Katie Merrills

Graphic Designer and Trade Marketing Assistant

Chester, United Kingdom
I'm a Graphic Designer with an enduring appreciation of great design, packaging, logos and typography. When I'm not using my Apple (pardon the pun!), I love to cook, eat and go hill-top walking.

Work Experience

Clogau

Graphic Designer and Trade Marketing Assistant

My role involves designing high quality advertisments in trade based and commercial publications, managing corporate identity, designing and managing Point Of Sale, producing business proposal presentations, to name a few...
March 2012 - Chester, United Kingdom

The Global Travel Group

Graphic Designer

In this role I primarily designed feature pages in travel and lifestyle magazine "BEYOND". I also designed themed travel campaigns which featured as brochures, Point Of Sale and e-blasts.
June 2010 - February 2012 Chester, United Kingdom

The Sharper Image

Junior Graphic Designer

In this role I was involved in many aspects of a small-scale design and print agency, from designing company logos and marketing collateral, digital print production, managing digital and lithographic paper stocks to quoting for jobs and processing invoices.
December 2008 - May 2010 Chester, United Kingdom

Education

Glyndŵr University (Formerly Known As NEWI)

BA(Hons) Design Communication - 2:1

2004 - 2007 United Kingdom

Sussex Downs College, Eastbourne

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Art & Design - with Merit

2003 - 2004 United Kingdom

Sussex Downs College, Lewes

A-A-Levels; Product Design, Fine Art, Critical & Contextual Studies in Art, Film Studies, Photography

2001 - 2003 United Kingdom

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Branding And Identity, Corporate Branding, Digital Printing , Logo Design, Magazine Design, Photo Retouching, POS Material, Stationery, Typography, Vector Illustration ,