Sam Penny
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Sam Penny

Graphic DesignerSouth London, UK
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Sam Penny
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Sam Penny

Graphic DesignerSouth London, UK
About me
I am a young Graphic Artist that has spent the past 5 years working as a freelancer for brands across the globe. Specializing in Brand development and Marketing collateral, I have worked o a wide variety of work both printed and digital. My background and education is in Illustration and visual communication, however I have also completed work exploring Photography for brands and venues , infographic design for educational purposes and editorial illustration.
Projects
  • Summer House Hostel
    Summer House HostelThe Hotel Barkly is a venue complex in St Kilda, Melbourne which is made up of 3 spaces. a pub, a rooftop bar and a nightclub. Summer house was the main hostel and was a key link between other parts of the business. I did a number of posters that where used in the main hostel to advertise the social events and backpacker deals that the venue offered. These would later be displayed throughout the hostel and needed to be both eye catching but clear. I came up with the idea to have the posters mat
  • BAC Partners
    BAC PartnersBAC Partners design customer centric solutions for clients to help give them competitive edge. I was in charge of producing a number of graphs and collateral for presentations that the company would use in workshops at university and sell to clients. I also had to produce a number of printed documents for the students to take notes on. Alongside this, I would sometimes be brought in to retouch documents and logos for come of the companies other clients, which aloud me to practice my Skills
  • Wessex Social Ventures
    Wessex Social VenturesWSV is a social enterprise that helps build self-sustaining business in communities living on under $3 a day. As a brand developer at WSV I spent time working on a number of assignments - • I developed brands for 2 new projects, a sanitary project named “Pads” and a sanitation project called “Roots”. • Helped update their website content, adding infographics and colour guidelines that run throughout each individual brand. • Produced business cards and promotional material to show clients. Thes
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    Freelance DesignerBAC Partners
    Melbourne, AustraliaFreelance
    BAC Partners design customer centric solutions for clients to help give them competitive edge. I initially began working for BAC Partners whilst living in Australia and over time have created a strong relationship with the company, which has enabled me to create a variety of work across a number of varied projects even after returning to the UK. Many of these jobs involved redesigning and improving existing files and re-purposing design documents to meet their clients needs. These often revolved around graphs and infographics for educational presentations including handouts for the students to work from that match the clients brand guidelines.
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    Graphic DesignerAlom Group
     - Salford, United KingdomFull Time
    I came to Alom group as they had began developing a range of web apps which focused on a variety of content. I had to produce the branding, guidelines and keep Marketing collateral across the different brands, very similar. I also assisted the UX designer to create a variety of graphics which could be repurposed and used on projects and the web apps.
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    BA Graphic ArtsSOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY
     - Winchester, United Kingdom
    I spent 3 years at Winchester Art school which is part of Southampton University, studying Graphic Arts with a focus on visual communication and illustration.
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    Business Development AwardSOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY
    After doing an internship as a Brand Developer with Wessex Social Ventures I was fortunate enough to be put forward for the Business Development Award which was put on my Southampton University. I was seen to have had a visual impact on the company that had helped the business develop in a short time and in turn won me this award.