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Professional ExperienceGraphics SpecialistTowers Watson, LondonDecember 2012 – Present

Graphic Designer and Marketing AssistantForester Life, BromleySeptember 2011 – December 2012

Art Director’s Assistant (Internship)Moodboard, LondonJanuary 2011 – March 2011

Design Assistant (Internship)Rob Ryan’s Studio, LondonDecember 2010

Graphic Designer (Internship)Chesapeake Printers, NottinghamJanuary 2010

Graphic Designer (Internship)Pearl Fisher, LondonJune 2005

Graphic Designer (Internship)Sainsbury’s Graphic Design Head Office, Holborn, LondonOctober 2003

EducationBA Hons Design for Graphic CommunicationLondon College of CommunicationSeptember 2010 – July 2011Achieved: First Class Honours

FdA Design for Graphic CommunicationLondon College of CommunicationSeptember 2008 – July 2010Achieved: Merit Plus 76%

Foundation Diploma in Art & DesignRavensbourne College of Design and CommunicationSeptember 2007 – July 2008

A LevelsCoopers Technology CollegeSeptember 2005 – July 2007Design Technology (A), History (C), Information Technology (D)AS Level: General Studies (C)

GCSEsCoopers Technology CollegeSeptember 2000 – July 200512 including English, Maths and Science (A-C)

Skills & ExpertiseGraphic design, corporate branding, company rebranding, ability to visually enhance documents, producing inventive graphics and artwork, working with company templates, formatting, marketing, website editing, spreadsheet maintenance, print management and proofreading.

Literature and Promotional ItemsPresentations, placemats, brochures, flyers, booklets, posters, agendas, letterheads, cheques, pop-up display stands, pens, mousemats, memo blocks and car stickers.

Key SkillsTeam work, ability to work in a demanding environment, a flexible approach, time management, project planning, detailed organisation, clear communicationmotivation, perseverance and the abilityto thrive under pressure.

Technical Skills

Software SkillsIllustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

InterestsReading, passionate about films, cooking, baking, fitness classes, festivals, visiting exhibitions, listening to topical talks and discussions online and viewing design sites.

Achievements and AwardsFirst Aid at work course with St John Ambulance (13), First Class Bachelor Honours Degree in Design for Graphic Communication (11), Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award (07) and the Baden Powell Award (05).

OtherVisited Ripping Image (Dec 13) and Chesapeake Printers (Jan 10) to find out more about designing for print. I was chosen to assist with the Bridging Studies course at the London College of Communication, where I led a team of students who were completing a project on recycling (11).

Volunteer WorkPhotographer for TheSite.org and Youth Net (10).

References available on request

Emma WilsonH: 01689 837 664M: 07871 963 645 ewilson89@hotmail.co.uk

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I can highly recommend Emma. In the last year she has helped me design and develop two of the best business development proposals I have seen. And we won both pieces of work. She is creative, detailed conscious and a pleasure to work with.Carole Hathaway, Rewards practice leader, Towers Watson

Testimonials

I have worked with other designers in the past and Emma’s overall talent, creativity, responsiveness and energy have far surpassed many of them. She understands the importance of client needs and is willing to respond to them in sometimes less than ideal parameters or time commitments. Her attitude and talent are ones that I hope others are influenced by.

Amy DeVylder, Consultant, Towers Watson

She has helped ensure that various important and public briefing documents have full impact – with clear, accurate and well thought through visuals. She has also been a pleasure to work with collaboratively – listening to what we need as a business and then offering intelligent suggestions to make it work graphically. I wish her every success in the future.

Tamsin Sridhara, Director, Towers Watson

Her attitude is excellent; nothing is too much trouble. I am always impressed by her ability to take something quite plain and uninteresting and turn it into something visually appealing, usually with very little direction. She is very creative and also quick to turn work around. She gets the brief without needing lots of explanation and meets the timescales given. She clearly understands the needs of the business and is valued by all those who have worked with her at Towers Watson.

Vanessa Osgood, Marketing Manager, Towers Watson

Emma produced several placemats of high quality for the Data Solutions business, often under time pressure. I found Emma to be skilled in her field of expertise and the work she produced for me was always of a high standard. Specifically I found it easy for Emma to understand my requirements and needs, irrespective of whether we discussed ideas, modifications to the prototypes or simply wording changes. Overall I found Emma was a pleasure to deal with and was keen to get her help on future graphics work.

Philip Titchener, Senior Consultant, Towers Watson

Towers WatsonWorking at Towers Watson has provided the opportunity for me to gain incredible experience and to develop a variety of skills, having worked on an extensive array of projects, supporting LOBs across EMEA. I support the creative element of the business by working within the company house style/branding guidelines, for internal and external clients.

2012/14

Towers WatsonDaily I am required to interpret the client’s ideas and concepts to create info-graphics, illustrations, and documents that are of a high quality and are brand compliant. At times I also create material for external clients’ using their own branding guidelines. As well as using the Adobe suite to create bespoke graphics and material, I regularly use Microsoft Office to format and visually add value to our client’s documents.

2012/14

Towers WatsonProjects may involve the design and production of inventive graphics and artwork, for inclusion in presentations and documents that convey complicated information and processes in an attractive and clear way. Or perhaps creating, formatting and amending presentations and documents in company templates, ensuring that they are visually appealing and branded, and that they communicate the intended message effectively.

2012/14

Forester LifeI worked on the International Rebrand of Foresters, completing the redesign and production of many Marketing items through every stage of the design process. I liaised with and organised the printing and delivery of marketing literature and promotional merchandise with external companies, having calculated print numbers.

2011/12

Forester LifeMy colleague and I rebranded all Forester Life marketing literature ready for launch to the Captive Sales Force in February 2012. I assisted in the development of foresters.com using SharePoint, ready for its launch in August 2012.

2011/12

London College of CommunicationStrategies for Visual ResearchThe project began by being given three project variables; for the client, the target audience and the message. I then used various research methods to find out more about these variables which led to the discovery of a gap in the market. This was resolved in the way of Sweet Treats Tea Party which is a company that hosts tea parties at the clients home.

2011

London College of CommunicationOkido Magazine ProjectAs part of a live project for children’s magazine Okido, I firstly began by creating a story book that was displayed in Okido’s shop for the children to view. Then as part of the final outcome I created a set of six games, two of which are featured at the top of this page, that I produced using sewing and screen printing.

2010

London College of CommunicationLondon Research BookAbove are spreads and the front screen printed cover from a research book that I created in my first year at the London College of Communication. The research book was all about London; the numerous places we had visited and the various workshops that we had completed.

2009

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London College of CommunicationI Love TypographyIn my first year at University, as part of a team of three, we created an installation in response to a short piece of text based on a homeless man named Vince, who is stuck in a world of drugs.

2008