About me

Experienced Art Director and Designer in the publishing and content marketing industry. Have worked on various magazines including Fashion, Food, Homes and Interiors plus more. Highly organised, efficient and will always see a project from the planning stage right through to print/online. Skilled in commissioning Illustrators, Photographers, Stylists for photoshoots with art directing experience.

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Projects

• 7

  DrapersArt Editor for weekly magazine Drapers, commissioning and briefing Photographers and Illustrators. designed page layouts and reprographics.
• 1

  Waitrose & Partners Food magazineActing Art Editor for award winning monthly magazine Waitrose & Partners Food. Concepted and briefed photographers, prop stylists and food stylists as well as Art Directed photoshoots. Designed page layouts and marked up images for repro.

Work history

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Art EditorEMAP Publishing Ltd
Sep 2018London, United KingdomFull Time
Producing a weekly fashion business magazine, Drapers, within tight deadlines and budgets and ensuring the visual look and feel as well as online content is on brand and engaging. • Designing layouts through to image retouching and preparing files for print • Sourcing new photographers and illustrators to keep Drapers looking fresh • Createing Motion Graphic videos to promote features on our social channels • Designing for digital - website takeovers, banners, GIFS and website imagery. • Creating besopke reports, marketing assets and event invites • Deputise for the Art Director when needed and managing freelancers. • Picture research for the magazine and online content
Acting Art EditorDentsu Aegis Network
Jun 2014 - Sep 2018London, United KingdomFull Time
Working for John Brown Media, I managed numerous quarterly magazines from homes and interiors, health and fitness to internal company staff magazines before moving onto working on the award winning monthly magazine, Waitrose & Partners Food. Time management and working efficiently under tight deadlines and budgets was crucial. Role responsibilities included; • Designing layouts through to marking up pages for repro and signing off cromolins • Concepting and briefing photographers/prop stylists and art directing photoshoots • Commissioning illustrators within agreed budgets • Attending production and planning meetings with the client • Designed monthly digital banners and provided extra image content for the app • Picture researching

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Skills

• Art Direction
• Publishing Design
• Creative Concepting
• Editorial Design
• Marketing Design
• Digital Design
• Motion Graphics
• Commissioning
• Photoshoots
• Scamps