About me

Art Director and Visual Designer specialising in brand, digital, and advertising. Blending creativity and strategy to foster meaningful connections between brands and their audiences. British-born and based in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Projects

• 11

  Wildfire MagazineEditorial design and art direction of Wildfire, a bi-monthly magazine for young women who have survived, or are living with, breast cancer. Each issue tackles a different theme, which have included: body, caregivers, genetics, and parenting, amongst others.
• 3

  Tuk'r SkincareBrand identity and low-impact packaging for a small-batch skincare brand based in Manchester, England. The all female team create natural, organic products, by hand, using a few simple but powerful ingredients.
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  Trove CaféWeb design, product packaging and a variety of brand work for a neighbourhood café and bakery in South Manchester. Once a husband and wife team, Trove evolved into a collection of talented artisans making food from scratch, with a central focus on organic ingredients and locally sourced produce. Photography by Jordan Michael (jordanmichael.co.uk)
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  Clay StudioWeb design for a ceramic studio based within the Work for Change co-operative in Hulme, Manchester. Clay Studio provides a shared workspace for new graduates, hobby ceramicists and experienced makers, and runs courses throughout the year. Previously, customers couldn’t book online, so a major task for the new website was to integrate a booking system for private tuition and shop pages for all their upcoming courses. 
• Campaign FurnitureSocial media assets, e-newsletter assets and promotional banner design for a start-up furniture brand in California.
• Eastpak City GuidesWhilst working at Retrofuzz, in the summer of 2014, I helped Eastpak launch a 24hr travel blog, aiming to highlight hidden gems in cities all around the world. Guided by local bloggers, Eastpak heads off the beaten track in order to find quirky hotels, authentic street food, rooftop bars, secret gardens, and much more, in cities such as Copenhagen, Istanbul, Edinburgh, Santiago and Tokyo.

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Work history

Senior DesignerEF Education First
Mar 2018Zürich, SwitzerlandFull Time
Education First combines language training with cultural exchange, academic achievement and educational travel to provide people from all over the world with courses and programs that turn dreams into international opportunities. Education is the goal of our business, but creativity underpins everything we do to achieve it. We're aiming to put design at the heart of the whole learning experience – everything from school architecture and wayfinding, to merchandise and brochures, to global campaigns and social media.
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Creative DirectorWildfire Magazine
Jan 2017Santa Cruz, United StatesFreelance
Editorial design and art direction of Wildfire, a bi-monthly magazine for young women who have survived, or are living with, breast cancer. Each issue features reader-generated content around a different theme, which have included: body, caregivers, genetics, intimacy, and parenting, amongst others. The magazine is run out of Santa Cruz, California, and I work remotely from wherever I am in the world.

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Skills

• Sketch
• Squarespace
• Ecommerce Design
• Print Design
• Editorial Design
• Brand Design
• UX Design
• Graphic Design
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Digital Design

Education

Certificate of Graphic DesignShillington
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012Manchester, United Kingdom
Graphic DesignEdinburgh College of Art
May 2011 - Jul 2011Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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