About me

I love to design, write, craft and experiment. Currently a designer at Spring, the agency for change (agencyforchange.co.uk) Design week Rising Star finalist 2018 Previous work placements include Pentagram and Spring. Shortlists for the Drum and Design Week. Advocate of the creative power of One minute Briefs on twitter.

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Projects

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  Do The Green Thing Poster CompetitionAn entry for the 2014 Earth Hour campaign and competition run by Pentagram's Do The Green Thing. Placed as top 6 national finalist.
• Yesterday poster tributeAfter viewing the film's premier in Southwold, Suffolk I was inspired to create a minimalist film poster for Yesterday. The main character, Jack, scribbles Beatles songs he remembers on post- it notes on his rise to fame, while two people with a toy yellow submarine are keen to have a word ...
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  Experiment: Typography:Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if I could create an alphabet out of Suffolk's fields. After a few evenings on Google Earth, this is my collection.
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  Experiment: Folding Paper PavementExperimenting. Photographing the pavement, printing and then folding along cracks.
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  Big Bang Competition
• Turner Classic Movie BriefThe brief from TCM was to create a new cartoon channel. The style, theme and content was left open. My research found TCM has rights to thousands of cartoons and so my concept is a space theme that allows for the airing of all programs. Applications range from a launch event at a planetarium to apps where you can point it at the night sky to reveal the Cartooniverse. You can draw constellation art and upload it to the fan system and even name a star after yourself. The website would be fully immersive by choosing/creating a space craft to travel into the site. Along the lines of current video games, the user would be able to navigate outserspace at will with some directions to the various cartoon galaxies.

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Work history

DesignerSpring
Feb 2017Southwold, United KingdomFull Time
Graphic Designer working on print projects, campaigns, brand, logos, posters, illustration, behaviour change, property developments, digital elements, slight animation.
Work PlacementSpring
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016Southwold, United KingdomInternship
A second work placement at Spring for the duration of one week. I created items for publication for three campaigns as well as organised presentation materials. A great team to work with, I contributed to various design related tasks, assisting other designers during a busy period.

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Skills

• Writing
• Print Design
• Craft
• Printmaking
• Design
• Illustration
• Illustrator
• Indesign
• Public Speaking
• Italian
• Photoshop
• After Effects

Education

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BA English Language and LiteratureSUNY Geneseo
Sep 1998 - May 2001Geneseo, NY 14454, USA
Fine art degree with concentration in English language and literature.

Awards

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Student of the yearUniversity of Suffolk
2014, 15, 16. Studentship award for contributions and excellence throughout the year.