Chu Man

Freelance Graphic Designer

Ipswich, United Kingdom
Creative Senior Designer with over 20 years experience with an excellent eye for type and imagery, who has worked across a variety of sectors.

A strategic thinker who is passionate, design curious, and confident in making, communicating and rationalising design decisions.

Experienced in taking briefs from concept through to finished artwork, collaborating with project stakeholders to deliver projects according to budget and goals.

Work Experience

The FA

Freelance Graphic Designer

Picking up brands’ visual identities, understanding why they work, to bring to life potential commercial partnership activations for the commercial team pitches.

Utilising photoshop visualisation, print design, pack mock ups and event branding, this has contributed in securing high profile, multi-year, £multi-million partnerships with BT, LG, PayPal, Google Cloud, Deliveroo, Barclays among others, to the benefit of grassroots football.
June 2015 - Present

Deliveroo

Freelance Designer

December 2019 - December 2019 London, United Kingdom

Whippet

Freelance Designer

Working on M&S Food, campaign and in-store communications.
October 2019 - October 2019 London, United Kingdom

Spark - Brighter Thinking

Freelance Designer

Design and localisation of home entertainment titles for film studios,
Disney, Universal and Paramount for European markets.
July 2019 - September 2019 London, United Kingdom

Charterhouse

Freelance Designer

Working on In-store POS for the Budgens and Londis brands.
March 2015 - March 2015 United Kingdom

Oliver Marketing

Freelance Designer

Design and artwork of brochures and other print materials for Onefamily Insurance.
March 2015 - March 2015 United Kingdom

Tesco

Freelance Designer

March 2013 - March 2015 United Kingdom

Freelance Designer (Self Employed)

Freelance Graphic Designer

Clients I have worked for in a freelance capacity include:
British School of Osteopathy, The Creative Place, Escape Dream Homes, The Heatpack Company, New Look Retailers, Summer Design, Tesco plc, Villas-Plots.com

For detailed information for each booking please expand the links below.
June 2011 - Present United Kingdom

The Creative Place

Freelance Designer

Assisting studio with various projects,
February 2013 - Present United Kingdom

New Look

Freelance Graphic Designer

Sheer Hosiery Range
Relaunch of Sheer tights range in boxed packaging
• Design, Art Direction and production, Liaising with print suppliers across Europe and Asia.
• Product line expanded to include a ‘Black’ range, created from retouching existing photography.

The relaunch of the main Sheer range in the new packaging has tripled sales in the first three months since rebranding

Bodyshaping Range
Design and production of New Look branded ‘Bodyshaping’ range of hosiery
• Design, Art Direction and production, Liaising with print suppliers across Europe and Asia.

The range has been very successful and has been extended to all New Look stores for Autumn 2012

GOLD BY GILES Cosmetics Range.
• Concept design.
• Product photography.
• Design and photography for Press Book.

GOLD BY GILES Hosiery Collection.
• Packaging design.
• Art direction of photoshoot, image retouching
• Supply of print ready artwork.
• Liaison with overseas print suppliers.

'Smart Glove'
• Design and artwork for Touchscreen compatible glove packaging.

Instore Confectionery
• Candy Box Identity.
June 2011 - December 2012 United Kingdom

Escape Dream Homes

Freelance Graphic Designer

Creation of a new brand Identity for a deluxe property and lifestyle agency based in the Costa Blanca, Spain.
• Design of website (front end)
• Press Advertising
• Stationery
June 2011 - London, United Kingdom

The Heatpack Company

Freelance Graphic Designer

• Design of Brand Identity.
• Packaging design for a standard and premium heatpack products.
March 2012 - United Kingdom

British School Of Osteopathy

Freelance Graphic Designer

'Your Legacy, Their Future'
• Design of Legacy fundraising material to help raise funds for the BSO.
• Print buying and management.
June 2011 - United Kingdom

Adworks Design Ltd

Senior Designer

For examples of work created during my time here, please goto the portfolio section of www.adworksdesign.co.uk

Epson Europe
• Implementation of consumer and business printer packaging for Pan European and Middle Eastern markets
• Managing account in partnership with Epson marketing executives and liaison of future packaging development
• Development of an asset library ensuring design consistency across all products and enhancing workflow and productivity
• Creation of a typesetting workflow for over 30 languages
• Preperation of and delivery of artwork ready files Epson Corporate Head Office in Japan for distribution to factories.
• Design and production of ink and media packaging
• Updating visual identity for the existing range of Inks, including extensive image sourcing, and commissioning, ensuring brand and design consistency

The Carphone Warehouse
• Design of an extensive portfolio for ‘Carat’ employee engagement programmes and other internal communications
• Develop themed concepts, in sympathy with telecom partner guidelines and Carat
• Liaising with client and printer ensuring job completion within budgetary constraints
• Oversight of all stages of production from asset sourcing, copy writing, proofing and final production

The Cutty Sark Trust
• Design of Cutty Sark - ‘Saving a Legend’ brochure for charity gala event hosted by HRH Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace
• Sourcing images from Cutty Sark image archive, and photographing new images which were subsequently donated to their archive
• Managed all stages of production

St Albans District Council
• Concept, design and illustration for Climate Change Initiative
• Design of corporate identity, brochure and trade advertising

Aon
• Design and creation of visual identity of Aon’s ‘Select’ benefits scheme

Spring Partnerships
• Redesign of corporate identity and creation of corporate brochure

Other clients
Dentsply, Goddess, Prologic plc, RAF Museums
May 2003 - May 2011 United Kingdom

Sears Davies Designers

Designer

Dar Al-Handasah
One of the largest global, consulting engineers with 111 offices across 42 countries
• Worked as part of a team on the top level corporate identity re-branding to coincide with the groups 50th Anniversary
• Designing the new identity, corporate brand guidelines and website design
• Design and creation of corporate literature and style formatting from which all global brochures would adhere to, including Dar Group and ACE Consulting

Public Sector
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Highways Agency, Department for Trade & Industry
• Design of corporate literature and educational materials

Cancer Research Campaign
• Design of Fundraising Pack
• Development of concepts and preparation of visuals for client presentation

Evolve
• Design of an ‘evolving’ brochure

Memery Crystal Solicitors
• Design and art direction of recruitment advertising

Other clients
ECGD, Edward Lewis Solicitors, Lloyds TSB Group Union, Macmillian Cancer Support, Merrill Lynch, Suits You
November 1997 - April 2003 London, United Kingdom

Education

Surrey Institute Of Art & Design

BA (Hons) Visual Communication

1994 - 1997 Farnham, United Kingdom

Harlow College

BTec Foundation Art and Design

1993 - 1994 Harlow, United Kingdom

Harlow College

BTec National Diploma Graphic Design

1990 - 1992 Harlow, United Kingdom

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Illustrator, InDesign, Capturepro, Lightroom, Photoshop, QuarkXpress,