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 654me@designmarie.co.uk

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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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