• Established profitable Design Agency business servicing the giftware, fashion & interiors industry on a stand-alone basis using both own & second-party designs.• Liaised with Senior Procurement Professionals for major blue-chip Clients determining product briefs & translating this into end products from design development through to print production & delivery.• Interior design consultant for major soft furnishing design companies at the forefront of the interior design business meeting internal sales targets coupled with an interesting, varied & colourful client base.• Taught successfully in Secondary education in two local schools having gained a PGCE in Art and Design at Northumbria University.• Managed and evaluated a project supporting vulnerable children with mild to severe learning difficulties between the ages of 5 and 13 years old.• Lived in various overseas locations. During these assignment periods successfully integrated with the local communities & expanded personal & cultural horizons. Set up various playgroups and Mums’n’Tums group in lieu of satisfactory facilities being available for my own children.Specialties: Interior Design, Art & Design, Giftware, Printing, Original Art