Hi, I'm Maxine Baudains Smith, a versatile and passionate Graphic Designer with over 10 years of experience in bringing creative concepts to life. I thrive on tackling design challenges with a positive attitude, and I enjoy collaborating across departments to produce compelling marketing campaigns and digital content that truly resonate. I'm confident in my ability to maintain brand consistency and craft engaging visuals for a variety of media, including social, email, digital, and print. As a mentor in the Women in Design Mentorship Collective, I also love supporting and guiding other women starting out in design, sharing my knowledge and enthusiasm for the creative process.

Maxine Baudains Smith

Hi, I'm Maxine Baudains Smith, a versatile and passionate Graphic Designer with over 10 years of experience in bringing creative concepts to life. I thrive on tackling design challenges with a positive attitude, and I enjoy collaborating across departments to produce compelling marketing campaigns and digital content that truly resonate. I'm confident in my ability to maintain brand consistency and craft engaging visuals for a variety of media, including social, email, digital, and print. As a mentor in the Women in Design Mentorship Collective, I also love supporting and guiding other women starting out in design, sharing my knowledge and enthusiasm for the creative process.

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Hi, I’m Maxine Baudains Smith, a versatile and passionate Graphic Designer with over 10 years of experience in bringing creative concepts to life. I thrive on tackling design challenges with a positive attitude, and I enjoy collaborating across departments to produce compelling marketing campaigns and digital content that truly resonate.

I’m confident in my ability to maintain brand consistency and craft engaging visuals for a variety of media, including social, email, digital, and print. As a mentor in the Women in Design Mentorship Collective, I also love supporting and guiding other women starting out in design, sharing my knowledge and enthusiasm for the creative process.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Creative Designer at Aviva
March 1, 2024 - Present
Acted as a Brand Guardian of Aviva design guidelines, interpreting and implementing the brand across marketing while ensuring high standards of creativity and consistency. Worked on social, email, digital, and print-based media, including HTML5 animated ad banner campaigns, motion graphics, and animations.
Digital Designer at Play Sports Network
January 31, 2024 - July 19, 2025
Successfully won major brand partnerships with presentation designs and reports. Fully owned entire digital design campaigns from original concepts to final designs, doubling product sales. Delivered digital paid media and advertising campaigns, social media and in-app content including animations and static images, and web & email campaigns for an eCommerce website. Collaborated cross-departmentally.
Creative Artworker/Designer at Oakhouse Foods
December 31, 2020 - July 19, 2025
Led all digital design and ad-hoc print projects, worked to tight deadlines, and collaborated across departments. Created email campaigns that more than doubled average email revenue, Google digital display banner ads, print projects such as brochures, packaging & leaflets, adverts in national publications, social media advertising (both static and motion graphics), and website & interaction design/development. Awarded Employee of the Month.
Graphic Designer at Vygon UK
December 31, 2017 - July 19, 2025
Designed brand collateral including annual reports, infographics & illustrations. Engaged in video editing/post-production and successfully led a team project designing a new website. Produced print design such as event collateral, brochures, and leaflets. Negotiated with external printers to reduce printing costs significantly.
Junior Designer at Proto-col
September 30, 2014 - July 19, 2025
Supported design efforts for a health & beauty brand (B2C).

Education

BA (Hons) Graphic Communication at Loughborough University
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2013

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

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