My CV
Achievements and Experience
March 2023 - May 2023
Marketing Assistant Merriements Gardens
Shooting and delivering social media posts for the garden centre. Helping them develop, improve and grow their online followings, mainly on Facebook and Instagram. Assisting the marketing manager with other design tasks such as retail banner design/signage etc.
March 2019 - June 2021
Art Director Boots Health & Beauty magazine. Creative Co-created content lead - WPP
Responsible for the Advertorial co-created content within Boots Health & Beauty magazine/website. This could be anything from a simple print design to a much larger campaign that involved print and digi running over several months. This was a digital heavy role and involved designing assets for Instagram/Pinterest/web. Attending client briefings, coming up with the ideas, story boarding, organising animators/illustrators/photographers and briefing and over seeing staff and work flows. Working with clients such as GSk, Fenty Toni & guy, Clarins, Yardley etc.
August 2012 - June 2021
Art Director Boots Parenting Club - WPP
Responsible for the look and feel of the Boots Parenting Club titles. Originally 6 titles but then reduced to 2, Bump to Baby and First Foods. Concepts/design/photography/email and app tools all part of the brief. Client facing role, which was a chance to push Boots to included an much more diverse visual content within the magazines.
Keeping a breast of world trends in the parenting market. Making sure brand guidelines where adhered to and followed. Managing freelance staff, budgets, photographers , illustrators and animators. Story boarding large baby shoots and organising stylists, hair and make-up, model castings and photographers.
Jan 2011 - July 2012
Freelance Art Director - Redwood Content publishing
Working on the then 6 Parenting Club titles and the Boots Over 60's Health Club magazine
September 2007 - Jan 2011
Freelance Art Editor
Working on the M&S magazine. Designing and pitching for the M&S Food To Order magazine (which we won). Dental Supplements for Boots and Parenting Club
June 2005 - April 2007
Art Director Woman's Own magazine - IPC
Art Directing the magazine and running a large team of designers on this weekly magazine
July 1997 - June 2005
Art Editor Now Magazine - IPC
Worked on the original prelauuch and launch of this very successful celebrity magazine. Very fast paced work load with 2 press days a week. Ran a large team of designers, overseeing design work flows picture selection etc
Pre 1997
Bauer
Emap Images
I have worked at quite few places over the years working on such titles as Take a Break magazine, Take a puzzle, Computer & Video Games, Sinclair User, Spirit & Destiny, the list just goes on!!!
I can provide references from both employers and clients if required