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Senior Creative Artworker / Skilful Retoucher
Mandy Evans
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Kempston, United Kingdom
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I'm offering
Hard-working & conscientious - roughly translated, I am an old school grafter.
Enjoys new challenges - 6,000 print deliverables in 3 months, enough said.
Flexible - I will be in the trenches till the wee small hours, when a deadline hits.
Organised - if an artworker is not organised, then there is a big problem.
Excellent communicator - I am one of life's straight talkers.
Accurate - It is my job to be annul, to challenge everything, accuracy is engrained in my DNA, my motto "do it right or go home". A client will always remember if a job went out wrong, but not a day late. Find the time to do the job correctly.
Enjoys new challenges - 6,000 print deliverables in 3 months, enough said.
Flexible - I will be in the trenches till the wee small hours, when a deadline hits.
Organised - if an artworker is not organised, then there is a big problem.
Excellent communicator - I am one of life's straight talkers.
Accurate - It is my job to be annul, to challenge everything, accuracy is engrained in my DNA, my motto "do it right or go home". A client will always remember if a job went out wrong, but not a day late. Find the time to do the job correctly.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2018 - 2019
freelance
Senior Creative Artworker/Retoucher (Freelance/Permanent)
McCanns Worldwide Group.
Working 100% on the largest account in the agency (at that time) - International, major blue-chip client (under NDA):
• Critical in creating agency infrastructure to support servicing this client including:
- Creating client master-style guide - distributed to rest-of-world territories to use as templates (82 pages)
- Organising new client server-folder structure and image banks
- Creating briefing sheets, check-sheets and sign-off process
- Evaluating freelancer and project delivery, with feedback to directors and recommendations for project improvement.
• Delivering 6,000 deliverables - which came into the agency as a huge spike of work for a clients new products launch.
• Major retouching of client's new product imagery (only existed as CGI imagery) which I had to manipulate (I was main resource for high-end retouching)
• Role of client brand champion and quality control - everything that left the building for this client went through me.
• Critical in creating agency infrastructure to support servicing this client including:
- Creating client master-style guide - distributed to rest-of-world territories to use as templates (82 pages)
- Organising new client server-folder structure and image banks
- Creating briefing sheets, check-sheets and sign-off process
- Evaluating freelancer and project delivery, with feedback to directors and recommendations for project improvement.
• Delivering 6,000 deliverables - which came into the agency as a huge spike of work for a clients new products launch.
• Major retouching of client's new product imagery (only existed as CGI imagery) which I had to manipulate (I was main resource for high-end retouching)
• Role of client brand champion and quality control - everything that left the building for this client went through me.
Retouching, REST, Support, Infrastructure, Senior Creative, Cgi, Server, International, Guide, ME
2017 - 2018
freelance
Senior Creative Freelance Artworker
Emperor, Avon, Headlines, Staysure, Arqadia, Firstlight.
• Emperor (3 month contract) - working on corporate reports, retouching, Powerpoint presentations, tutoring graduates
• Avon (1 month contract) - quality control/preflight final checks to beauty catalogues
• Headlines (1 month contract) - designing collateral for blue chip clients (Jamie Oliver, Hotpoint and Bosch)
• Staysure (1 month contract) - artworking travel insurance booklets, online banners new campaign collateral
• Arqadia (3 month contract) - design and artworking a 300pp catalogue, sales leaflets, Photoshop lifestyle shots, artworking
exhibition stands, managing all print elements
• Firstlight (2 month contract) - client liaising, working on a suite of lifestyle shots, 200pp catalogue and mini brochures.
• Avon (1 month contract) - quality control/preflight final checks to beauty catalogues
• Headlines (1 month contract) - designing collateral for blue chip clients (Jamie Oliver, Hotpoint and Bosch)
• Staysure (1 month contract) - artworking travel insurance booklets, online banners new campaign collateral
• Arqadia (3 month contract) - design and artworking a 300pp catalogue, sales leaflets, Photoshop lifestyle shots, artworking
exhibition stands, managing all print elements
• Firstlight (2 month contract) - client liaising, working on a suite of lifestyle shots, 200pp catalogue and mini brochures.
Design, Powerpoint, Retouching, Print, Sales, Insurance, Campaign, Artworking, Online
2015 - 2017
job
Studio Manager/Account Manager/Designer
Sterling Solutions.
• Reviewing end-to-end studio processes and creating internal documentation, i.e. briefing sheets, excel time management sheets and Mandy Evans the studio schedule
• Manage the work flow through the Kettering and (on occasions) Edinburgh studios
cu rric ulum vitae
• Briefing work into the studio, reviewing completed work and making sure the brief has been answered
• Liaise with account teams, directors, sales members, creative director and print production
• Dealing with the print teams regarding foil finishes/lamination and stock
• Scoping out and developing pitch and presentation work
• Estimating jobs, financial reports, weekly reports and projected projects
• Act as an additional resource when the studio was busy designing/artworking
• Studio recruitment, assessing requirements and interviewing. Managing staff daily issues, organising the holiday calendar/sick pay, and developing team morale and organising socials.
