Pitch Deck & Editorial Designer ⏩ Scroll-stopping presentation templates your team can edit 👌 Do you need to take complex information and share it with your clients or team, in a way that they'll understand and absorb? 👋 I'm Alex, a designer from Brighton in the UK, that specialises in creating solutions that make sure your message gets through. Everything from multi-page newsletters and **publication design** (PDF layout, reports), to sales team-ready **slide decks** and **Power Point templates** or **presentation designs**, to infographics or **marketing collateral** for print (flyers, leaflets, media kits / media packs). I'm your man (as Wham! once sang). **What you and your project gain when you hire me:** ✅ - **Clear hierarchy** and confident typography that guide the reader effortlessly - A **clean, modern layout** style with plenty of breathing space - **Strong, consistent visual language** across every page or slide - **Ready for real world use** - if you need to use Powerpoint, or Word it's no drama - **Copy polished** for flow, tone, and fit when space is tight **Mantra:** Go the extra mile for clients, creating future-proof work we’re both proud of > 💬 **I'm always happy to answer questions.** Feel free to message me with a couple of lines about what you’re trying to communicate and who you're trying to communicate it to, and we can chat over some options to get you across the line. **Alex**…

Alex Baker

Pitch Deck & Editorial Designer ⏩ Scroll-stopping presentation templates your team can edit 👌 Do you need to take complex information and share it with your clients or team, in a way that they'll understand and absorb? 👋 I'm Alex, a designer from Brighton in the UK, that specialises in creating solutions that make sure your message gets through. Everything from multi-page newsletters and **publication design** (PDF layout, reports), to sales team-ready **slide decks** and **Power Point templates** or **presentation designs**, to infographics or **marketing collateral** for print (flyers, leaflets, media kits / media packs). I'm your man (as Wham! once sang). **What you and your project gain when you hire me:** ✅ - **Clear hierarchy** and confident typography that guide the reader effortlessly - A **clean, modern layout** style with plenty of breathing space - **Strong, consistent visual language** across every page or slide - **Ready for real world use** - if you need to use Powerpoint, or Word it's no drama - **Copy polished** for flow, tone, and fit when space is tight **Mantra:** Go the extra mile for clients, creating future-proof work we’re both proud of > 💬 **I'm always happy to answer questions.** Feel free to message me with a couple of lines about what you’re trying to communicate and who you're trying to communicate it to, and we can chat over some options to get you across the line. **Alex**…

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Pitch Deck & Editorial Designer ⏩ Scroll-stopping presentation templates your team can edit 👌

Do you need to take complex information and share it with your clients or team, in a way that they’ll understand and absorb? 👋 I’m Alex, a designer from Brighton in the UK, that specialises in creating solutions that make sure your message gets through.

Everything from multi-page newsletters and publication design (PDF layout, reports), to sales team-ready slide decks and Power Point templates or presentation designs, to infographics or marketing collateral for print (flyers, leaflets, media kits / media packs). I’m your man (as Wham! once sang).

What you and your project gain when you hire me: ✅

  • Clear hierarchy and confident typography that guide the reader effortlessly
  • A clean, modern layout style with plenty of breathing space
  • Strong, consistent visual language across every page or slide
  • Ready for real world use - if you need to use Powerpoint, or Word it’s no drama
  • Copy polished for flow, tone, and fit when space is tight

Mantra: Go the extra mile for clients, creating future-proof work we’re both proud of

💬 I’m always happy to answer questions. Feel free to message me with a couple of lines about what you’re trying to communicate and who you’re trying to communicate it to, and we can chat over some options to get you across the line.

