Background

I am a graphic designer based in Melbourne Australia.

I started in the field at a news magazine in Canberra, Australia over 20 years ago.

After leaving Canberra for Melbourne, I gained experience in real estate, direct marketing and then a small design agency within a photo studio. I made the decision to leave Australia for 2 yeas in the UK, freelancing in London for two years. 

Returning to Melbourne, I continued to freelance for a wide variety of companies, before accepting a job within a great marketing team at a previous client – Guild Insurance. I had made such a good impression that when the previous designer departed they didn't interview anyone (including myself), they just offered me the role.

I feel comfortable in both print and digital, having come from design agencies specialising in yearly publications, point of sale/marketing material, packaging and outdoor advertising, but also having studied 3D animation and I have been creating digital graphics since childhood with my first computer.

I am fully capable of taking projects from concepts through to completion.

Proficient skills:

• Adobe Indesign (17 years)
• Photoshop (23 years)
• Illustrator (17 years)
• Blender/3Ds Max/3D modelling (21 years)
• MacOS and Windows operating systems
• Teams, Outlook, Word and other Microsoft Office applications

Intermediate skills:

• After Effects
• Cinema 4D
• Unreal Engine 4 & 5
• HTML, CSS and other desktop
  and mobile web technologies
• Marketo
• Vision6
• Acrobat

Senior Digital & Design Specialist

Guild Insurance, Glucojel,
Vets Choice, Gold Cross

Nov 2016 – Current
Melbourne, VIC, Australia

I'm employed in the marketing department of Guild Insurance. We also serve several other brands: Glucojel, Vets Choiceand Gold Cross. Since we white label our insurance products we might even do design work for Coles Pet Insurance and Swaggle Pet Insurance.

• Print design
• Illustration
• Digital marketing with email, SMS, landing pages and web forms with Marketo and Vision6
• Motion graphics and web animation
• Photography (portraits and architectural)
• Photo retouching and compositing
• Event stands, banners and promotional items
• Logo design and branding
• Leadership, training and mentoring junior designers
• Proofing work of other designers
• Creating acessible customer-facing PDF forms
• Creating graphics for tenders of large allied health associations
• Compliance training in the financial industry, including Fraud and Whistleblower, Password Security, and Complaints Handling

Graphic Designer

Freelance

Jan 2011 – Nov 2016
Australia & United Kingdom

• Graphic design and pitch concepts for Aegis/Carat pitching for clients such as Burberry, SONY, Adidas, BMW, MINI, Mulberry, Nokia, Ferrero, Tic Tac and more
• Freelance work for companies in Australia through Artisan including PTV, Department of Transport, Fuji Xerox, Oxford University Press, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, along with others
• Projects included mobile apps, OOH advertising, TV spots, POS, client work compilation books, awards presentations, etc

Graphic Designer

EMBLAZE

Nov 2008 – Jan 2011 
South Yarra, VIC, Australia

• Design of flyers, billboards/posters, press advertising, digital displays, signs for local and international coverage
• Branding/logos
• Digital Illustration
• Design concepts of books and other publications
• Design and coding of websites and electronic direct marketing email
• Photography, retouching, and colour correction of photos

Graphic Designer

Digital Logic

Nov 2006 – Nov 2008 
Moorabbin, VIC, Australia

• Design of flyers, posters and logos for various Australian Companies
• Creation of localised packaging for Garnier and L’Oréal products including usage of barcode creation software
• Concept and creation of packaging and point of sale media for Amcal and Guardian Chemists
• Creation of Photoshop and Indesign files for use with Xerox’s Direct Marketing software XMPie for individually personalised printed mail