I am an experienced, imaginative and self-motivated creative with highly developed presentation skills. I enjoy the challenge of devising, developing and presenting graphics whilst continually maintaining a high standard throughout. 

 

I have worked as a freelance graphic designer in publishing for the last 16 years, focusing on magazine layout and print design. Creating beautiful, eyecatching pages with simplicity and an ease for navigation! From kids mags, to fashion, to newspapers, to B2B and more...

 

Alongside design, I also artwork to a professional level, photo correcting and readying pages for repro and print production.

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• Worked for all the big publishers; Reach, DMG, Which, Conde Nast,    Emap, Bauer, BBC, Egmont, and IPC.

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• Fast, accurate and a wiz at Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop and I know these adobe programmes inside out. (But... there is always something new to learn though!!!)

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• Expert industry-standard non-destructive photoshop skills. Including  retouching, skin/colour correction, cutouts, montages etc.

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• Take an idea from concept to print.

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• Create attractive and navigational pages/artworks that are straight to  the point/audience and convey the message intended

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• Close attention to detail

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• Good eye for typography and layout skills

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• Communicate clearly to the team and suppliers verbally and in writing

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• Thorough knowledge of print processes and production

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• Good working knowledge of digital processes and production

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• Used to tight deadlines and working under pressure.

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• Experience in designing tablet digital editions for magazines, including animations and assets for online.

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• Highly motivated, everything I do, I do with the maximum amount of effort and to the highest possible standard

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