I’m a versatile designer who is well-versed in all areas of graphic communication. Having worked within design agencies and in-house marketing teams for 20 years, I’ve successfully supported clients in achieving their commercial and creative goals across hospitality, higher education, technology, construction, leisure, healthcare, retail, and more. I possess strong project management and client-facing skills, taking design jobs from concept to completion. I’m experienced in collaborating with marketing departments, account managers, and teams, with a focus on clear communication, creative problem-solving, and delivering high-impact results.…

Iain Smith Dwight

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I’m a versatile designer who is well-versed in all areas of graphic communication. Having worked within design agencies and in-house marketing teams for 20 years, I’ve successfully supported clients in achieving their commercial and creative goals across hospitality, higher education, technology, construction, leisure, healthcare, retail, and more. I possess strong project management and client-facing skills, taking design jobs from concept to completion. I’m experienced in collaborating with marketing departments, account managers, and teams, with a focus on clear communication, creative problem-solving, and delivering high-impact results.…

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I’m a versatile designer who is well-versed in all areas of graphic communication. Having worked within design agencies and in-house marketing teams for 20 years, I’ve successfully supported clients in achieving their commercial and creative goals across hospitality, higher education, technology, construction, leisure, healthcare, retail, and more.

I possess strong project management and client-facing skills, taking design jobs from concept to completion. I’m experienced in collaborating with marketing departments, account managers, and teams, with a focus on clear communication, creative problem-solving, and delivering high-impact results.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Consultant Graphic Designer at Global Partnership for Education
March 1, 2021 - Present
Providing creative solutions for the largest global fund solely dedicated to transforming education in lower-income countries and those affected by migration and displacement. Designing a variety of communication deliverables used for social media, online campaigns, events, exhibitions, reports, case studies and more. These have been distributed online and across multiple territories in print and so far contributed to the securing of US$4 billion for their global fund.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Hogarth | Makermet | Marcom | Convincible
September 1, 2020 - Present
Working in close collaboration with numerous design and production agencies developing original creative solutions with a high visual impact across print and online. Clients have included multinational electronics corporations, technology companies, healthcare organisations, recruitment consultancies and more.
Short Course Graphic Design Tutor / Fashion, Communication and Promotion Tutor at Nottingham Trent University
December 1, 2020 - Present
Delivering the Graphic Design and Content Creation Short Course and also supporting the delivery of the teaching within the Fashion Management, Marketing and Communication degree course by making a direct contribution from my own graphic design experience.
Senior Graphic Designer at Defence.com
April 1, 2025 - September 8, 2025
Creating engaging and visually compelling designs across various platforms for digital and print, including social media, web, email marketing, video content, and more for one of the leading cybersecurity platforms that enables organisations to significantly reduce the risk of cyberattacks.
Freelance Graphic Designer at United Nations
December 1, 2022 - September 8, 2025
Working within the Digital Campaigns Unit and collaborating with the social media team on campaigns such as the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the 'Act Now' climate campaign. My designs were used on their main social media accounts which had a combined reach of 24 million people.
Senior Graphic Designer at AlphaGraphics, Nottingham
August 1, 2020 - September 8, 2025
Collaboratively worked with businesses and brands, established and new across print and digital. Successful campaigns and design/marketing collateral produced for: Premier League, Co-op, Experian, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, Nurture Fertility, The Environment Agency and the NHS North East Ambulance Service.
Graphic Designer at Chesterfield College
January 1, 2011 - September 8, 2025
Freelance Designer Part-Time Tutor at West Nottinghamshire College
January 1, 2010 - September 8, 2025
Graphic Designer at Nottingham Trent University
January 1, 2009 - September 8, 2025
Graphic Designer at Omega design
January 1, 2006 - September 8, 2025

Education

BA Hons Graphic Communication 2.1 at University of Northampton, Northampton
September 1, 1998 - June 1, 2000
Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design at University of Northampton, Northampton
September 1, 1996 - June 1, 1998
National Diploma in Graphic Design at College of West Anglia, Wisbech
September 1, 1994 - June 1, 1996

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Agriculture & Mining, Government, Manufacturing, Non-Profit Organization, Retail, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Wholesale & Distribution, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services
    uniE621 Muntons
    A pitch deck presentation for Muntons. A leading supplier of brewing and distilling malts and malted ingredients to the food & drinks industry.…
    uniE621 Universities
    I've been a partner to several leading Universities in-house marketing teams over the last decade. Here is a small selection of just some of the hundreds of pieces I have produced for them. From initial concept design work for new sub-brands to implementing their brand guidelines for a whole host of printed marketing collateral. graphicdesigner illustrator designer…
    uniE621 Soul Buggin'
    Soul Buggin' is a Nottingham club night that I co-run and is now in its 20th year. It's a real passion project that has seen thousands of people attend our events over the years. I produce all the marketing for the night that includes printed flyers, posters, clothing to online graphics and social media promotions/animations. graphicdesigner illustrator designer…
    uniE621 African Union #ICanSurvive Mental Health Toolkit
    BRIEF To address the mental health challenges faced by African youth, stemming from the continent’s complex social, political, and economic context. These challenges were identified through extensive engagements, including town hall meetings, community visits, consultations, and surveys, involving over 50,000 young people across Africa and the Diaspora. SOLUTION I designed a brochure for the African Union Youth Envoy to communicate the 6 key goals of the campaign that was printed and hosted online. This was accompanied by a series of social media graphics that ran in conjunction with the toolkit. branding graphicdesigner designer…
    uniE621 Global Partnership for Education
    The Global Partnership for Education mobilises partners and funds to help 76 partner countries transform their education systems and deliver quality learning to those who are marginalised by poverty, gender, disability or displacement. As a consultant designer I'm instrumental in the output of a variety of communication products for the only global partnership and fund dedicated entirely to helping children in lower-income countries get a quality education. This led to the pledging of US$4 billion at the Global Education Summit in 2021. branding designer…
    uniE621 Leftlion Magazine
    THE BRIEF With the country in lockdown, Nottingham's largest independent magazine Leftlion put a call out to creatives to design the cover of their next issue as a competition. I designed a couple of concepts and ended up winning the competition. THE SOLUTION My final design was partly inspired by my daughter’s trousers coupled with all the rainbows that started appearing in household windows at the time. Many children were off school and were showing solidarity with the community and support for the NHS with their artwork. In lockdown we were all living on our own little islands and I wanted to communicate this isolation and created a vector-style front cover with illustrations. The cover proved so popular I printed up a batch of posters that people all over the UK could keep as a memento of this strange moment in our lives. graphicdesigner designer…
    uniE621 United Nations
    THE BRIEF A series of inspiring messages were required by the United Nations to communicate their commitment to important international causes. These took in a range of subjects that included climate change, the Ukraine grain deal and the celebration of special annual international days. THE SOLUTION The United Nations social media reach is 16+ million people so careful consideration of their branding was paramount when designing these deliverables. For the ‘Act Now’ climate change messages I was inspired by their climate branding style and created a series of striking graphics that utilised bold typography, vector graphics and black and white imagery.…
    uniE621 Premier League
    THE BRIEF The Premier League Scholarship programme offers each apprentice the chance to fulfil their dream of becoming a professional footballer, while at the same time providing them with the opportunity to develop academic skills in an environment suitable for their all-round personal development. They required a variety of yearly print and digital deliverables for their scholars. THE SOLUTION Utilising the Premier League’s brand guidelines in a new and creative fashion, I updated their Scholarship materials using their bright, engaging style and taking it in new directions. This was across a range of print and digital media including interactive PDFs, handbooks, posters and postcards.…