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Accomplished all round design professional
Neal Swygart
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Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Accomplished design professional, with over 15 years industry experience and a proven track record in the end-to-end creative process ranging from concept to execution. Excellent collaborator and forward thinker who brings a broad perspective to branding and development.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2010 - 2019
job
Creative Designer
Invesco UK.
Creative Designer, middleweight - senior
February 2010 - July 2019
Promoted to Creative Designer to produce a wide variety of marketing materials to promote Invesco funds, events and corporate sponsorships. Influenced setting new Global brand guidelines for corporate brochures, magazines, advertising, annual reports, flyers, exhibition stands, stage sets / backdrops, merchandising and event invitations.
Key achievements:
– Designed race / challenge branding of annual hospitality events for up to four hundred key clients. Outdoor events included, Snowdon & Lakes Challenges and the Highland Adventure Race.
– Redesigned an event identity for the Investment Intelligence Seminars. Complete redesign of web landing pages, A5 / A4 printed materials and large scale event signage.
– As acting Creative Director, working alongside an external design agency, oversaw the design of two annual Investment Stewardship Reports, one of the company's largest globally distributed brochures.
Creative Artworker
June 2004 - February 2010
Produced and designed impactful marketing print outputs, in collaboration with external agencies, working within corporate guidelines. Just as importantly, adding creatively to all projects wherever possible.
Key achievements:
– Joint collaboration of new fund launch campaign design for The US Equity Benchmark Plus Fund. Outputs including brochures, flyers and digital media to UK clients.
– Created and set all guidelines and templates for web figures and infographics. These required sharing with team and external agencies, including guidance and review.
February 2010 - July 2019
Promoted to Creative Designer to produce a wide variety of marketing materials to promote Invesco funds, events and corporate sponsorships. Influenced setting new Global brand guidelines for corporate brochures, magazines, advertising, annual reports, flyers, exhibition stands, stage sets / backdrops, merchandising and event invitations.
Key achievements:
– Designed race / challenge branding of annual hospitality events for up to four hundred key clients. Outdoor events included, Snowdon & Lakes Challenges and the Highland Adventure Race.
– Redesigned an event identity for the Investment Intelligence Seminars. Complete redesign of web landing pages, A5 / A4 printed materials and large scale event signage.
– As acting Creative Director, working alongside an external design agency, oversaw the design of two annual Investment Stewardship Reports, one of the company's largest globally distributed brochures.
Creative Artworker
June 2004 - February 2010
Produced and designed impactful marketing print outputs, in collaboration with external agencies, working within corporate guidelines. Just as importantly, adding creatively to all projects wherever possible.
Key achievements:
– Joint collaboration of new fund launch campaign design for The US Equity Benchmark Plus Fund. Outputs including brochures, flyers and digital media to UK clients.
– Created and set all guidelines and templates for web figures and infographics. These required sharing with team and external agencies, including guidance and review.
Marketing, Design, Branding, Advertising, Art Direction, Event, Photography, Landing pages, Development, Web, Redesign, Creativity, Direction, UP
2004 - 2004
freelance
Packaging Designer
Dixons Group plc.
A freelance placement into a design team within Dixons head office, working on packaging designs for products to be sold in Dixons UK stores. Complete redesigns of some existing ranges, the setting of graphics across all product packs within the same brand range, whilst keeping within set brand guidelines.
Key achievement:
– Rebranded two JVC scart cable box designs, which were rolled out across 320 Dixons stores in the UK and Ireland.
Key achievement:
– Rebranded two JVC scart cable box designs, which were rolled out across 320 Dixons stores in the UK and Ireland.
Wordpress, Design, Excel, Powerpoint, Sketch, Indesign, Packaging, SoMe, Word, Office, Quarkxpress
2000 - 2003
job
Junior designer / creative artworker
Studio Planet.
Planet was a large company, who produced branded packaging and general print designs for clients such as Mars, Four Square and Manor Bakeries. I worked within its southern studio (as well as onsite), as one of two juniors and my tasks included the designing of brand shippers, showboxes, promotional posters, flyers and the artworking of redesigned branding to pre-designed packaging specs. Studio work also included the mocking up and 3D visualising of forthcoming packaging.
Branding, Packaging, Print, 3D, Artworking, UP
1999 - 1999
job
Junior designer
La Fenice Ltd.
Gained valuable experience working alongside the senior designer, meeting clients face to face and learning how to interpret briefs into a finished design solution.
Design
My education
Berkshire School of Art and Design
Bachelors, Graphic design (Minor in Art)
Bachelors, Graphic design (Minor in Art)
Berkshire School of Art and Design
Hndhncorequivalent, Design
Hndhncorequivalent, Design
University of the Arts London
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