Overview
I’m currently working as a Lead Graphic Designer for Twig Education, an educational media company based in Glasgow. I work on a variety of eye-catching assets, creating layouts, covers, illustrations and informational posters. My work requires that I take the strongest creative approach for each individual asset in order to spark the interest of students while maintaining visual consistency across Twig products. I’m currently leading design development for a new Maths print product but will pivot as necessary to other projects in addition to updating our legacy materials.
In my free time I enjoy illustrating comics and have also produced a self-published childrens’ book, I Don’t Feel Christmassy Yet. I’m really interested in visual storytelling and draw a lot of inspiration from film and television when working out the pacing and panel compositions for particular scenes. I spent much of lockdown illustrating and publishing the graphic novel Smithers & Wing, developing a visual identity for the comic and designing a variety of marketing materials for our Kickstarter campaign, including social media graphics and a promotional print styled to resemble the artwork for a pulp gothic romance novel.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- MSc in Publishing – Edinburgh Napier University
- MA in English Literature (1st Class) – University of Glasgow
Work experience
Twig Education,
- supporting the design manager in establishing guidelines and templates
- reviewing layouts from other designers and pre-flighting files for print
- briefing graphic designers and providing hands-on support
- developing design concepts for a new maths product and producing robust templates
- investigating an appropriate illustration style for assets and creating guidelines for other designers.
- researching new processes and practices to improve efficiency
Twig Education,
- creating robust templates and training the content team in the use of these
- designing print and digital assets including: posters, interactives, handouts and assessments
- defining the project’s illustrative style and creating a variety of decorative and technical illustrations, always ensuring that these are clear, engaging and age-appropriate
- producing in-depth guides for external typesetters
- working with the Head of the Content Department to revise initial layout designs for subsequent editions, designing new elements according to evolving targets and requirements
The Publishing Bureau,
- designing various publications for international clients, including brochures, programmes, resources and magazines
- producing initial designs and working with a developer to create an app for attendees of a major European transport conference, featuring programme information, networking tools and a social wall feature
- designing websites and updating the content using CMS
- researching, writing copy and working on layout design for a 200-page 50th anniversary publication
- preparing files for print and communicating with printers
- managing multiple projects and interacting with clients to ensure that these were delivered to deadline
- copy-editing content received from clients
- drafting content and creating marketing emails using HTML
BHP Comics,
- designing internal layouts and typesetting publications
- producing event guides and promotional materials for multiple BHP events
- designing marketing materials for publications and events including: posters, merchandise and social media graphics
Portfolio
