Krupa Mistry

Junior Designer

Manchester, United Kingdom
A graphic designer at a company but also available for any freelance work.

Here you will see my online portfolio where you will see work created during my working career as well as freelance jobs.

My strengths include being able to work in a team or as an individual, good communication skills, determination and extremely hardworking. I am a non-smoker and I have a clean full UK drivers license.

Work Experience

Louvolite

Maternity Cover - Graphic Designer

Role includes assisting and creating marketing materials such as brochures, mailshots, fitting/assembly instructions, show stand graphics, customised artwork and much more.

During these past few months I have gained a lot of knowledge about how much goes into manufacturing and producing blinds as well as learning about the different ways to advertise across different platforms of social media and print. This role has also allowed me to develop the basic skills and knowledge on how to use and develop the website/extranet using WordPress.
October 2018 - Present Hyde, United Kingdom

RSW International Ltd

Graphic/Packaging Designer

- Producing packaging within existing design templates.
- Creating designs for products such as mugs / dinner sets / baby bibs & stationery items.
- Creating new packaging designs / concepts for our everyday products and retailer specials.
- Creating brochures
- Working within a fast paced, creative environment.
- Managing and working to tight deadlines and seeing projects through from initial concept to final artwork.
June 2016 - September 2018 Rochdale, United Kingdom

Widdop Bingham

Artworker

Reporting to the Marketing Manager, responsible for producing and maintaining high quality catalogue pages used by our sales team across 20 brands

- Gained knowledge on printing of the catalogue pages on the in-house commercial printer, administration of the database included.

-Working with other company departments including the Marketing and Imports Departments to ensure accurate information and to chase up missing information

The role is a temporary position for 3 months
November 2015 - Chadderton, United Kingdom

Royal Mail

Graphic Designer

Creating artwork for the Mail Centre ranging from A4- A0 boards to working on layouts for the monthly newsletter. I’ve learnt how to be confidant within myself whilst doing presentation and how to communicate with people in and outside the office.
August 2012 - May 2013 Manchester, United Kingdom

Genyca Innova

Graphic Designer

Recently I was involved in the redesign of Genyca Genetics - a Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, specializing in predictive medicine, diagnosis of rare diseases, genetics of obesity and celiac disease. I redesigned and developed the new logo for the company and implemented it across all branding stationary such as business cards, letterheads and stickers, also a separate logo for the student handbooks and booklets. Creating templates for the outdoor and indoor signs as well as adapting the changes to the flyers and banners.

Working with Genyca Genetics allowed me to move, live and work in Madrid for a month.
May 2013 - May 2013 Madrid, Spain

Education

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA(Hons) Design & Art Direction

Gained a 2.2
July 2009 - July 2011 Manchester, United Kingdom

Languages

English (Fluent),
Gujarati (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, CSS, HTML, Microsoft Office,