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Working to challenge creative briefs and engage audiences in the best way possible. With 5 industry experience in producing a wide range of high quality printed and digital assets, I am constantly learning and eager to create for a sustainable future.
Clients and colleagues would describe me as diligent, ambitious and highly resourceful. I’m capable of maintaining a positive, can-do attitude in solving problems with tight budgets and challenging timelines whilst also bringing passion and energy to any working environment.
As an extremely climate conscious individual, I always endeavour to ensure my creative process and final outcomes are as sustainable as possible. I believe this produces highly unique and memorable outcomes which stand out against competitors.
Projects
- Room to ManoeuvreCatalogue design for Room to Manoeuvre, a cumulative journal by students from Fourth Year Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art. The design is two fold: a sense of nostalgia is evoked when the packaging is ripped open, which stems from childhood memories of receiving a pack of 35mm photographs from development, whilst the outer box provides an element of permanence allowing it to sit on a bookshelf until it is next opened. A collaboration with Henry Spiers and Finn Arschavir. Fea
- Monte Carlo 1: A+E RecordingsA scrapbook, annual, document of record, process archive, ledger, experimental CV, almanack, Monte Carlo 1: A+E Recordings is a collage of conversations, photographs, illustrations, poetry and theory that talks to climate crisis and ecological attunement in the contemporary moment. It brings together research, work with collaborators, and A+E’s own work to produce an abstract archival collage of the collective from 2017 to 2019. THE BOOK Monte Carlo 1 comprises eleven chapters: Blue, Digest, Di
- Bread Publication for Zero Waste ScotlandThis is a publication for The Real Junk Food Project celebrating bread in all of its various forms. It includes recipes utilising waste bread, the culture of bread throughout the World, how bread is thrifted and insights into how individuals are pioneering new techniques to repurpose waste bread in the future. It was launched at the Crossmyloof Bread Festival 2018. Cover illustration by Clementine Thomas. The project was supported by Zero Waste Scotland.
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Work history
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Communications OfficerGlasgow Wood
Glasgow, United KingdomPart Time
I manage social media channels and the newsletter, and I also maintain the company website. I am also the brand ambassador, looking after how the identity is rolled out across multiple platforms.
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Designer & MemberA+E Collective
Glasgow, United KingdomPart Time
We are an art, design and ecology collective focusing on the climate crisis and the anxiety it provokes. Previously we have produced workshops, a series of reading groups, installations, and now also offer our services as an environmentally conscious design studio.
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Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Book Design
- Packaging Design
- Digital Design
- Copywriting
- Social Media Management
- Web Design
- Typography
- Print Design
Education
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BA(Hons) Communication DesignGlasgow School of Art
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
Graphic design, photography and illustration were the main specialisms during my time on this course. I specialised in graphic design, learning a broad range of physical and digital skills.
Awards
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Avril V Gibb Memorial PrizeThe Glasgow School of Art
Award for best book/print design