_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ I am a creative, highly motivated and reliable freelance marketing and design professional, with experience across marketing, branding and creative production for arts and charity sectors. I balance my work with HowDo?! Yorkshire and other freelance projects, delivering high-quality campaigns, assets and brand touchpoints. I am highly organized, self-sufficient and capable of working under pressure, with excellent time-management and a multi-disciplinary skillset spanning design, marketing and branding.…

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_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ I am a creative, highly motivated and reliable freelance marketing and design professional, with experience across marketing, branding and creative production for arts and charity sectors. I balance my work with HowDo?! Yorkshire and other freelance projects, delivering high-quality campaigns, assets and brand touchpoints. I am highly organized, self-sufficient and capable of working under pressure, with excellent time-management and a multi-disciplinary skillset spanning design, marketing and branding.…

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I am a creative, highly motivated and reliable freelance marketing and design professional, with experience across marketing, branding and creative production for arts and charity sectors. I balance my work with HowDo?! Yorkshire and other freelance projects, delivering high-quality campaigns, assets and brand touchpoints.

I am highly organized, self-sufficient and capable of working under pressure, with excellent time-management and a multi-disciplinary skillset spanning design, marketing and branding.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Sales and Marketing Manager at HowDo?! Yorkshire
January 1, 2024 - Present
Overseeing day-to-day marketing activities as well as long-term development plans; brand development for Welcome to Bradford; management of apprentice work and overall development and task delegation.
Sales and Marketing Executive at HowDo?! Yorkshire
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Day-to-day social media marketing activities; community engagement and outreach; conducting sales outreach, issuing sales quotes, booking jobs and sending invoices.
Sales and Marketing Consultant at Libraries in Leeds Festival
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Marketing campaign consultancy & overall campaign management; PR reachout; Marketing & Social Asset Design.
Volunteer Creative Designer at The Egalitarian
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Creating digital and print assets to support spike-aware and allyship training to nightlife, workplace and event-management industries.
Founder at Chunkyresin.co.uk
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2023
Developed brand identity; self-produced all content for the brand, including graphic design, product design, photography, social media and copywriting; maintained strong customer relationships and resolved issues.
Barista at Pausa Cafe
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Customer Assistant at M&S
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Customer Assistant at M&S
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
Customer Assistant at Vue Cinemas
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015

Education

MA in Advertising & Design at University of Leeds
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
BA (Hons) Illustration/Animation at Anglia Ruskin University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2020
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design at Leeds Arts University
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Qualifications

A-Levels (3 subjects incl. Graphic Design, Fine Art)
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
GCSEs (11 including Graphic Products, Maths & English)
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
Marsden Prize
January 11, 2030 - June 15, 2026
First Class Degree in Illustration & Animation with Honours
September 1, 2017 - June 1, 2020
Masters Degree in Advertising & Design
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization, Education, Retail
    HowDo?! Yorkshire - Merchandise & Brand
    Brand design and merchandise design for HowDo?! Yorkshire.…
    Sip & Write - The Egalitarian
    Creation of a new brand identity for an event series by The Egalitarian.…
    The Intermediary Cooperative
    Designing a suite of branded materials for The Intermediary Cooperative to improve their visibility and brand recognition.…
    Élő - Speculative Brand Design
    Created for 2023/24 Masters - Speculative brand design for the Hungarian Vegan Family Foods market. Creation of a full suite of branded objects, a social media campaign, and advertising campaign.…
    Racial Justice Network - 10th Anniversary
    Creation of a specific set of logos for Racial Justice Network to use over 2026 for their 10th Anniversary. Also the design of several different merch and print items for their day of celebration.…
    Racial Justice Network - Brand Guidelines & Print Materials
    Putting together a comprehensive set of brand guidelines for Racial Justice Network, tightening up logos and fonts, and producing several printed materials for team use.…
    Bussing Out - National Tour
    Brand creation and lead imagery for Bussing Out, a national tour of an exhibition focusing on 'Bussing Out', a practise in the 60s-80s in which non-white children were displaced from their schools and 'bussed out' to other schools in the name of 'education', leading to lifelong impact. In collaboration with University of Bradford and Theatre in The Mill. webdesigner…