Skills

» Logo and brand development.

» Creation of marketing & creative material for print & web.

» Email templates and website development.

» Managing and advising on design and print process with suppliers if required; negotiating best rates and best practice for workflow.
» Supporting & advising on corporate design & branding.
» Designing marketing literature, presentations, templates and infographics.
» Creating and sourcing images, infographics, Smart Art and photography for use on email, web and Word/PowerPoint templates.
» Filming and editing using After Effects and Premiere Pro.
» Photography for corporate communications and editing in Lightroom.

» Use of Adobe Creative Cloud packages, Microsoft packages and Canva

» Creation of marketing & creative material for print & web using Adobe Creative Cloud Design.
» Management of design and print process with suppliers; negotiating best rates and best practice.
» Creator and manager of corporate brand in marketing literature, projects & other special projects. Apply brand guidelines appropriately across a wide variety of media, both on & offline.
» Supporting & advising business departments concerning corporate design & branding.
» Designing marketing literature, presentations, templates and infographics.
» Presenting graphic design solutions to corporate literature ensuring that the brand fits with the copy and tone of voice.
» Maximising the use of design & digital technology in marketing communications.
» Proofing all work, liaising with printers and maintaining organised files and managing best practice of the design to print workflow.
» Experienced in pre-pressing work, specifying print and handling suppliers, working with printers, finishers, web design consultants and other specialists and managing design projects.
» Creating and sourcing images, infographics, Smart Art and photography for use on email (dotMailer), web (Sitecore/Sharepoint) and Word/PowerPoint templates.
» Development and management of interactive presentations using Adobe Creative Suite (DPS).
» In-house video filming and editing using After Effects and Premiere Pro.
» In-house photography and location photography for corporate communications.
» Creator and manager of the corporate literature library system and asset library.

» Developer of email templates and key contact in website development skinning & branding for Miller Insurance Services LLP.

» St John Ambulance First Aider.

Support to Marketing product teams & business in:

• Print - advise in production, best practice & supplier relationship
• Web - management of changes on gemoney.co.uk with the eCommerce team & web development team in Mexico. Administrator of mortgage and secured loan changes.
• Design - in-house resource for graphics, imagery, design requirements using Adobe CS2 and Quark for Internal & External campaigns
• IP Agreement - contact for IP licences and logos
• Job bag & archive of literature - aid process with D&P manager
• eLiterature audit - relationship management for artwork database supplier
• Online Proofing System - ongoing project to set up to improve workflow
• Online image library - source and manage images & licences
• GE Money Home Lending Brand approval & advice
• e-marketing - set up and implementation of an email campaign management system for all brands. Tool administrator and provided best practice support for email campaigns with brand managers.

Started as a marketing assistant for several financial companies under the Blemain Group. I was thus promoted to Marketing Communications Executive for B2B marketing in July 2005. Tasks included:

• Day to day management with design/print houses/ some broker queries
• Organize company documents (hard and electronic copies)
• Creating artwork for adverts, brochures, flyers, and mailshots using Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Express
• Organizing advertising schedule and budgets
• Compliance sign off and account/payment of adverts/projects
• Coordinating with external agencies in regards to creating brochures, flyers, and various promotional items
• Project managed corporate exhibitions in Manchester and London
• Adhoc design projects within the business

On-going personal learning via Coursera

On-going training for CIM certification with work.

On-going training for Adobe graphics design packages with work.

Entered the University of Plymouth in 2000 to MediaLab Arts (BSc). It is now known as BA (Hons) Digital Art and Technology (DAT) and provides a vibrant mix of theory and practice, a unique experience developing technical and critical skills for the design of interactive media products and projects for the media, technology and cultural industries. Year 1 provides a grounding in digital media, theory, software, technologies and production techniques needed such as graphic tools and web design technology. Year 2 provides a fundamental foundation for building CVs, portfolios, project management, individual creative practice and professional collaborations.

Transferred to Multimedia Computing BSc (Hons) in 2002 to incorporate a Business and Marketing courses. Module choices are drawn from the suite of computing subject areas within the School of Computing and Mathematics. These include software engineering, analysis and design, computer networking, security and artificial intelligence.

Brent Schools, in a Christian ecumenical environment in the Philippines, are committed to developing individual students as responsible global citizens and leaders in their respective communities, with a multicultural and international perspective, and equipped for entry to colleges and universities throughout the world.

Activities: National Honours Society (1998-2000), Brent Drama Club (1997-2000), Glee Club/Brent Choir (1997-2000), Asia Pacific Activities Conference Girls Football (1999-2000) and Choir (1997-1999), Student Council President (1999-2000), Student Council Secretary (1998-1999), Brent Azure Club Representative (1998-1999), Brent Girls Rugby (1997-1998)

Grade school 1-2 in Bangkok, Thailand.