I’m a graphic designer based in Manchester with 15 years of experience in design roles. Being a brand guardian at Harvey Nichols Manchester attention to detail and hierarchy of information for a piece of in store signage was equally as important as advertising collateral for an external viewer. Keeping all assets on brand whilst creating and working with templates and brand guidelines. Working for a luxury fashion brand was a creatively diverse role, marrying the brands ethic with interior graphic schemes, signage, digital and print based advertising and marketing collateral. I used my traditional graphic design skills to clearly architect information and sucessfully create more diverse environmental and way finding graphic design systems.Visual communication executed with some wit, a play on an idea that emphasises humour and emits a smile are the molecules of my design MO. I worked with a brand that encompasses such elements for over 12 years in a retail environment at Harvey Nichols Manchester.. **Employment and project experience** Graphic Designer, Respect_KeyWorkers 2020 Graphics and Signage, Harvey Nichols Manchester August 2008 - October 2020 Freelance Graphic Designer, Holden's Advertising, Glorious Creative June 2007 – September 2008 Artist, Manchester Evening News December 2006 – March 2007 Art worker, TenAlps Media March 2006 – December 2007 Junior Designer, Tucker Clarke Williams (Manchester) 2003 -2004 BA in Graphic Design at University of Central Lancashire

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I’m a graphic designer based in Manchester with 15 years of experience in design roles. Being a brand guardian at Harvey Nichols Manchester attention to detail and hierarchy of information for a piece of in store signage was equally as important as advertising collateral for an external viewer. Keeping all assets on brand whilst creating and working with templates and brand guidelines. Working for a luxury fashion brand was a creatively diverse role, marrying the brands ethic with interior graphic schemes, signage, digital and print based advertising and marketing collateral. I used my traditional graphic design skills to clearly architect information and sucessfully create more diverse environmental and way finding graphic design systems.Visual communication executed with some wit, a play on an idea that emphasises humour and emits a smile are the molecules of my design MO. I worked with a brand that encompasses such elements for over 12 years in a retail environment at Harvey Nichols Manchester.. **Employment and project experience** Graphic Designer, Respect_KeyWorkers 2020 Graphics and Signage, Harvey Nichols Manchester August 2008 - October 2020 Freelance Graphic Designer, Holden's Advertising, Glorious Creative June 2007 – September 2008 Artist, Manchester Evening News December 2006 – March 2007 Art worker, TenAlps Media March 2006 – December 2007 Junior Designer, Tucker Clarke Williams (Manchester) 2003 -2004 BA in Graphic Design at University of Central Lancashire

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I’m a graphic designer based in Manchester with 15 years of experience in design roles.

Being a brand guardian at Harvey Nichols Manchester attention to detail and hierarchy of information for a piece of in store signage was equally as important as advertising collateral for an external viewer. Keeping all assets on brand whilst creating and working with templates and brand guidelines.

Working for a luxury fashion brand was a creatively diverse role, marrying the brands ethic with interior graphic schemes, signage, digital and print based advertising and marketing collateral. I used my traditional graphic design skills to clearly architect information and sucessfully create more diverse environmental and way finding graphic design systems.Visual communication executed with some wit, a play on an idea that emphasises humour and emits a smile are the molecules of my design MO. I worked with a brand that encompasses such elements for over 12 years in a retail environment at Harvey Nichols Manchester…

Employment and project experience

Graphic Designer, Respect_KeyWorkers
2020

Graphics and Signage, Harvey Nichols Manchester
August 2008 - October 2020

Freelance Graphic Designer, Holden’s Advertising, Glorious Creative
June 2007 – September 2008

Artist, Manchester Evening News
December 2006 – March 2007

Art worker, TenAlps Media
March 2006 – December 2007

Junior Designer, Tucker Clarke Williams (Manchester)
2003 -2004

BA in Graphic Design at University of Central Lancashire

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Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Intermediate
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Magento
Beginner
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Industry Experience

Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Other
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    Visualising a clients idea into a design and registering that design with the government department for Copyright law. Then once approved I utilised my contacts to produce actual material samples of the design in bright and reflective colours as both a magnetic vehicle sign and a thin 1mm perspex sign that takes Inspiration from the Baby on Board suction cup rear window sign. This is now available to purchase on Amazon marketplace.