Helen Greenwood

Brand & Design Manager

Passionate about good design.
Bursting with ideas and creativity.
14 years industry experience.
Always looking to gain new insights and skills.

With 14 years in the industry, I love working on all aspects of design across many sectors including branding, typography and infographics, to name a few. I am constantly engaged in the latest design books and trends, enabling me to produce fresh ideas.

Work Experience

Unify PR & Marketing

Brand & Design Manager

April 2019 - August 2020 Halifax, United Kingdom

The Lenny Agency

Senior Designer

April 2018 - April 2019 Brighouse, United Kingdom

The Engine Room Design Co.Ltd

Designer

Working mainly in the B2B market, we mix creative thinking, design and strategy to transform businesses through renewed brand identity and reinvigorated marketing communications that engage with customers and deliver measurable returns.

Bringing a fresh perspective to design at The Engine Room with a varied background of experience across retail and B2B sectors & a degree in Graphic Design. I enjoy all aspects of creative art and design and am always eager to get stuck into every project.

Working as part of a fast paced studio team working on a range of briefs, liaising with clients and suppliers on a daily basis to oversee projects from concepts through to completion alongside project managing and account handling. Creating creative concepts and designs for branding, stationery, direct mail, digital & web, brand guidelines, newspapers, brochures, websites, campaigns, e-shots, infographics, exhibition displays and art directing photoshoots for The Engine Room's clients.
June 2011 - March 2018 United Kingdom

Aspect Design & Marketing

Designer

Designing direct mail, advertising, brochures, branding, websites, e-shots, exhibition graphics, signage and livery for print and digital.
With excellent skills in project management, building relationships with new and existing clients and working with them to produce effective results, a good all rounder.
Producing design to a high standard for a wide range of international, UK and local businesses mainly in the B2B sector.
Working as an individual or as part of a fast paced studio team with web developers, photographers, PR, multimedia, printers and suppliers. In the absence of the head designer my role has also included overseeing the junior designer.
March 2007 - June 2011 United Kingdom

BMB Group

Designer/Artworker

Working as part of a small team in-house working on brands such as John Rocha, Alexandre Savile Row, Stvdio Jeff Banks, St George by Duffer, Addison & Steele plus many more. Designing POS, advertising, branding, in-house graphics, newsletters and brand promotions. Close communication with printers to produce large and small scale graphics for creative POS & seasonal events within tight deadlines.
March 2006 - March 2007 Leeds, United Kingdom

World Textile Publications

Magazine/Graphic Designer

Designed and produced monthly magazines, newsletters and directories in the textile, fashion and minerals industries.
Production of advertising, marketing and corporate work for a number of internal and external clients including stationery, adverts, leaflets, exhibition displays and brochures. Worked as an individual with self-initiative in the production and design of an additional monthly magazine in the non-metallic and non-fuel minerals industry. Produced online web banners and
e-newsletters, started to learn the basics of Dreamweaver and Fireworks.
January 2004 - March 2006 Bradford, United Kingdom

Education

Bradford College

BA (Hons) Graphic Media Communication

September 1999 - June 2003 Bradford, United Kingdom

Huddersfield Technical College

BTEC General Art & Design

Additional qualifications taken at Huddersfield Technical College:
A level Arts & Crafts
GNVQ Art & Design
RSA Stage 1 Computer literacy and Information Technology
September 1996 - June 1999 Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop,

Additional Information

Skilled in working with typography, colour, image and layout.
Fresh new perspective and enthusiasm to every job.
No fixed design style.
A great listener and passionate about fully understanding and meeting the requirements of each new brief.
An understanding of web standards and strong knowledge of print production.

"Helen is permanently on a mission and she drags the rest of us with her. She can interpret a brief in less time than it takes to give a brief and comes up with powerful design that is exactly what the client needs. While everyone else is on a conference call, Helen has the job signed off ready to go.”