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.

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;

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.
• 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.