Chris Mackinlay Email & Phone Number

Gateshead, Gb

Billingham

Billingham

Darlington, United Kingdom

• Managing a team of middleweight designers and digital printers/art workers including planning work schedules• Supervising the work of all production artists on the team, working closely to mentor them and develop their skills• Ensure that all work produced is technically correct resulting in high-quality, print-ready files.• Assign, schedule and estimate all production art.• Ensure that production pieces are produced timely, on budget and with the degree of quality promised to the client.• Maintain interaction with print production and art directors on scope of projects.• Direct and guide production artists in preparation of files.• Collaborate with art directors to design and produce pieces for new business and client presentation.• Creating a workflow structure with managers• Attend resource meetings with the Project Team• Running the studio schedule, allocating work, creating schedules and briefs• Responsible for overseeing the design and artwork of all marketing and print collateral using an internal digital print Fiery system.• Managing 3rd party contractors and external print suppliers• Training staff on usage of design department equipment.• Monitoring print usage by department /cost benefit analysis of when to use external prints• Monitoring imagery used by clients and ensuring we have imagery suitable for use with new and existing collateral.• Progressing photography projects• Reporting of departmental performance, hours worked/print costs• Reporting to management on hours / projects per department• Responsible for ensuring design process complies with ISO and Marketing policies and procedures, and gaining feedback benchmarking service from internal and external clients.• Remain current on industry trends and technology.• Ensuring consistency of branding against clients brand guidelines.• Find/pitch for and sustain work on a range of projects for external clients. • Responsible for the Health and Safety of the department and staff

Darlington, United Kingdom

Responsible for creating design solutions that had a high visual impact including listening to clients and understanding their needs before making design decisions. • Meeting clients or to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job;• Interpreting the client's business needs and developing a concept to suit their purpose;• Estimating the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients;• Developing design briefs by gathering information and data through research;• Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts;• Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time;• Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to clients or account managers;• Working with a wide range of media, including photography and computer-aided design• Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work;• Contributing ideas and design artwork to the overall brief;• Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches;• Working on layouts and artworking pages ready for print;• Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as Indesign, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Fuse, Dreamweaver and Fiery• Developing interactive design;• Commissioning illustrators and photographers;• Working as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.

Darlington

EMA Team Supervisor with a team of 8 people to support. My duties include dealing with Overwritten records, team building, and helping with banking and finance. Also includes advising of processing and quality targets to team members and assisting any queries staff may have when processing applications for our client.

Richmond, North Yorkshire

I co-founded Stanwin, a creative agency with a focus on media projects for the public sector. We also provided design and development services to businesses, charities and community groups and IT consultancy through intelligent 0800 telephony routing.Accomplishments• At age 23 I developed a business plan, obtained financing, set up and operated a profitable company for 4 years• Secured and managed our largest customers through proactive sales and the tender process including the Home Office, Richmondshire Council, Hambleton Council and The Prince's Trust• Led project design, development and the implementation of web software alongside creative design and content• Key liaison with our Local Strategic Partnership sharing knowledge and best practice to help improve the working practices of businesses

Darlington

Customer Relations Upgrade Supervisor with duties including website upgrades, selling handset upgrades to customers, and business to business customer relations. Also Including time giving support to a 10 person customer relations team, handling all escalated calls and helping to meet daily targets for call quality.