My career has spanned both editorial and design roles. When editing, I consider how the words fit the design; when designing, I’m aware of the written content. These crossover skills have always given me insight into the bigger picture and the end goal of engaging the target audience. Having successfully delivered solutions in various settings throughout my career, stood me in great stead when becoming a Creative supervisor leading 12 creatives for my current role in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
Magic Circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer:
From Document specialist to Creative Supervisor, I have successfully led the creation of a variety of presentations, brochures, digital posters and pitch documents, including a complete overhaul of global Powerpoint and Pitch templates.
Award-winning creative agency Dewe Rogerson (Citigate):
Working with journalists on internal communications for well-known brands. I progressed from Artworker to Production manager.
The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service:
I created designs for banners, vehicle wraps, annual reports, flyers, full campaigns and wall artwork, working closely with the comms team to analyse impact of the designs and content.
The Health and Safety Executive: As editor/designer I worked on multi-channel campaigns and one-off projects. I managed design conversion of HSE’s full catalogue for online within a tight deadline to exacting specifications. I also provided photography for Express.
Park Group in Birkenhead: Working on their Christmas savings products was a great insight into the FMCG market.
Cavendish Nuclear: Cavendish Fluor consortium. I was part of a team designing a £multi-million bid to decommission 12 nuclear sites. I created templates to streamline the process, managed other designers and produced infographics, organograms, charts and layouts. Cavendish Fluor won the contract.
Specific skills include:
- Working within brand guidelines and house style.
- Collaborating with designers, copywriters, account managers, art directors, bid authors, clients and suppliers to ensure satisfactory outcomes.
- Scheduling, budgets, press-pass, sign-off and post-production evaluation, ensuring consistent quality in print and online.
Editorial skills:
- I consistently simplify language for better understanding by users. Author feedback has been: ‘That’s exactly what I meant to say.’ I thrive on creating clear, logical and easy-to-follow language for a wide range of audiences.
- I have successfully:
- worked on technical copy;
- followed and helped shape brand guidelines/editorial house style;
- written and edited code/text in html/Dreamweaver.
Additional information:
While freelance I was consistently offered repeat business from my clients, some used me for the same project five years in a row. All have said that they would highly recommend my work. In full-time employment, I am regularly promoted to the next level. At Freshfields, I was promoted twice within a year.
My work has won awards and commendations (eg a stand for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, the HSE Catalogue) and I have been recognised for bringing work in ahead of time and under budget (Principle Image – client Hallis Hudson).
I am a strong advocate of efficiency through good production techniques and have championed the use of templates in many of my roles, providing training where necessary, and ensuring that organisations take full benefit from the consistency and cost-savings they provide.
I have produced templates in InDesign, Word and Powerpoint for a range of uses: Legal Publications, online pdf production, statistics reports, risk assessments and for authors to provide text. At Cavendish Nuclear, I produced templates in Quark Xpress as the basis of their successful bid to decommission 12 nuclear energy sites.
I use Excel extensively to evaluate and sort data, to create Gantt charts and schedules and for organising copy.
Award-winning creative agency Dewe Rogerson (Citigate):
Working with journalists on internal communications for well-known brands. I progressed from Artworker to Production manager.
The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service:
I created designs for banners, vehicle wraps, annual reports, flyers, full campaigns and wall artwork, working closely with the comms team to analyse impact of the designs and content.
The Health and Safety Executive: As editor/designer I worked on multi-channel campaigns and one-off projects. I managed design conversion of HSE’s full catalogue for online within a tight deadline to exacting specifications. I also provided photography for Express.
Park Group in Birkenhead: Working on their Christmas savings products was a great insight into the FMCG market.
Cavendish Nuclear: Cavendish Fluor consortium. I was part of a team designing a £multi-million bid to decommission 12 nuclear sites. I created templates to streamline the process, managed other designers and produced infographics, organograms, charts and layouts. Cavendish Fluor won the contract.
Specific skills include:
- Working within brand guidelines and house style.
- Collaborating with designers, copywriters, account managers, art directors, bid authors, clients and suppliers to ensure satisfactory outcomes.
- Scheduling, budgets, press-pass, sign-off and post-production evaluation, ensuring consistent quality in print and online.
Editorial skills:
- I consistently simplify language for better understanding by users. Author feedback has been: ‘That’s exactly what I meant to say.’ I thrive on creating clear, logical and easy-to-follow language for a wide range of audiences.
- I have successfully:
- worked on technical copy;
- followed and helped shape brand guidelines/editorial house style;
- written and edited code/text in html/Dreamweaver.
Additional information:
While freelance I was consistently offered repeat business from my clients, some used me for the same project five years in a row. All have said that they would highly recommend my work. In full-time employment, I am regularly promoted to the next level. At Freshfields, I was promoted twice within a year.
My work has won awards and commendations (eg a stand for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, the HSE Catalogue) and I have been recognised for bringing work in ahead of time and under budget (Principle Image – client Hallis Hudson).
I am a strong advocate of efficiency through good production techniques and have championed the use of templates in many of my roles, providing training where necessary, and ensuring that organisations take full benefit from the consistency and cost-savings they provide.
I have produced templates in InDesign, Word and Powerpoint for a range of uses: Legal Publications, online pdf production, statistics reports, risk assessments and for authors to provide text. At Cavendish Nuclear, I produced templates in Quark Xpress as the basis of their successful bid to decommission 12 nuclear energy sites.
I use Excel extensively to evaluate and sort data, to create Gantt charts and schedules and for organising copy.