Eileen Siow
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Eileen Siow

digital designerNortholt, United Kingdom
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Eileen Siow
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Eileen Siow

digital designerNortholt, United Kingdom
About me
I’m a Digital and Graphic Designer living in London with a background in graphic design, web design and development and marketing. I am a creative self-starter with strong communication skills who manages my deadlines effectively. I am well versed in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, After Effects, Dreamweaver) and Sketch. I also have additional computing language skills such as html and css. Companies I have worked for include Microsoft, 7-Eleven, Sony, Bloop and Olygen.
Work history
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    Digital DesignerMicrosoft
    Reading, United KingdomFull Time
    I conceive, design and produce interactive, compelling editorial experiences across platforms via interactive media, mobile apps, website, video, photography, and text. I work closely with Microsoft's digital team and collaborate with other members of the Marketing and Communications team, other departments and external agencies to develop creative integration strategies and drive execution. My current role is based in Microsoft Campus, Reading and I work for the Microsoft digital team. • I lead the digital design role in graphic production, web design, communication materials, marketing and creating video/audio podcasts. • I manage majority of the full project lifecycle – from brief and pitch to design and build. • Working from sketches/wireframes or, on pure design-led projects, creating a range of cross-platform design work. • Working collaboratively with Creatives and Developers to deliver digital output of the highest quality and to brief. • I am a strong communicator and present creative ideas to cross-functional teams. • Designing graphical interfaces and digital campaigns (including banners, microsites, emails, web visuals). • Frequently learning how to use a wide range of other softwares that have been built by Microsoft. • Advising Microsoft employees on design guidelines and restrictions so that all commercial marketing communication materials and website principles are in line with the official Microsoft protocols. • Staying on track with emerging digital trends and culture, attending events and engaging with the wider digital creative community.
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    Digital DesignerOlygen
     - Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaFull Time
    Olygen is an event, conference and tech business in Kuala Lumpur. I worked with Olygen as a Digital Designer in their marketing department. I was heavily involved in creative branding, ui/ux, graphic design, web design and front end development. • I was lead in the design, development and implementation of the ui/ux, graphic and communication materials that were achieved under very tight deadlines. • I designed all responsive websites and visually appealing graphics and making sure that the UI is in line with the project management team proposal. • Creating ui/ux wireframes and producing user research results for stakeholders. • I was meticulous in creating graphic illustration using many types of creative forms such as typography, photo editing, geometric, diagrams, infographics, line art and many more. • Supervised the assessment of all graphic materials in order to ensure the quality and accuracy in the design; especially in the print production phase. • Pitched and developed numerous marketing collaterals such as flyers, brochures, posters, header boards, bunting, wobblers, newspaper and magazine ads, just to name a few. • Trained Olygen’s junior graphic designers in web designing including basic html and css. • Implemented the use of Wordpress as their CMS so that they can self-maintain some of their websites and successfully trained their staff to do major amendments on their own. • I took on the challenge to integrate data from various back-end services and databases without affecting other web services. • Applied SEO best practices to elevate Olygen’s Web presence and that resulted in doubling of organic web traffic for a major Conference Exhibition (Big IT Malaysia 2015 Conf), leading to a rise in online ticket sales. • I continuously optimized web application for maximum speed and scalability which allowed users to load their website faster without much issue. • Be responsible for maintaining, expanding, and scaling their site. I undertook and applied different technologies and platform to improve the design and performance for all websites.
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Skills
  • Html CSS
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Sketch
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Brackets