Remotely, Northumberland UK.

Work as a freelancer Designer and Marketing for various clients across the UK.

Signature North East, Whitley Bay, UK

One of the largest Estate Agent in the North East offering an innovate hybrid of online & traditional estate agency services.

Key responsibilities:

• Set up the design department to provide digital and print work to maximise business opportunities. Impact of work has led to the generation of business leads and increase engagement. 

• Develop the company presence on social media platforms to raise brand awareness throughout the North East. Since April 2018 social media engagement has increased 40% and strengthens each month. Significant growth in traffic to the company website and developing audience friendly. 

• Led on producing a regional TV Campaign on ITV to increase awareness of North East Agency. Leads have increased by 35%  throughout the broadcast of the television advert campaign. 

• Organised the biannual Signature North East Charity Ball held at The Sage, Gateshead in December 2018. It was sponsored by Aston Martin, Grosvenor Casino, Barclays and Lowes financial Management. The event raised generous funds for Metro Radio, Cash for Kids and The Chronicle’s Sunshine Fund and also increased our brand awareness in the region.

Meeting Place Communications, Bath, UK

Meeting Place Communications work with communities and property developers to achieve successful planning outcomes.

Key responsibilities:

• Led on to launch of new design department MPC Creative in Meeting Place Communications. 

• Developed and implemented various effective strategies to smoothly and profitably run the MPC Creative -  The launch of MPC Creative generated its own income, which resulted in enhancing revenue, profit growth and managing output for the organisation. 

• Managed a busy studio and a cross-functional team consisting of graphic designers, illustrators, animators and film and photography production. Accomplished numerous diversified tasks which included: 

• Managed and motivated designers throughout the project from initialisation to completion. 

• Liaised with clients to develop creative guidelines, managed project budgets and completing the project on expectations, within assigned resources and under budget. 

• Directed the overall production process including photo shoots, short films and video animations. 

• Facilitated the management in preparing, forecasting and managing annual budgets. 

• Designed a wide range of printed leaflets, websites, animations, vehicle graphics, hoardings and glossy brochures according to requirements and client specifications. 

• Directed all day to day operational tasks of MPC and its sister companies’ brand, marketing client events and campaigns with mailshots, e-shots and social media campaigns. 

MULLIGAN DUFRANE LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Expertly designed elements for three sports magazines including Football Focus, Rugby Club and Cricket Club. Performed various roles of increasing responsibility, which included:

• Handled all aspects of page planning, collaborated with the editor and sales department to plan, create and maintain new and existing pages.

• Successfully carried out the task related to advert creation for the magazine’s advertisers, while ensuring good quality in line with the client’s specifications.

• Carried out the overall tasks related to on-the-job training and management of Junior Designers, guided them through advert artwork, editorial design and various print processes.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MEDIA, Monaco

Delivered strong design input by developing the English Language Media brand and The Connexion. Accountable for the design and translation of adverts for local English-speaking businesses for print and web. Effectively handled the following tasks:

• Page planning: worked with the editor and the sales department to plan, produce and maintain pages and advertisements for all monthly publications.

• Photo treatment: worked closely with the printing press team in preparing images for publication.

• Editorial design: analysed and tailored design and marketing for relevant customer segments.

THE SUN NEWSPAPER, NEWS INTERNATIONAL, London, UK

• Generated visual graphics, headings and headlines within strict design guidelines.

• Communicated within a small design team and reported directly to the Art Director.

• Proved instrumental in working with The Sun brand and ideologies.