Amber Melinda Holt-Manville

Amber Melinda Holt-Manville

Merchandise & Branding DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Amber Melinda Holt-Manville

Amber Melinda Holt-Manville

Merchandise & Branding DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Dedicated individual looking for a fast-paced role in a professional environment. With over 9 years of work experience and a BA(Hons) in Fashion, I am keen to take on the next opportunity to expand on my current skillset. I have experience leading a team of up to 15 people, my role as a team leader required personability and efficient communication skills. Throughout diverse job roles, many transferrable skills have been acquired. My flexibility, organisation and time management have been perfected. My attention to detail and my eye for design are outstanding and key to produce flawless outcomes when working on platforms such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro and Lightroom. Also, working as a freelance creative has given me experience and understanding of the fast-paced nature of the creative professional environment.
Projects
  • PORTFOLIO
    PORTFOLIO
  • Amber Holt-Manville Fashion Film - The Art of Positivity
    Amber Holt-Manville Fashion Film - The Art of PositivityThis was a university project in which we had to create a fashion film, I created a fashion film that replicated different famous art work. First, I used Gustav Klimt's 'The Kiss' for inspiration, followed by Frida Kahlo's renowned painting 'The Frame'. Last of all I used Roy Lichtenstein's famous piece 'The Car'. It utilised many different skills within this project such as videography, editing, styling, directing, set design, set construction, set building, painting and drawing.
  • Boardies Competition
    Boardies CompetitionThis was a competition looking to asses my creativity, style and professionalism as a graphic/print designer, they were looking at my approach the brief, how I generate ideas and execute into commercially viable products. I had to design repeat pattern prints for Boardies swim shorts using a colour palette of my choice. There were 3 themes to choose from which were Ocean life, Tropical vibes, Geometric shapes. They were looking for at least 3 prints within my designs that tie together well. Th
  • Adidas Brief
    Adidas BriefThis project was a live brief competition that I took part in from the renowned brand Adidas. We were told that much less woman participate is sports from the olympics right down to playing for school teams. The brief stated that we must pick a sport and city of our choice and develop a product or a service that would make young woman and girls more engaged with the sport. After some research I decided to pick boxing in Tokyo as the statistics for woman and girls playing this sport were particu
  • Folklore and Fairy Tale
    Folklore and Fairy TaleMy research that I explored for this project into the journey of fairy tales resulted in me realising about contemporary adaptations within fairy tale that are displaying the change in societal attitudes towards gender roles. Through this investigation I became familiar with four different aspects Folklore and Fairy Tale. I have studied the history and theory of fairy tale, Grimms Brothers tales and how gender roles and stereotypes are utilised within them. When exploring the history of the tale
  • Social Media
    Social MediaThis is a shoot that exemplifies people and their growing needs for their social media to succeed. We live in a world is filled with spectacular surroundings which are being overlooked by ignorance and vanity. People everywhere are getting swallowed up by this digital divider which allows people to separate their strengths from their weaknesses, leaving the rest of us comparing someone else's 'best' bits to our 'worst' bits. Normality lies within people being more interested in what is in their
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Work history
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    VideographerLe Bun
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Freelance work for popular Le Bun pop up restaurant consisted of videoing footage in an energetic environment shadowing the fast-paced chef in busy service hours.
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    Merchandiser & Branding DesignerAndy Taylor
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Freelance work for Andy Taylor’s, from renowned band ‘Duran Duran’, new and upcoming solo album soon to be released. Main duties include designing the logo, album artwork (featuring on all major music platforms), motifs and graphics for the garments and other merchandise. This involves using my hand drawing skills and utilises my proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.
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Skills
  • Adobe Create Suite
  • Set Design
  • Illustration
  • Decor
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Styling
  • Photography
  • Videography
  • Editing
Education
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    Leeds Arts University logo
    Bachelor of Arts (BA) Leeds Arts University
     - Leeds, United Kingdom
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    Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignBlackburn College
     - Blackburn, United Kingdom
    Distinction.
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