With over 10 years experience, I seamlessly integrate design and development processes, streamlining communication across teams and delivering innovative solutions that balance aesthetic appeal with technical feasibility. My multi-disciplinary skillset enables faster iteration cycles, cost savings, and versatility.
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe XD
Figma
Canva
Sketch
HTML
CSS
SASS
JavaScript
BootstrapG&L is a managed service provider for streaming media, trusted by Germany's largest broadcasters, event organisers, and government entities. As the sole Digital Media Designer, I am responsible for creating all online and offline artwork - such as: website, email and social media banners, exhibition booths, magazine adverts and product flyers.
Part of my daily tasks involve keeping the G&L website up-to-date with new content. As well as managng a small portfolio of microsites.
During my time at G&L, I have made significant and measureable improvements their websites, spearheaded the relaunch of their email marketing campaigns, and saved the company a substantual amount of money and time by consolidating all design in-house.
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A streaming platform for government institutions.
Distrelec is one of Europe's leading distributors of electronics, automation and measurement technology. My role involved working with Marketing to drive traffic to our portfolio of 23 websites by designing and developing a wide range of web pages and emails, banners and printed marketing material.
Each month I worked collaboratively across several departments within the business (Marketing, Purchasing, Search and Email) on large campaigns - such as seasonal sales, supplier branded events and product promotions. A meticulous approach and attention to deal was crucial, because I had to translate the work across 16 languages.
I was responsible for Distrelec's brand guidelines and contributed to the development of their brand assets - such as the organisation and management of image libraries, templates and user guides.
As one of the first to be employed in Distrelec's Manchester Enterprise Hub, I played a pivotal role in defining our collaborative processes, tools and resource requirements.
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Mockups for an industrial automation campaign.
Venn Digital is a Digital Marketing Agency based in Cheshire. As a Digital Designer, I was responsible for understanding and executing a client brief to ensure their website strategy supports their commercial goals. I worked within a squad (Project Manager, Strategist, Backend Developer, Tester) to find a solution that creatively meets the client brief within a given budget. I would crate layered design concepts and convert them into well formatted HTML and CSS, using JavaScript or pre-made libraries such as jQuery to add interactive elements to enhance the user experience. I ensured every design produced, whether it's a banner or new website template, delivered an effective experience across desktop, mobile and tablet.
The role involved understanding our client's brand so that it is reflected through all digital design collateral and having strong UI design skills with emphasis on UX principles to ensure my work provides a simple, easy to use, user experience that delivers commercial results.
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Assisted with design and front end development for a specialist recruitment website.
As a Science and Engineering Faculty Web Officer, I was the digital marketing expert for the faculty and responsible for the management as well as enhancement of a broad portfolio of websites, whilst implementing digital marketing campaigns and techniques to improve the faculty's recognition and visibility in key markets. I worked collaboratively with teaching, research and technical staff to ensure that their outputs were presented effectively to key audiences.
I provided a crucial role in ensuring that the university's brand, reputation and strengths were promoted correctly internally and externally. I worked closely with the Faculty Marketing Officer, developing the faculty's portfolio of digital marketing materials, initiating and delivering digital campaigns to support a number of key projects, open days and events within the faculty - such as:
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Concept for the a university students' union homepage.
R.O.EYE is a performance marketing agency based in Manchester and London. During my time there I was solely responsible for the development and management of a portfolio of affiliate websites. This included their development, content management and maintenance. I worked with Backend Developers to create data-driven features to make them as autonomous as possible.
I drove traffic to them through a series of weekly email campaigns and via social media advertising. In addition, I was involved in any graphic design the company needed, including logos, pitch documents, user guides and web banners.
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Design and font end development for a short-term money lender built on WordPress.
Freelance web design and front end development for a caravan holiday park.
Gladiator PC is a computer components and peripherals retailer. This was 2 month contract to redesign and develop their new website with added functionality for the user to choose specific components to vertually build and order their custom PC. This contract involved working closely with their Graphic Designer to create new branding and their Back End Developer to integrate the new functionality.
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HSS Hire is the leading suppliers of tool and equipment hire in the UK. I was solely responsible for their graphic design and web content management. This role was the first time the company had taken design in-house and it was my responsibly to build the foundations of design department.
A typical working week would include printed marketing material, clothing, stationery, and branch signage, as well as updating products online, building microsites and creating email campaigns.
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This course maintained a strong practical focus. We were taught web design and development though projects, collaborating with other students and local industries with focus on UX/UI design, databases, interactive multimedia and e-commerce services.
We studied web design concepts, visual trends, graphical communication, design aesthetics, media on the web, accessibility, usability and user experience.
We were taught programming languages, such as HTML, JavaScript, SQL and PHP, as well as the creative skills necessary to design for a range of devices, including desktop browsers, smart phones and tablets.
Modules included:
This course provided the knowledge and skills required for a career in the creative media industry. It covered table typography and desktop publishing, image editing, print production, computer aided design, graphic design, pre-Press technologies, multimedia and communication industry management.
This course covered graphics, illustration, textiles, fashion, ceramics, 3D design, photography, fine art, visual studies and contextual studies.