I design consumer brands and packaging, balancing commercial clarity with sensory storytelling. My work combines digital precision with handcrafted analogue elements, creating empathy with the end user and resulting in visual languages that feel human, premium and distinctive on and off pack.…

Steven Mallinson

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I design consumer brands and packaging, balancing commercial clarity with sensory storytelling. My work combines digital precision with handcrafted analogue elements, creating empathy with the end user and resulting in visual languages that feel human, premium and distinctive on and off pack.…

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I design consumer brands and packaging, balancing commercial clarity with sensory storytelling.

My work combines digital precision with handcrafted analogue elements, creating empathy with the end user and resulting in visual languages that feel human, premium and distinctive on and off pack.

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Skills

Experience Level

Branding
Expert
Brand Identity
Expert
Logo
Expert
Letterhead
Expert
Poster
Expert
Business Card
Expert
Illustration
Intermediate
T-shirt Design
Intermediate
Brochure
Intermediate
Banner
Intermediate
Book Cover
Intermediate
Book Illustration
Intermediate
Tattoo Design
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Designer at Marks
October 1, 2018 - October 1, 2021
Various work for Reckitt, Bayer, Danone and Johnson & Johnson on brands such as Durex, Gaviscon, Strepsils, Nurofen, Dettol, Air Wick, Harpic, Lays, Iberogast, Danonino, Enfamil, Milka & Rani.
Freelance Designer at Biles Hendry
August 1, 2017 - October 1, 2017
Freelance design work.
Freelance Designer at Stuff Creative
August 1, 2017 - October 1, 2017
Freelance design projects.
Freelance Designer at ThreeBrand
June 1, 2017 - July 1, 2017
Freelance design projects.
Freelance Designer at Threebrand
June 5, 2017 - July 27, 2001
Bronx Brewery concepts
Brand & Packaging Designer at Futurebrand
October 21, 2021 - December 12, 2025
• Part of the consumer packaging team working on the Nestle account with brands such as; Dolce Gusto, Nesquik, Nido, Starbucks, Felix & Purina. • Brand ambassador for Purina & Nido heavily involved in the creative output both creating concepts and taking them through to final production as well as overseeing work from other studio designers, freelancers, photographers and retouchers. Building relationships with the client directly and presenting work to them. • I also worked on the corporate identity side involved in pitches for new business.

Education

BA Graphic Design at Herfordshire University
August 22, 2013 - August 22, 2016

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Retail, Media & Entertainment
    paper Black Manhattan
    Challenge Create a label design for the New York Cocktail Company who are releasing a new limited edition black manhattan. Solution Taking inspiration from New York surroundings the label is inspired by New Yorks manhole cover designs. An entrance into the dark even dirty side of New York but sometimes its fun to go dark and dirty in the evening with a drink thats fit for purpose. graphicdesigner packagingdesigner drinkspackaging spirits…
    uniE621 Uniun Spirits
    Challenge People are going through a cost of living crisis. Many are opting to stay in rather than go out. Create an alcoholic drinks brand, product concept and packaging for a new age of drinker focused around gatherings at home. Solution The name Uniun reflects the coming together of people, it is also an ambigram which embodies the idea of seeing things from two perspectives. The wordmark is deliberatly simple, big, bold and unapologetic. Different cultures merge through textural handcrafted patterns inspired by fashion from the countries that inspire the drinks. logo graphicdesigner branding illustrator designer packaging packagingdesign drinks spirits…
    paper Take Aim
    Challenge Create a craft beer brand and packaging with stand out and attitude. Solution The name Take Aim is a nod to the brewery location situated around Stirling castle next to the cannons. It also speaks of a purpose to be uncompromisingly craft. A rebellious DIY attitude to mainstream bland beer is achieved through an aesthetic inspired by punk, street art and collage. illustrator graphicdesigner branding packaging design drinks craftbeer…