Alex

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Work Experience

Programmes Manager at Gaydio Brighton Ltd
July 11, 2018 - September 22, 2023
Alongside the day-to-day on-air management of a city centre radio station, my role included graphic design, commercial production, radio imaging, web design and content, voiceover, news reading, music selection and scheduling and presenting a daily drivetime show across the UK.
Breakfast Producer at Global Media and Entertainment Ltd
August 8, 2018 - April 4, 2019
Launch producer for Capital Breakfast in Brighton. Responsible for compliance and smooth operation of a daily morning show, as well as providing hands-on help with prepping content, as well as the editing of audio and video content to the highest standard.
Content Manager at Brighton & Hove Radio Ltd
August 14, 2015 - August 7, 2018
I started my stint at Juice Brighton as a research intern with the University of Sussex, before being offered the position of Digital Editor. During this time, I relaunched the station on a new CMS, increased digital audience by 300%, integrated digital skills training. After taking on the role of Content Manager, my role expanded to managing station output, sound and how the brand was positioned in marketing campaigns.
Marketing Manager at The South East Leisure Group
August 1, 2012 - August 13, 2015
Initially working full time in a busy city centre nightclub on marketing, promotions, events and act bookings, I dropped down to a part time role working across a handful of venues when I began studying for my maters degree. Roles included social media marketing, email marketing, graphic design for print marketing, web design and content, media planning and curating an entertainment lineup.

Education

Master of Arts, Digital Media at University of Sussex
October 1, 2013 - October 1, 2015
Batchelor of Science, Government & History at London School of Economics and Political Science
October 1, 2006 - October 1, 2009
AS Level Graphics Products (A) at The College of Richard Collyer
September 1, 2003 - September 1, 2004
GCSE Graphic Products (A*) at Tanbridge House School
September 1, 2001 - September 1, 2002

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Travel & Hospitality, Software & Internet, Education
    paper Decadance UK — Corporate Media Pack (Print)

    Created a corporate-friendly media pack for Decadance UK, designed to support advertiser and stakeholder conversations without relying on the station’s listener-facing tone.

    Overview Video

    Results

    • Deck size: 8 pages with a further 12 generic re-purposable templates.
    • Turnaround: 7 days from concept to final editable deck
    • Delivery format: built in PowerPoint to ensure familiarity and editability for sales and partnerships teams
    • Brand rollout: introduced Figtree as a new body typeface, now used across the wider Decadance estate
    • Validation: delivered in time for immediate stakeholder use (next-day meeting)

    Brief

    Produce a sleek, easy-to-digest pack that captures the energy of dance music radio station Decadance UK while presenting the brand in a more corporate context for advertisers and partners.

    My role

    Sole designer responsible for concept, layout system, and final deck design.

    Deliverables

    • media pack layout system (repeatable templates)
    • consistent visual language across sections
    • final editable PowerPoint deck

    Tools used

    • Adobe Photoshop (image treatments and composite elements)
    • Adobe Illustrator (vector assets and logo-stencil device)
    • Unsplash (photography sourcing)
    • Microsoft PowerPoint (final build and editable delivery)

    Design approach

    • deliberate use of negative space to improve clarity and pacing
    • repurposed the existing logo as a stencil device, clipping and shaping imagery into a consistent system
    • clean, repeatable layout structure for stakeholder readability
    • introduced a new body font (Figtree) alongside existing brand typography to improve legibility and professionalism

    Feedback

    “Oh that’s really good — can you send that to me right now? I can use it in my 9am meeting without a doubt.”

    paper National Education Union — Senior Members Newsletter (Print)

    Designed and produced the South-East Region Senior Members’ Newsletter, for the UK’s largest teaching and education trades union, the NEU. Designed to match existing brand and style guidelines, with additional attention paid to accessibility.

    Walkthrough video

    Results

    • Distribution: sent via email to all Senior Members in the NEU South-East region
    • Turnaround: 2 days from content collation and sub-editing to approval-ready artwork
    • Scale: 13 pages (A4)
    • Content: 12 articles
    • Assets handled: 25+ images/visual assets (incl. editorial illustrations)
    • Validation: 3 member feedback messages received following the inaugural issue. Re-hired to update quarterly on an ongoing basis.

    Brief

    Take a collection of contributions submitted as Microsoft Word Documents, and collate them into a fully designed A4 newsletter. Final product must deliver a consistent, readable, brand-compliant publication suitable for a Senior Members audience, while supporting multiple article types across a full issue.

