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Gerakas, Attiki, Greece

• Installing solid wooden floor, laminate, engineered floors• Installing deck for swimming pools, boats, balcony and terraces• Restoration of old wooden floors• Wooden staircases• Various finishes (e.g. aged look, brushed)• Painting - colouring, lacquering, varnishing wooden floors, old or new• Painting - colouring, lacquering, varnishing furnitures, old or new• Bespoke creations on furnitures and kitchens (make and fitting)• Wooden frames, inside doors, outside doors (make and fitting)

United Kingdom And Greece

• Delivering design production and graphic design services to a portfolio of clients• Maintaining knowledge of current trends to be able to deliver modern and innovative concepts• Identifying and taking all opportunities to promote products and services through exhibitions, design competitions and recommendations• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with clients to encourage repeat business• Successfully producing print-ready artwork in multiple formats• Understanding client brief in order to inform client design and enable the delivery of quality service• Developing and producing materials for clients, including brochures, flyers, posters exhibition materials/ banners, product catalogues, advertisements and merchandise in line with client brief and ensuing brand consistency• Developing knowledge of clients business to understand their marketplace and inform solution• Proactively looking for new business and cultivating prospective client relationships • Undertaking research to identify suitable suppliers and negotiating favourable terms • Managing budgets and controlling costs to ensure no overspend• Delivering proposals to clients and agreeing project deadlines and deliverables• Evaluating success of projects and looking for opportunities for future improvement

Greece

• Bespoke creations on furnitures and kitchens (make and fitting) • Wooden frames, inside doors, outside doors (make and fitting) • Special Structures for commercial use or for private houses

Greece

Marousi, Attiki, Greece

• Defining concepts for exhibition displays and brand promotion for major clients including Bud, Stella Artois, Moet, Estee Lauder, Trussardi, Prada, Dsquared², Nina Ricci (perfume departments) and Greek group companies including Everest, LaPasteria and Apivita.• Managing multiple concurrent projects from brief to client presentation balancing the needs of each client and prioritising tasks accordingly• Building relationships with clients and continuing to liaise with them throughout the project lifecycle to ensure vision is achieved• Providing creative and artistic support to colleagues and clients across multiple projects• Preparing client offers and tender proposals to secure new and existing client business• Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to colleagues, senior managers and clients• Producing 3D models with 3D software including Cinema 4D• Influencing senior management teams to adopt recommendations for process improvement• Designing and delivering new processes to improve project delivery and client experience and working to engage colleagues with change

Athens, Greece

• Collaborating with the creative director to develop concepts based on client brief• Acting as art director for smaller value projects• Preparing presentations and mock-ups for clients• Creating original ideas for pitches and delivering these effectively to clients to secure contracts• Working effectively cross functionally with Account Managers, Copywriters and Creative Directors

Greece

Junior Art Director to the company called Lexitel, a member of the group Pegasus Publishing S.A.Responsibilities• Creating advertisements’ layouts for clients and for company’s services featured on group’s publications like Ethnos newspaper, Imerisia newspaper and Hómme Magazine• Checking final files before being send to pressMajor Achievements:• Convinced my employers to update their software to the latest version of Adobe’s® Creative Suite• With the new version of Adobe’s Suite I updated the whole layout of advertisements with great success• Perfect communication with my seniors

Greece

Responsibilities• Magazine layouts for Autocar and Super Autocar using Adobe® InDesignMajor Achievements:• Learn in short time the use of Adobe® InDesign in expert level• Achieving positive comments from my supervisors• Delivering all of my assets within timescales

Greece

Junior Designer in the Greek magazines Moto Triti, Moto Triti Adverts and Motorbike News published by Motorpress Hellas S.A. The three magazines were being published twice a month.Responsibilities• Adverts layout using 3B2, an MS-Dos software• Magazine layouts• Creating layouts for clients advertisements• Designing headers and footers for adverts• Image Retouching Major Achievements:• I was employed without any previous work experience• Learn to use a complete unknown ms-dos software called 3B2 in short time• Despite being a new employee I did impress account managers and supervisors with my skills and the ability to learn quickly the needs of the company• Organize the workflow in a way that helped us to deliver the issues (80-100 pages, 2 weeks circulation) within timescales and with no overtime• Satisfied clients which were advertised in the magazine pointing out that they noted a growth in their sales since I took over.

Ba, Dtp, Graphic Designer

Activities and Societies: Linocut, Silkscreen printing, Free drawingDesktop Publishing and Gaphic Design

National Diploma, Education

Activities and Societies: Basketball teamBasic education