other teams in all of the other centres in our newspaper group.

As Training & Development Manager at South West Wales Media I was responsible for the training and development of over 40 members of staff in the production area of the South Wales Evening Post. My responsibilities included training staff on industry standard products at the time such as InDesign, Photoshop and QuarkXpress. I was also responsible for the running of several key industry specific products over the period including PropertyNet, File Primer, Media Planner, Classlinker and Planlinker.

As Production Deputy Manager in the South Wales Evening Post I was responsible for over 40 staff ensuring all adverts were designed and pages planned on time for press.

Each week I would be responsible for planning the South Wales Evening Post, Carmarthen Journal, Llanelli Star and Herald of Wales. I was also responsible for chasing up all adverts to ensure the pages hit the press at the allocated times. I was also responsible for setting up the software to make it a bespoke product for our business.

As a creative designer I was responsible for creating adverts for customers of the South Wales Evening Post. Software at this time included QuarkXpress, Freehand and Adobe Photoshop.

Working in the student bars on campus in Swansea University. I was a key holder and responsible for up to 30 staff. My duties included marketing the bars using web, posters and on-screen advertising. When the bars in Swansea University were taken over by the Students Union in 2004 an additional role added to my duties included training all new members of the Waterfront magazine on page layout on Adobe InDesign.

I created video advertising promotion videos for several pubs and clubs in and around the Swansea area. The promotional videos would be a mix of products, upcoming events and photos and videos of the venue.

I ran an evening class at Swansea College teaching Video Filming for beginners. This class covered the basic principles of videography.

Working as assistant to Nik Williams doing a variety of professional media work including Freelance TV Camera work, editing, sound, visual titling. We had several major clients including the BBC and Mark Wordley Productions.

My role as a P/T Lecturer at Swansea College was to train students on the basic principles of layout and ad design and the effective use of typography. This required me to set them weekly projects and tasks using Quark Xpress.