About me

Hi, I'm Melissa, a freelance graphic designer and photographer based in sunny Cornwall, UK. Email: contact@melissacarne.co.uk I work with start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs on business adventures by offering branding, packaging and content creation services. What I do not only helps you to improve your business but, gives you back your time to focus on the things that you love to do. My approach to design is ideas driven, meaning that everything is purposely designed to effectively communicate a message in its simplest form. A.k.a I don’t just make things look pretty, I get you results. The process of working with me is collaborative. Whether you are at the start of your journey or need a little help along the way, I want to hear your thoughts and ideas, you are the captain of this ship after all!

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Projects

• 5

  Hot Dog: Ice CreamTo name, brand, design the packaging and promote a new range of Dog Ice Cream.
• Portrait PhotographyPortrait photography using low-key and high-key lighting and documentary style.
• 1

  Not.Corn: Superfood SnackTake the existing brand Not.Corn and create new packaging and social media posts for the superfood snack, popped sorghum.
• Now & Then: Bring the past to lifeBrand guideline booklet and website design for Now & Then. Now & Then is a start-up tech company who's mission is to reconnect people, social history and society through an app made for tourists and free creation tools for attractions.
• Chirps: Insect Wine BarTake the world of insect cuisine and sell it through design and experience. This involves creating a brand identity and name, as well as method(s) of exposure.
• Architectural PhotographyArchitectural photography of the exteriors and the interiors of buildings from around the world.

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Work history

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Graphic DesignerMelissa Carne Design
Mar 2019United KingdomFull Time
2020 - Rebelicious • Creating packaging concepts for CBD infused drinks brand as well as helping with their social media strategy, design and content creation. 2020 - The Printing Charity • Designing their 2020 Christmas card which will be posted out to over 800 industry friends, supporters and beneficiaries. As well as taking that design and translating it onto social media for them to promote. 2020 - Yemaya Jewellery • Designing cards that explain the ghost net process to Amelia's customers as well as a brochure showcasing her new work that season. 2020 - Wedprint Pro • Designing Wedding and Newborn baby cards for clients to buy. 2020 - Click City Media • Designing the logo for one of their clients, Covid Test Services. 2020 - Slice • Redesign menus for a pizza van company and shop in Cornwall. 2019-2020 - Insane Grain • Creating and designing social media posts for a sorghum snack company. 2019 - Nutrilicious • Creating packaging concepts for the organic coated pumpkin seed brand, Nutrilicious. 2019 - Behaviour Change Cornwall • Creating a logo and signage using behavioural science to communicate to tourists in Looe, Cornwall about the harms of plastic waste from crabbing. • Featured in the Daily Mail Online and The Cornish Times. 2018 - The Soundery • Creating a logo and business cards for a sound design company based in Bristol and London. 2015 - Below Zero • Naming and designing the signage for an ice cream shop in Looe, Cornwall. • Input into the interior design and layout of the shop.
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Graphic DesignerNixon Design
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020Hayle, United KingdomFreelance
• In-house freelancing in their Hayle studio. • Working on the rebrand of Boatfolk and rolling out the design onto many forms of print collateral. • Remotely working on creating concepts for a restaurant rebrand that is a part of the Boatfolk Marina company.

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Skills

• Branding
• Logo Design
• Social Media
• Packaging Design
• Photography
• Content Creation
• Blogging
• Graphic Design
• Portrait Photography
• Documentary Photography

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Falmouth University
Sep 2014 - Jul 2017United Kingdom
• Learning how to generate a great idea and building the skills that best deliver them on a variety of briefs. • The typographic rules of design learnt on a module where I had to produce a publication for a design talks event. • Presenting work weekly in a team environment and delivering presentations about my work to my own year and years below. • Bulletproof packaging workshop, Design Bridge dog’s bollocks student awards brief workshop, Taxi craft cider brand creation and packaging workshop and Cornish Spiritsmith brand identity and packaging workshop for a distillery in Looe, Cornwall.
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A LevelsTruro & Penwith College
Sep 2012 - Jul 2014United Kingdom
A-Levels: • Media Studies (A*) • Graphics and Illustration (A) • English Literature and Language (A) AS Levels: • Psychology (C)

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Awards

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The Print Futures AwardsThe Printing Charity
2020 rising star in creating visual delights. An award given by the Printing Charity to designers that demonstrate the creative breadth of the printing sector, producing attractive visuals both online and in printed form. https://www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/rising-stars-creating-visual-delights/