An experienced and multi-disciplined creative professional with over 8 years experience specialising in digital design and design for print, artworking, print production and photography seeking a new creative challenge.
I’m excited by the challenge of building brands, leading collaborative projects and bringing the best out in people. Utilising my creative expertise to make sure that the brief is completed on time and on budget.
I am an approachable person, an excellent communicator and have been an asset to the companies and charities I have worked for. I am
seeking a role to further develop myself and the organisation.
Projects
- Hotel Bedroom Directory & Foiled Bespoke Door HangerWhilst at h Club London I had the pleasure of designing the luxuriously foiled Bedroom Directory for hotel guests as well as the bespoke leather-like bespoke door hangers (with pocket) where guests could place their breakfast order, ready for the morning. My role was to typeset and create the layout of the directory as well as source the paper, foil and printing of the directory. Working with our talented Junior Designer, Ellen to create iconography that would be used internationally for the Lo
- Boots Retail Packaging DesignPlease be aware this retail packaging design work was done by Dave whilst working at his previous employer – Consuma. At his previous employer dave working on the Boots retail packaging design project. This was to re-design their whole tissue box range including winter tissue cubes and pocket packs. Dave saw this as an exciting project as this was the first time that boots have updated their tissue box designs for a long time. The fact that these designs would be in store for a number of years
- Food & Lifestyle PhotographyWhilst at h Club London I have curated and produced the photography for their food and lifestyle shoots throughout the year. This includes everything from new food & beverage menu options as well as lifestyle images to be used throughout social media and in their collateral. What you can see is a small part of what I’ve done for them.
- Lost Village Festival - PhotographyI was very lucky to have the chance to do some festival photography at Lost Village Festival. The festival was an amazing experience and we would highly recommend that you give it a go if you haven’t been before. Entering the festival you’re dropped into a forest in the Lincolnshire countryside and transported into a quirky and wonderful world. Actors are on site throughout the whole event creating a story and interacting with the festival goers. World class music acts perform on various sta
- TEDx Brayford Pool (Lincoln) - Branding, Design & PhotographyI heard that Lincoln was having its first TEDx event (An independently organised TED Talks event) and I jumped at the chance to be part of this amazing initiative. I was lucky to work on so many strands of the event. We curated the branding of the inaugural theme, past present & future as well as the delegate brochure and were on hand to do photography for the event too! I had so much fun on the project and am pleased to say the event went amazingly well.
- Membership Pack Construction & DesignI (Dave) was asked to develop a cost effective but stylish, modern and sleek membership pack so that they could upgrade the offering that members receive when they first join the club. I did the packaging construction and developement. We went through various concepts with the team and ended up using the very elegant GF Smith Ebony stock at 350gsm with a black foil stamped “h” on the front. As well as the membership card carrier and a welcome letter I designed the new rule book which outlines
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Work history
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Creative DirectorGeorge Creative
London, United KingdomFreelance
• I evaluate, develop and design corporate brandings, logos, leaflets, flyers, brochures and CMS websites
• I work from client briefs using Adobe CC
• including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on a daily basis
Lead Creative Designer & Photographerh Club London
- London, United KingdomFull Time
• Managed & championed Junior Designer
• Curated yearly 300 page Art Guide for both London & LA locations, liaising with 75 Artists
• Reimagined the visual identity and supported h Foundation the Club’s sub brand charity arm
• Slashed £20,000 in printing and production costs by negotiating pricing, a 20% saving on
the previous year
• Implemented transition to new brand identity across all print and digital touch-points
• Simplified approval process to a new online proofing system to cut approval time by 25%
• Increased email marketing open rate by 10% the highest open rate for past 3 years
• Orchestrated high quality design & collaborative projects internationally
• Directed and Shot Event and food & drink photography
• Spearheaded brand direction & negotiation across 9 internal business departments
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Skills
- Typography
- Websites
- Packaging
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Content Management
- Digital Design
- Layout Design
- Video Production
Education
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DiplomaAccess To Music
- Lincoln, United Kingdom
Distinction Grade - Creative Audio Producer
Student of the Year 2011
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As Level, A2 LevelWilliam Farr CofE
- Lincoln, United Kingdom
A Level
B Grades - Psychology & English Language & Literature
C Grades - Music & General Studies
AS Level
A Grade - Theatre Studies
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