Emma Simonsen
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Emma Simonsen

Seeking EmploymentHayes, United Kingdom
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Emma Simonsen
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Emma Simonsen

Seeking EmploymentHayes, United Kingdom
About me
Product Design Engineering graduate with 4 years experience in customer service and creative roles.
Projects
  • Mythical Creature Illustrations
    Mythical Creature IllustrationsA series of illustrations based on mythical creatures from fairytales.
  • Visual Merchandising Portfolio
    Visual Merchandising Portfolio
  • Contextual Assignment - Swatch Breathe
    Contextual Assignment - Swatch BreatheThis was a group project to create a brand stretch and a range of products for it. We chose SWATCH and decided to look into addressing social media addiction and each focused on a different aspect such as encouraging socialising and physical excersize, I chose to focus on social anxiety which resulted in this product.
Work history
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    Sales AssistantCath Kidston Flagship
     - Piccadilly Circus, Soho, London W1B, UKFull Time
    • Customer focused position involving sharing my in-depth knowledge of Cath Kidston products and patterns across all departments • Maintaining strict standards on displays, ensuring from open to close they match the planogram. • Analysing our stores KPIs and using this information to set personal sales targets as well as sharing this information to ensure we meet the stores daily target. • Visual merchandising new displays and updating mannequins to promote bestsellers and new collections. This also involved joining overnight set ups for new seasons and sales.
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    Marketing & Design InternMaxim World
     - Ruislip, United KingdomInternship
    • Marketing and design tasks for a luxury homeware brand, focussing on marketing and online visual merchandising. • Photographing products and editing them on Adobe Photoshop for social media and clients. • Updating their website with new photos and SEO terms. • Managing their social media accounts, resulting in doubling their total social media following. • Corresponding on behalf of the director with clients and reasearching for potential collaborations.
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Skills
  • Product Design
  • Photoshop
  • Rhinoceros
  • Solidworks CAD 3D
  • FX Makeup
  • Adobe Create Suite
  • Sketching
  • Microsoft Office
  • Danish
  • Communication
  • Illustration
  • Pattern Design
Education
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    Product Design EngineeringBrunel University London
     - Uxbridge, United Kingdom
    Final year modules included: Contextual Design, Environmentally Friendly Design, Computer Based Design and Design Innovation. Major Project: ‘SwitchRoom’ - A modular play set inspiring imaginative play in 3-5year old's. This project involved in-depth market research with rapid prototypes and then creating virtual models, renders and a full size build.
Awards
    The Diana Award logo
    The Diana Award logo
    Courageous Citizen AwardThe Diana Award
    For my work with Fixers on raising awareness and support for young people with Trichotillomania. This involved helping to create a website (http://www.trichster.fixers.org.uk) and appearing on the local news as well as in radio interviews and newspaper articles.