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Graphic Designer and Illustrator with 5+ years experience creating artwork and products across illustration, packaging, product development and marketing. I enjoy taking an idea from an initial sketch through to a finished physical product, with hands-on experience working within manufacturing, material, construction and production constraints. My background in product design has given me a strong understanding of how creative ideas need to work not just visually, but practically in the real world. I’m commercially minded and able to balance visual quality with production requirements, budgets and customer needs.…Graphic Designer and Illustrator with 5+ years experience creating artwork and products across illustration, packaging, product development and marketing. I enjoy taking an idea from an initial sketch through to a finished physical product, with hands-on experience working within manufacturing, material, construction and production constraints. My background in product design has given me a strong understanding of how creative ideas need to work not just visually, but practically in the real world. I’m commercially minded and able to balance visual quality with production requirements, budgets and customer needs.

Sam Turner

Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Designer, +4

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator with 5+ years experience creating artwork and products across illustration, packaging, product development and marketing. I enjoy taking an idea from an initial sketch through to a finished physical product, with hands-on experience working within manufacturing, material, construction and production constraints. My background in product design has given me a strong understanding of how creative ideas need to work not just visually, but practically in the real world. I’m commercially minded and able to balance visual quality with production requirements, budgets and customer needs.…Graphic Designer and Illustrator with 5+ years experience creating artwork and products across illustration, packaging, product development and marketing. I enjoy taking an idea from an initial sketch through to a finished physical product, with hands-on experience working within manufacturing, material, construction and production constraints. My background in product design has given me a strong understanding of how creative ideas need to work not just visually, but practically in the real world. I’m commercially minded and able to balance visual quality with production requirements, budgets and customer needs.

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator with 5+ years experience creating artwork and products across illustration, packaging, product development and marketing. I enjoy taking an idea from an initial sketch through to a finished physical product, with hands-on experience working within manufacturing, material, construction and production constraints.

My background in product design has given me a strong understanding of how creative ideas need to work not just visually, but practically in the real world. I’m commercially minded and able to balance visual quality with production requirements, budgets and customer needs.

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Work Experience

Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Smash Enterprises

May 1, 2022 - Present

Develop original graphic design and illustration across large seasonal product ranges, taking concepts from initial sketch through to finished production. Manage end-to-end artwork and product development, creating production-ready files while working within material, construction, print, colour and manufacturing constraints. Work closely with factories and suppliers on sampling, colour approvals and production issues, troubleshooting artwork and manufacturing challenges to ensure designs translate accurately into finished products. Contribute to large-scale Back-to-School collections spanning hundreds of designs across hundreds of products, adapting artwork to suit different shapes, materials and applications. Taken on project management and 2IC responsibilities, coordinating workloads, priorities and deadlines while supporting the wider design team and keeping projects moving through development and production.

Graphic Designer & Print Technician at Minuteman Press

October 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022

Managed print and design projects end-to-end, from customer briefs and quoting through design, pre-press, production and finishing across a broad range of print products. Worked across digital and wide-format printing, guillotine, die cutting, laminating, binding and vinyl cutting, advising customers on practical and cost-effective production options. Managed a high-volume workload with frequent same-day and short-deadline jobs, coordinating multiple projects while communicating directly with customers and resolving production issues. Produced production-ready artwork while ensuring output requirements were met.