Hi, I'm Bethany McCormack, a passionate graphic designer and illustrator currently working with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust's Communications team. I specialize in branding, page layouts, and digital assets for both print and web, ensuring high quality and accuracy in all projects. I also enjoy creating engaging animations and managing the administrative side of design work, balancing creativity with organization. Alongside my full-time role, I am a freelance book cover designer for Amberley Publishing and have experience managing a small business in portrait drawing and graphic design. I have worked in diverse roles across publishing, gift sectors, and freelance positions, honing my Adobe skills and design expertise. I am friendly, hardworking, and dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing and accurate work that meets client needs.

Bethany McCormack

Hi, I'm Bethany McCormack, a passionate graphic designer and illustrator currently working with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust's Communications team. I specialize in branding, page layouts, and digital assets for both print and web, ensuring high quality and accuracy in all projects. I also enjoy creating engaging animations and managing the administrative side of design work, balancing creativity with organization. Alongside my full-time role, I am a freelance book cover designer for Amberley Publishing and have experience managing a small business in portrait drawing and graphic design. I have worked in diverse roles across publishing, gift sectors, and freelance positions, honing my Adobe skills and design expertise. I am friendly, hardworking, and dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing and accurate work that meets client needs.

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Hi, I’m Bethany McCormack, a passionate graphic designer and illustrator currently working with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s Communications team. I specialize in branding, page layouts, and digital assets for both print and web, ensuring high quality and accuracy in all projects. I also enjoy creating engaging animations and managing the administrative side of design work, balancing creativity with organization.

Alongside my full-time role, I am a freelance book cover designer for Amberley Publishing and have experience managing a small business in portrait drawing and graphic design. I have worked in diverse roles across publishing, gift sectors, and freelance positions, honing my Adobe skills and design expertise. I am friendly, hardworking, and dedicated to producing aesthetically pleasing and accurate work that meets client needs.

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Work Experience

Graphic Designer at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
March 1, 2022 - Present
Working with the Communications team, Bethany rebrands and layouts patient information documentation and corporate publications for print and web. She manages branding for multimillion-pound digital systems like EpicEPR and MyChart, produces assets including posters, certificates, banners, and web page materials. She creates engaging animations using After Effects, handles job tracking and administration with keen attention to detail for document accuracy and copyright compliance. She maintains thorough records and manages a busy mailbox while delivering aesthetically pleasing and creative work.
Freelance Graphic Designer (Book Cover Designer) at Amberley Publishing
March 1, 2022 - Present
Bethany designs book covers with high accuracy, managing swatches, barcode creation, styles, and printer requirements. She communicates effectively with staff via Teams, works from complex internal server briefs, and creates monthly adverts for magazines. She manages workload efficiently, often completing briefs on tight or same-day deadlines successfully through her knowledge and experience.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Jacob Bailey
December 31, 2021 - September 4, 2025
In this varied role, Bethany worked on diverse projects with tight deadlines including PowerPoint presentations, calendars, brochures, food packaging, and mock-up sales display units. The role required strong technical, communication, and time management skills. She designed for clients such as the Co-op, SBM Life Science, and Greene King, handling complex technical briefs with rewarding creative outcomes.
Small Business Owner, Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Content Creator at Self-employed
September 1, 2020 - Present
Bethany runs a small business offering portrait drawings and design work, providing a personalized service interacting with the public. She creates her own social media content, attracting clients effectively. She also designs logos, business cards for small start-ups, and coordinates print work with an Ipswich-based printer, maintaining a strong social media presence.
Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Henbrandt Ltd
September 30, 2020 - September 4, 2025
Bethany designed new artwork for the party and gift sector, often working from her own sketches and preparing designs for print. She introduced branding concepts, created logos, handled photography and image editing, and redesigned the company catalogue. She liaised with sales and international printers, produced monthly adverts and web banners, trained a junior designer, and assisted with a full company website redesign. She also improved artwork archiving for operational efficiency.
Prototyper & Graphic Designer at Imagine That Publishing
March 31, 2015 - September 4, 2025
Bethany ensured mock-up book titles and gift packs were ready for sales pitches, managing freelancers and coordinating photoshoots. She moved into design, working with agency illustrators and redesigning book titles targeting specific age ranges. She learned Adobe Suite and QuarkXPress, trained team members, and created picture books including her own published titles. She managed photography, instructions, and artwork for print. Her designs were sold in major retailers like Waterstones and WHSmiths.

Education

BA (Hons) Fashion Design: 2:1 at Anglia Ruskin University
September 1, 2007 - June 30, 2010
Foundation Course (Art & Design): Distinction at University Campus Suffolk
September 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007
A Levels at The Sixth Form College, Colchester
September 1, 2004 - June 30, 2006
GCSEs at Holbrook High School
September 1, 1999 - June 30, 2004

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Consumer Goods, Professional Services