• Manage the work flow through the Kettering and (on occasions) Edinburgh studios
cu rric ulum vitae
• Briefing work into the studio, reviewing completed work and making sure the brief has been answered
• Liaise with account teams, directors, sales members, creative director and print production
• Dealing with the print teams regarding foil finishes/lamination and stock
• Scoping out and developing pitch and presentation work
• Estimating jobs, financial reports, weekly reports and projected projects
• Act as an additional resource when the studio was busy designing/artworking
• Studio recruitment, assessing requirements and interviewing. Managing staff daily issues, organising the holiday calendar/sick pay, and developing team morale and organising socials.
Excel, Account Manager, Print, Management, Sales, Recruitment, Artworking, Production, Manager, Processes
2003 - 2015
job
Creative Artworker / 360 Studio Member
The Church Agency.
• Account management, attend client meetings, responsible for taking briefs, working out timelines, compiling estimates and quotes,
preparing briefs for the studio, managing client expectations. Challenge briefs, adding creative value/insight - making projects more
effective
• Managing studio resources, including freelancers work load
• Delivering technically accurate work – this calls for more than simply executing work it also requires me to take responsibility for finding
and rectifying lapses or errors that may have occurred elsewhere in the process
• Responsible for converting the efforts of the creative and account teams into high-resolution, print-ready artwork. This could be taken
from either a descriptive brief, visual scamp or rough resolution computer visual
• Dual responsibilities for designing leaflets, corporate literature, packaging and promotional material. I work closely with the senior
design team creating initial designs from scamps, which then are re-interpreted and turned in to high-resolution artwork
• Working with multiple languages on corporate literature. Ensuring specific language characters are compatible with current
software programs
• Maximising the proportion of hours spent on a job by adhering to deadlines and budgets and providing very early feedback
on overruns to allow re-negotiations with external or internal clients
• Helping create a cordial and highly productive working atmosphere with my colleagues.
preparing briefs for the studio, managing client expectations. Challenge briefs, adding creative value/insight - making projects more
effective
• Managing studio resources, including freelancers work load
• Delivering technically accurate work – this calls for more than simply executing work it also requires me to take responsibility for finding
and rectifying lapses or errors that may have occurred elsewhere in the process
• Responsible for converting the efforts of the creative and account teams into high-resolution, print-ready artwork. This could be taken
from either a descriptive brief, visual scamp or rough resolution computer visual
• Dual responsibilities for designing leaflets, corporate literature, packaging and promotional material. I work closely with the senior
design team creating initial designs from scamps, which then are re-interpreted and turned in to high-resolution artwork
• Working with multiple languages on corporate literature. Ensuring specific language characters are compatible with current
software programs
• Maximising the proportion of hours spent on a job by adhering to deadlines and budgets and providing very early feedback
on overruns to allow re-negotiations with external or internal clients
• Helping create a cordial and highly productive working atmosphere with my colleagues.
Project Manager, Manager
2000 - 2003
job
Mac Artworker/Junior Designer
BDA.
Designing and artworking new 'In Store Decor' for Marks & Spencer, this involved decor for the food hall sections, ranging
from overhead signage, posters and dividers to shelf edge displays
• Drawing detailed floor planagrams and fridge/store visuals
• Designing specialised large format print for exhibitions
• Coordinating exhibitions ranging from organisation of artwork to the setup of final displays
• Designing corporate literature
• Designing initial visuals for Point-of-Sale displays.
from overhead signage, posters and dividers to shelf edge displays
• Drawing detailed floor planagrams and fridge/store visuals
• Designing specialised large format print for exhibitions
• Coordinating exhibitions ranging from organisation of artwork to the setup of final displays
• Designing corporate literature
• Designing initial visuals for Point-of-Sale displays.
Print, Artwork, Mac, Organization, Artworking, Point-of-sale
1999 - 2000
job
Mac Operator/Junior Designer
Preview Systems.
• Designing corporate literature, internal documents, service forms, labels, corporate logos and packaging
• Regular meetings with the Marketing/Sales team to design effective 'High Impact' sample ranges, demonstrating what a unique
patented printing process can do
• Preparing Blue Chip client artwork on a day-to-day basis, ready for printing or production quality mock-ups
• Researching and developing printing substrates for production mock-ups
• Implementation and maintenance of system software such as e-mail directories and printer networks.
• Regular meetings with the Marketing/Sales team to design effective 'High Impact' sample ranges, demonstrating what a unique
patented printing process can do
• Preparing Blue Chip client artwork on a day-to-day basis, ready for printing or production quality mock-ups
• Researching and developing printing substrates for production mock-ups
• Implementation and maintenance of system software such as e-mail directories and printer networks.
Marketing, Design, Packaging, Artwork, Mac, Sales, Service, Implementation, Software, Production
My education
1995
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1998
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design
Bachelors, Information Technology
Bachelors, Information Technology
1994
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1995
Bedford College
Hndhncorequivalent, Art and Design Foundation Studies
Hndhncorequivalent, Art and Design Foundation Studies
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