Hello!

About me

Hi I’m Heather, a 28 year old Graphic Designer with a passion for packaging, logo design, typography, illustration, and animation.
My hobbies include music, photography, painting, and long walks on the beach.

Skills

Adobe Suite

Photoshop
Lightroom
Illustrator
InDesign
AfterEffects
Premier Pro

Photography

Experience with photography, studio shoots and image editing.

Web design

Experience designing websites with WordPress.

Portfolio

Work experience

Ringtons Ltd

January 2023 – Current

My inital role at Ringtons was in their B2B divison, working on coffee packaging designs, social media posts, website maintenance, product uploads and blog posts.

After a year I was promoted to Creative Coordinator where I went on to manage Ringtons social media accounts, D2C and internal designs, print media, and studio photography shoots for Teabreak.

dodio – The Do Studio

January 2022 – December 2022

At age 25 I was employed as a Graphic Designer at dodio, a design agency based in Sunderland. My role was to liaise with clients, set up meetings to discover what marketing strategies they would like to use, and lead brand scoping sessions to assist with logo and website creation.

Every day was different, and I loved the work. I learnt so much about working in a design agency, as well as how to send files off for large scale print. I also learnt a lot about website design, hosting, SEO, and ecommerce.

Core-37

Sept 2020 – Dec 2021

Straight after graduating from Northumbria University, I landed my first job as Junior Designer at Core-37. My role was to turn a clients vision into a reality. After communicating with the sales team, I would offer a variety of designs for the customer to choose. Once a final design was chosen, I would then mock up a 3D visual of the kit in Blender.

Beyond Digital Solutions

Summer 2019

Over the Summer of 2019 I did two months placement as a Graphic Designer at Beyond Digital Solutions. I had the amazing opportunity to work with clients such as Greggs and Warrens Bakery, creating digital signs and animations.

Education

Northumbria University

First Class BA (Hons) in Graphic Design Specialising in Branding

CCAD

Foundation Diploma in Graphic Design (Distinction)

A Levels

Fine Art (A), Graphic Design (A), Film Studies (B), AS Media (B)

12 GCSE’s

A* – A (including Fine Art, Music and Media Studies)

References

Chris Kean

CEO at dodio – The Do Studio

chris@dodio.co.uk

Louise Richley

CEO at Beyond Digital Solutions

louise@bds.digital