    My role

    Sole designer and producer, responsible for:

    • editorial layout and typesetting
    • brand compliance and visual consistency
    • copy sub-editing to fit space constraints and unify tone
    • creation of supporting editorial imagery (incl. one AI-generated illustration and one Illustrator image-trace style piece)

    Deliverables

    • Full-colour A4 newsletter artwork (distributed both as a digiatl download and a physical version printed with CMYK offset lithography)
    • multi-page layout with varied article formats and layout variations
    • final approval-ready, accessible PDF

    Tools used

    • Adobe Illustrator (editorial illustration, image-trace style artwork)
    • Adobe Firefly Image Generation (cyberpunk-style editorial classroom illustration)
    • Adobe InDesign (layout)

    Selected feedback

    “That looks great — very professionally done… You’ve done sterling work on it!!” — Peter May (Retired Member, West Sussex)
    “Great newsletter — thanks.” — David Wilson (Member, West Sussex)
    “Thanks for your efforts on this inaugural magazine…” — Peter Shreeve (Member, Isle of Wight)

    paper OhSo Social - Bar/Restaurant Menu POS (Print)

    Design and layout of a bar restaurant menu for OhSo Socialm a busy beachfront bar and restaurant on Brighton’s metropolitan seafront. Serving a wide variety of dishes and drinks to a crowd of both families and younger, fashion-conscious professionals, they needed a design that felt fresh and modern, while still keeping a hand-crafted feel that set them apart from nearby cookie-cutter corporates.

    Overview Video

    Results

    • Format: Tri-fold menu designed to a fixed on-table POS size
    • Content density: 12+ distinct sections across food and drink
    • Imagery: Bespoke cover photography plus supporting food imagery

    Brief

    Create a seasonal menu that feels unmistakably on-brand: modern and premium, but with a crafted character. The layout needed to handle a large amount of information in a constrained tri-fold format, while staying quick to scan at-table.

    My role

    Sole designer responsible for typography, layout system, styling, and final artwork.

    Deliverables

    • Tri-fold menu artwork (front and back)
    • Consistent hierarchy for section headings, item names, descriptions and prices
    • Promotional and contact panels integrated into the layout

    Tools used

    • Adobe Illustrator
    • Adobe Photoshop
    • Existing brand typeface: Raleway
    • Bespoke Photography: Restaurants Brighton

    Design approach

    • Augmented the existing brand font (Raleway) with additional display faces to give headings more character and improve navigation
    • Created hand-drawn, watercolour-style boxes, highlights and borders to visually separate sections and improve readability
    • Used splattered blue watercolour accents to evoke the nearby surf and strengthen the Brighton seaside cue
    • Built a repeatable layout system to make future seasonal menu updates straightforward
    paper National Education Union (NEU) - Women’s Networking Session Promo (Short-Form Video)

    The NEU is the largest union for teachers and education professionals in the UK. They needed a punchy promotional video to highlight an upcoming women’s networking session across social media. The final piece was produced in a vertical format, designed for mobile-first viewing.

    Overview Video

    Results

    • Format: Vertical social video (mobile-first)
    • Sources: Mobile phone footage (client supplied) plus AI-generated stock clips
    • Audio: Dialogue cleaned and enhanced, then post-processed to studio quality

    Brief

    Create a fast, engaging promo video suitable for social feeds, using supplied mobile footage and existing NEU brand assets, while keeping the final piece visually consistent and professional.

    My role

    Sole editor and motion designer responsible for video build, visual treatment, and audio cleanup.

    Deliverables

    • Final vertical promo video for social distribution
    • Branded typography and logo integration using supplied NEU assets
    • Processed audio suitable for social playback

    Tools used

    • Adobe Firefly (AI stock footage generation)
    • Waves Clarity VX (dialogue cleanup)
    • Client-supplied assets (logos, fonts, stills)
    • Adobe After Effects (composition)
    • Adobe Audition (audio post-processing)

    Design approach

    • Built the edit around mobile footage supplied by the union, then augmented it with AI-generated clips of diverse mix of teachers networking in a social setting
    • Unified mixed-source footage by applying a consistent cartoon-style halftone treatment across the entire video
    • Kept brand alignment through NEU typography and logo placement
    • Improved intelligibility by processing the original phone audio with Waves Clarity VX

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