With over fifteen years’ experience in graphic design, book design, branding and photography, and meticulous attention to detail, I am well skilled in design for print, typography, logo design, book and magazine design. I am currently Senior Illustrated Books Designer for Orion Publishing Group, specialising in the Laurence King Publishing imprint.
My documentary photography follows issues of community, social justice and women’s rights, with a particular focus on working in deprived communities, with churches, charities and social enterprises.
Projects
- Event Branding: The Great DivideEden Network asked me to create branding for their 'Eden Sunday', a day when they ask churches to promote Eden to their congregations. They share resources leading up to the day, and beyond, to encourage people to join Eden, and to support this charity. This year's theme 'The Great Divide' addresses the social phenomenon of people tending to stick to their own – conforming to those around them, whatever side of the widening social divide they find themselves on. There are so many growing divisi
- Book design: "Falling Off The Ladder"Book design and spot illustrations for Falling Off The Ladder by Helen Hill. Helen is a self-publishing author whose first book is about leaving corporate employment to go freelance. She wanted the book design to reflect the joy and freedom she's found in self-employment with colour, illustration and lots of extra design elements to make each page different and engaging. The aim was for it to feel lighthearted and help bring the subject matter alive. With different page layouts for quotes, cha
- Branding Consultancy for Textile Design CompanyEdinburgh Weavers had reached a point where their brand had become disparate and unmanageable. As the business had grown, their logo was being used in many different variations without any coherent strategy. They wanted it refining and bringing up to date, without losing the trust they had built up within many different sectors. I worked with them to identify the needs and audience expectations in each different sector (retail, contract, hospitality, in UK/overseas) and to then define the key e
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Work history
Skills
- Headshots
- Corporate Photography
- Portrait Photography
- Graphic Design
- Typesetting
- Layout Design
- Book Layout
- Branding
- Visual Storytelling
- Documentary Photography
Education
MA Photojournalism and Documentary PhotographyUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
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BA (Hons) Visual CommunicationRobert Gordon University
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom