RawFfest is a new youth arts festival for Wales that is fun, innovative and surprising. It is planned and programmed by myself in conjunction with festival administrators and young volunteers. To date, my input has been to co-ordinate, meet, organise and plan with all respective members, to put forward aims, objectives, ideas and design solutions to make the festival a success. This involved producing concepts and other marketing materials in relation to same - these were then executed by View Creative Agency in Conwy.

This opportunity arose when I sent in a document to the Marketing Officer, outlining some of my thoughts and ideas for the future design and progression of the Riverfront brand - since to which time, some of these elements have been adopted and applied.

Responsible for assisting and promoting Newport Live services, including various administrative support for the Marketing team, preparation of promotional material and information; updating of web data, writing and dissemination direct mail, e-mail and developing a distribution schedule and delivering materials with the support of the Marketing Officer. Developed good communication and customer service skills. Established target market needs, responding with correct information. Managed a heavy administrative workload using a range of computer applications and office equipment to set up, develop and maintain a database for distribution of materials for Newport and beyond. Undertook e-marketing duties, contributing to the Social Media Strategy. Quality control of promotional materials for Newport Live to ensure that they were overprinted correctly. Execution and design of both printed and digital, advertisements, including direct mail and copywriting. Maintenance of records, press articles and other marketing materials.

During this internship, I was involved in the execution and promotion of the 'Big Splash' which extended over the course of 3 years. The two-day family festival programme is created by Newport Live and core funded by The Arts Council of Wales who bring a variety of street theatre and arts workshops to the streets of Newport.

Design Brief set by Exterion Media. Responsible for increasing brand exposure of a local Cardiff business, TaylorsETC using Exterion Media’s catalogue to create a campaign to promote the brand and increase sales. Outcome was presented to client in a boardroom setting.

Collaborated with the Gaer Community Centre and other bodies to help build a safe and prosperous community, where every member of the community had the chance to grow in confidence and lead a fun,active and fulfilling life! Responsible for maintaining records, administrative support, updating information both printed and online. Helping to construct a marketing campaign with supporting materials for the promotion of ‘good health and well being.’ across the local community.

A design brief was constructed by Gill Advertising: to re-brand and re-invent Newport City Centre through the media of colour, using PANTONE. This project was entered into the D&AD awards in 2015 and presented to the agency in a boardroom setting.

The Design brief was set out to engage the deaf and hard of hearing, allowing them to explore and experience the defining standard in high-end televisions, sound systems and loudspeakers produced by Bang and Olufsen.

Gained an insight into the workings of an Advertising agency.

Enhancing design skills and the understanding of work ethic within a small design agency. Whilst at Webber Design I assisted in the preparation and promotion of the Maindee Festival, Newport.

It was during this internship that I was given the opportunity to aid in the design process of marketing materials for the 'Maindee Festival' in Newport. This arts and environmental festival set out to bring together people of different ethnicity and cultural background, age, abilities, geographical location and faith communities - Their aim is to build bridges between different communities to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of Newport and to support the economic, social and envronmental regeneration of Maindee.

This award-winning course offered a dynamic and challenging programme of study within the creative design environment. Projects encouraged innovation and taught me to be responsive to the constant changing demands of the professional industry.

During my study, I gained a wealth of both creative and technical skills, adopting the ability and confidence to work in the fast paced and ever changing world of advertising. It also provided me a wealth of industrial and academic experience and knowledge to engage with research through links with international design agencies.

*Took a year out due to injuries after an accident.*

At Coleg Gwent, I got a flavour for a number of art-related disciplines such as print-making, fine art, modelling and graphic design which led me to pursuit a career in advertising and marketing. This course taught me to remain open-minded, to be flexible and to take an exploratory approach to design within a supportive learning environment. I was introduced to key areas of design and confidence building through individual and team project work. I developed my knowledge of the design process, visual language, typographic principles and conceptual ability through a wide range of projects and workshop activities.