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I’m an experienced art director and designer with a career in the UK publishing industry, having worked with Condé Nast, Hachette and Associated Newspapers. I’ve held staff roles and freelanced, most recently as Lead Designer at the Daily Telegraph. My work has been primarily print-based, but I’ve also translated layouts to iPad pages, launched the online design magazine DesignFizz in 2014, and created digital materials for the Saga magazine group. I’m flexible, quick to adapt, and I know what to ask to achieve the end result. I collaborate with editors, photographers, stylists and picture desks, and I can turn my hand to a wide range of tasks. I’m fast, creative and highly organised, able to initiate ideas, work in a team or unsupervised, run an art desk or deputise for an art director, and I can work from home if needed. I use generative AI tools to help generate ideas and help with basic tasks. Software used: Adobe Creative Suite Canva ChatGpt Figma…I’m an experienced art director and designer with a career in the UK publishing industry, having worked with Condé Nast, Hachette and Associated Newspapers. I’ve held staff roles and freelanced, most recently as Lead Designer at the Daily Telegraph. My work has been primarily print-based, but I’ve also translated layouts to iPad pages, launched the online design magazine DesignFizz in 2014, and created digital materials for the Saga magazine group. I’m flexible, quick to adapt, and I know what to ask to achieve the end result. I collaborate with editors, photographers, stylists and picture desks, and I can turn my hand to a wide range of tasks. I’m fast, creative and highly organised, able to initiate ideas, work in a team or unsupervised, run an art desk or deputise for an art director, and I can work from home if needed. I use generative AI tools to help generate ideas and help with basic tasks. Software used: Adobe Creative Suite Canva ChatGpt Figma

Dee Iva

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Art Director, Designer, Creative Director, +5

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I’m an experienced art director and designer with a career in the UK publishing industry, having worked with Condé Nast, Hachette and Associated Newspapers. I’ve held staff roles and freelanced, most recently as Lead Designer at the Daily Telegraph. My work has been primarily print-based, but I’ve also translated layouts to iPad pages, launched the online design magazine DesignFizz in 2014, and created digital materials for the Saga magazine group. I’m flexible, quick to adapt, and I know what to ask to achieve the end result. I collaborate with editors, photographers, stylists and picture desks, and I can turn my hand to a wide range of tasks. I’m fast, creative and highly organised, able to initiate ideas, work in a team or unsupervised, run an art desk or deputise for an art director, and I can work from home if needed. I use generative AI tools to help generate ideas and help with basic tasks. Software used: Adobe Creative Suite Canva ChatGpt Figma…I’m an experienced art director and designer with a career in the UK publishing industry, having worked with Condé Nast, Hachette and Associated Newspapers. I’ve held staff roles and freelanced, most recently as Lead Designer at the Daily Telegraph. My work has been primarily print-based, but I’ve also translated layouts to iPad pages, launched the online design magazine DesignFizz in 2014, and created digital materials for the Saga magazine group. I’m flexible, quick to adapt, and I know what to ask to achieve the end result. I collaborate with editors, photographers, stylists and picture desks, and I can turn my hand to a wide range of tasks. I’m fast, creative and highly organised, able to initiate ideas, work in a team or unsupervised, run an art desk or deputise for an art director, and I can work from home if needed. I use generative AI tools to help generate ideas and help with basic tasks. Software used: Adobe Creative Suite Canva ChatGpt Figma

Available to hire

London, United Kingdom

I’m an experienced art director and designer with a career in the UK publishing industry, having worked with Condé Nast, Hachette and Associated Newspapers. I’ve held staff roles and freelanced, most recently as Lead Designer at the Daily Telegraph. My work has been primarily print-based, but I’ve also translated layouts to iPad pages, launched the online design magazine DesignFizz in 2014, and created digital materials for the Saga magazine group. I’m flexible, quick to adapt, and I know what to ask to achieve the end result. I collaborate with editors, photographers, stylists and picture desks, and I can turn my hand to a wide range of tasks. I’m fast, creative and highly organised, able to initiate ideas, work in a team or unsupervised, run an art desk or deputise for an art director, and I can work from home if needed. I use generative AI tools to help generate ideas and help with basic tasks.

Software used:
Adobe Creative Suite
Canva
ChatGpt
Figma

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Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Deputy Art Director at THE MAIL ON SUNDAY / Associated Newspapers

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020

Led EVENT, the weekly arts and culture magazine; deputised for the Art Director; ran the art desk; guided freelancers; liaised with editors, features and picture desks.

Senior Designer at THE MAIL ON SUNDAY / Associated Newspapers

January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018

Deputised for Art Director on EVENT magazine, designed features, front covers and the Critics section; collaborated with editors and picture desks.

Freelance Designer at The Mail On Sunday / Associated Newspapers

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016

Worked on the launch of EVENT, the arts and culture Sunday supplement, designing features, front covers and the Critics section; collaborated with editors and picture desks.

Freelance Art Director at YOU Weekly

January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2012

Design and layout of editorial pages; commissioned illustrators; converted print layouts to interactive iPad pages.

Freelance Art Director at MAIL PLUS

September 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

Digital version of the Daily Mail, the Mail On Sunday YOU and EVENT magazines; converted print designs for interactive iPad pages.

Art Editor at HACHETTE FILIPACCHI ELLE DECORATION

January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2004

Art direction, styling and coordination of photo shoots; design and layout of editorial pages; commissioning photographers, stylists and illustrators; managing the art department; pre-press checks; copy writing for news pages.

Freelance Art Director at CONDE NAST - TATLER, VOGUE, HOUSE & GARDEN, TRAVELLER

September 1, 1997 - August 31, 2002

Design and layout of editorial pages and special projects; art directed shoots; pitch work; coordination with picture desks.

Contributing Editor at GRAND DESIGNS

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012

Monthly article on design trends; sourcing imagery; writing concise copy; product calls and image coordination.

Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director at DESIGNFIZZ.COM

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2019

Founder of online design magazine DesignFizz; edited content, steered direction, coordinated contributors, wrote posts, art directed the site and oversaw social media.

Art Director at NATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY / CENTRAL PROMOTIONS DEPARTMENT

January 1, 1995 - December 31, 1997

Art directing shoots, commissioning photographers and stylists, sourcing locations, design of pages, cromalins, press preps.

Freelance Senior Art Director at AXON PUBLISHING / MARKS AND SPENCER HOMES BROCHURES / CONRAN SHOP ‘LIVE IT’

January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2007

In-house magazine design; art directing and styling shoots; design of pages; production.

Senior Art Director at CONDE NAST HOUSE AND GARDEN SPECIAL PROJECTS

January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2002

House of Fraser special projects; design of pages; art directing shoots; production.

Freelance Senior Art Director at Illustrated London News / Aston Martin 2021-22 Yearbook

November 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Editorial design and page layout for luxury automotive yearbook; coordination of imagery and production.