Achievements
» Worked on over 2,000 successful design projects» Rebrand of ICSA, including detailed design guidelines» Received MemCom award for best redesign» Set up ICSA design team with well-running processes» Created library of professional ICSA member photos
Summary I’m a versatile Graphic Designer, who also worked as a Design Manager, with 22 years’ experience. I’ve trained in a busy design agency, worked in magazine publishing and was most recently the brand guardian of a professional membership body. I am now looking for new challenges as a Freelance Graphic Designer.
Education
1994 – 1997Graphic Design ApprenticeshipAd Agency Frank Bode GmbH · Eisenach/GermanyCollege for Business and Trade · Gera/Germany The German equivalent to a degree in graphic design is a three-year-long apprenticeship that provides practical and theoretical training on all standard design software.
1993 – 1994Bilingual Secretarial Course (English/Russian)College for Business and Trade · Gotha/Germany
1990 – 1993 SchoolAbitur (comparable to the British A levels)Ernst-Abbe-Gymnasium · Eisenach/Germany
Software skills
InDesign CC Photoshop CC Illustrator CC Acrobat CC Microsoft Word Powerpoint HTML/CSS
The pinnacle(s) of what I do
Work experience
From July 2016
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNERDesign Marie · London
» Clients: Tourettes Action, Gail Hart Mystical Parties
July 2014 – May 2016
DESIGN MANAGERICSA: The Governance Institute · London
» Line management and design project management » Rebranding, brand guidelines and design strategy » Print and digital design (see below for more detail) » Directing photographers, freelancers and printers
May 2004 – July 2014
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERICSA: The Governance Institute · London
» Print design, i.e. flyers, brochures, annual reports, exhibition displays, adverts, book covers and stationery
» Digital design: simple HTML emails, PS comps, images» Print design for monthly G+C magazine» On-brand Powerpoint and Word templates
September 2002 – May 2004
GRAPHIC DESIGNERRephoto Publishing Ltd · Smallfield/Surrey
» Print design for three monthly magazines: AutoVending, EuroBev News and On the Button
» Client and in-house ads as well as other print material
August 1994 – August 2002
GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGNERAd Agency Frank Bode GmbH · Eisenach/Germany
» Product branding and corporate identity strategies » Print design» HTML webpages and multimedia CD-Roms» Design briefs» Clients: Opel (Vauxhall), Sparkasse (Bank), Bosch
London E107834 277 [email protected]
creativepool.com/designmarie uk.linkedin.com/in/designmarie designmarieblog.wordpress.com
Freelance Graphic Designer & Design Manager
Print design
Line management
Proof-reading
Photography and art direction
Typography
Magazine design
Corporate brand design
Rebranding
Design management
Print management
My words come in
Germannative
Russianbasic
Englishfluent
On a scale Home sweet home and other passions
Often I can be found
DESIGNING MINGLING ROCKING OUT LAUGHING READING FACEBOOKING HIKING TRAVELLING
Portfolio: creativepool.com/designmarie More info: uk.linkedin.com/in/designmarie
An infographical guide to what I’m all about
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