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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Creating visually exciting marketing material targeting prospective students.Responsibilities and Achievements· Using time management and work flow software Streamtime and Intelligence Bank· Working within a hybrid work environment with stakeholders and colleagues spread acrossAustralia and New Zealand· Working within a studio team of two other designers and one copywriter across Melbourne and Sydney· Creation of project concepts and pitching ideas in presentation format· Designing long and short form layouts for course guides and course flyers· Creation of infographics for course guides and promotional flyers· Creating storyboards followed by animating videos for social media by learning to useAfterEffects· Visually engaging Power Point design for sales · Setting up digital files for accessibility· Branding merchandise such as tote bags, coffee cups, water bottles, uniforms and lanyards· Creating MailChimp eDM templates· Crafting visually exciting designs, such as flyers, promotional cards, pull-up banners, merchandiseand booth signage for Open Days, Orientation Days and Careers expos — plus assisting at the events· Completing a short course in entry level Sitecore· Awarded Marketer of the Month, August 2022· Completion of certificate in Leadership Essentials

Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

Lead graphic designer for 10 of Hyatt Australia’s luxurious hotels across Australia and New Zealand. · Grand Hyatt Melbourne· Park Hyatt Melbourne· Hyatt Hotel Canberra - A Park Hyatt Hotel· Hyatt Regency Sydney· Hyatt Regency Brisbane· Hyatt Centric Melbourne· Hyatt Place Melbourne, Essendon Fields· Hyatt Regency PerthNominated for Rising Star of the Year award at Grand Hyatt Melbourne in 2018.

Melbourne, Australia

My design skills cover a wide range of collateral, including brochures, flyers, corporate collateral and even presentation design.When it comes to conceptual abilities, I am just as confident - thriving in logo design and visual corporate identities. When it comes to the communication side of design, I can professionally liaise with clients, printers and suppliers by composing return briefs, seeking enquiries and receiving and writing quotes. Then I can swiftly wrap up projects, by setting up files for finished artwork and completing the jobs with invoices.There's no doubt about it, I am a confident, passionate designer at every point of the creative process.

Melbourne, Australia

A Brand Designer for Australia's #1 marketing services company – waving my creative wand across internal and external designs – from logos, to eDMs, DMs, social posts, web page designs, CEO presentations and even graphics for animated videos. My design has been used across the Sensis brands, from Yellow Pages to White Pages, True Local, Whereis and a genius little app called Skip.During my time at Sensis, I have been awarded twice with High Achiever Awards – one for my conceptual work on a nation-wide conference, and another for my involvement in design for Sensis at the 2016 Melbourne Cup.

Traralgon

Working as a designer in this boutique studio, I got my hands on all kinds of creative work – from branding and conceptual thinking, to web design, advertising and even packaging.This opportunity gave me the chance to create new brands from scratch with clients, and work on existing brands, adhering to strict style guides.During my time at TVFH, I also liaised with clients, printers and suppliers – working to get the best creative outcome for all involved.

During my time at Kmart, I was promoted to Team Leader – explosing me to valuable experience in managing teams and projects – something I use in my design work to this day.

At Diva, I worked with my flair for all things visual to style customers – giving them the latest looks with jewellery. I also gained invaluable customer service skills which help me to continue put the end user first in my work as a designer.

As my first job, this position taught me how to manage time in busy periods, juggle priorities and get the best results for a larger business. I value all of these skills to this day!

Ux Design

UX design short course

Bachelor Of Design, Communication Design

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Visual And Media Arts

High School