Maria Lynam
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Maria Lynam

Graphic DesignerNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Maria Lynam

Graphic DesignerNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
About me
I am a Graphic Designer from Manchester, currently living in Newcastle. As a recent graduate, I am keen to develop my skills and knowledge as a designer. After working as a Digital Communications Intern at Airbus Helicopters in Germany, I have adapted to working within a creative team, assisted with filming and editing videos, and also found ways to be creative within a large business.
Projects
  • Discover
    DiscoverDiscover magazine discusses the representation of women in the gaming industry, and female characters. Addressing both positive and negative ideas with special feature pages for different games. Discover is for a male and female audience, encouraging awareness. Feature pages change monthly and would be part of Edge and Playstation.
  • Maria Lynam Personal Branding
    Maria Lynam Personal Branding
  • Coppafeel X International Women's Day 2020
    Coppafeel X International Women's Day 2020To celebrate International Women's Day 2020, Coppafeel teamed up with @weareprintsocial to ask artists of all kinds to create a T-Shirt design for the 'Grab Life By The Boobs X International Women's Day' competition. My design represents an array of different shapes, sizes and genders, encouraging the normalisation and self awareness around checking. Anyone can sign up to receive free regular texts from 'Boob HQ' which kindly remind you to self check regularly.
  • Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy
    Mossgiel Farm Organic DairyAn original brief created for my final major project at The University of Huddersfield. A development of the existing logo, maintaining the heritage behind the brand, and a familiar face for consumers from 150 years ago. Bags and stickers used by local coffee or farm shops to display sales for Mossgiel milk, the re-usable glass bottles printed using 'The Girls' cow patterns which reflect the percentage of cream in each type of milk. E.g. Organic Gold Standard Milk contains 4.5% - 4.9% cream. Mor
  • Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy Website
    Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy WebsiteAn original brief in connection to branding and re-branding. A project outcome that includes a re-design and re-branded website for consumers to find information, products, and heritage behind the Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy brand. 5 main pages for the website, showing how they would appear live. Including a look at the refreshment of Mossgiel's social media pages, updating content and information appropriate to different audiences.
  • Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy Style Guide
    Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy Style GuidePart of my final outcome for my final major project, a Brand Identity & Style Guide for Mossgiel Farm Organic Dairy.
Projects credited in
  • University of Huddersfield, Graphic Design & Animation
    University of Huddersfield, Graphic Design & AnimationThis year, our students have rebranded a funeral parlour into a Fish and Chip shop (Fish and Crypts), they have designed smartphone apps that encourage ethical offline living in a digital age (Root), they have made the mundane marvellous by re-designing the most banal routines of our everyday lives (Translucent Design), and they have reimagined the craft of sharing stories (Folklore for Modern Folk). The diversity of Final Major Projects demonstrates the unique, in depth design processes each of
Work history
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    Digital CommunicationsAirbus Helicopters
     - 86609 Donauworth, GermanyInternship
    Primary designer for digital media, creating graphic elements for print and digital, used for events and social media channels Generate video content, filming/editing for Airbus YouTube channel, internal and external projects Understanding of brand guidelines and apply to all print and digital projects appropriately Excellent time management of projects, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines, organisation of print material in time for events Integrate into the communications team by working with the events and media teams while working independently on required projects Expand skills and knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite
    BBC logo
    BBC logo
    Graphic DesignerBBC
     - Salford, United KingdomInternship
    Industry experience learning the day-to-day tasks of a Graphic Designer Create digital content for the BBC Sport website, ensuring flexibility across desktop and mobile versions Knowledge of UX Design for CBeebies / CBBC website while making it safe for children to use Understanding of BBC brand guidelines and usage
Skills
  • Branding Design
  • Editorial Design
  • Web Design
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Creative Suite
Education
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    BA(Hons) Graphic DesignUniversity of Huddersfield
     - Huddersfield, United Kingdom
    Graphic Design, 2:1
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    A Level, AS LevelAquinas College
     - Stockport, United Kingdom
    Art, Craft & Design / Product Design / Media Studies / Graphic Design