During my time as a freelancer in London, I worked in a variety of studios often on a short-term basis. This required an outgoing personality, the ability to understand the brief quickly, a high proficiency of the software, and executing my work to a high standard while meeting tight deadlines.

Because of these skills, I gained a great reputation and the contracts I received from both recruitment agencies and from my own contacts were often extended or requested again.

Sectorlight (5.5 months)
– Designing high-end brochures and marketing collateral for premium property developments in London, Russia and the Middle East.
– Working on several projects simultaneously to tight deadlines and budgets.
– Taking a brief from the Creative Director, developing the design, incorporating client feedback, and then working the design through to approval and print.
– Applying brand styles to relevant marketing collateral, reworking original artwork to fit various media outputs.
– Digitising the brand by designing EDM’s, advising developers on the design of website.
– Image research, briefing Photographer, image retouching and manipulation.
– Map design and illustration.
– Presentation design, boarding, scalpel work, mocking-up.

Other notable clients include:
– TBWA, Advertising Agency: Logo development for Game.
– Elvis, Advertising Agency: Marketing collateral for Sky Movies.
– The Corner, Start-Up Brand Agency: Creating assets for re-skinning of online investment website and rethinking user interaction.
– Frukt, Brand Events Agency: Winston cigarette’s European music brand guidelines document.

– Designing from a brief/scamps to create new creative concepts.
– Working closely with and taking direction from Art Directors and Copywriters.
– Working to various client branding guidelines and styles.
– Image retouching.
– Reworking original artwork to fit various media outputs.
– Designing for all print media forms in outdoor and press.
– Pitch presentations – Keynote presentations, bespoke documents, boarding, scalpel work, mocking-up, proofing, creating press-ready files, liaising with printers.
– Accounts I regularly worked on: Army, Beefeater, Coca-Cola, Garnier, Malibu, McVities, Nescafé, Nestlé, Oral-B, Plenty, RBS, Renault, Tourism Ireland, UBS, Vicks.

– HB Mercantile, Steel Trading Business – Designed sales brochure.
– The Big Issue, UK – Designed 16-page insert for their weekly title.
– Campden Publishing, B2B Magazine Publisher – Re-design for GP Business, layout design for several other titles.

– Working on several magazine publications – weekly and monthly deadlines.
– Taking initial briefs through development to fi nal execution.
– Production manager responsibilities when required – proofi ng, creating press-ready files, sending to print using FTP and online programs, liaising with printers.
– Magazine re-designs – concepting ideas, implementing these into magazine, adapting from newsprint to gloss, size changes.
– Sole design responsibility for 160-page gourmet book and working closely with editorial and sales to put it together.
– Choosing and purchasing suitable photography from online image libraries. Maintained internal image library.
– Daily duties included advertising design and page layout, working to tight press deadlines, liaising with clients, close attention to detail, good organisational and time management skills.

Minors in: Communication, Australian & Cultural Studies
Internship: Joseph Mark Design, Brisbane

Work Placement: DTB! Marketing, Rapture Design