PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Creative design professional with a strong background in print, customer service and people management. Proven ability to surpass targets and expectations demonstrated by promotions and trusted long standing client relationships. Unwavering interest in the design profession, i believe good design must communicate with clarity and be informed by a creative insight

KEY SKILLS

• Ability to intuitively research and provide effective client design solutions • Keen analytical eye for attention to detail, quality and accuracy • Adaptable communicator • Ability to multitask under pressure, whilst delivering a consistently high standard of work • Cash handling and profit and lose management. • Adobe suite / Microsoft Office Suite - Outlook / Using - Installing Mac / Microsoft software. • Photography, Screen printing, Set design.

DESIGN & PRINT WORK EXPERIENCE

Staples - Print Production Manager - January 2011 - January 2014 Responsibilities: Initially employed as a Sales Associate before being promoted within three months, to manage the copy and print centre. Tasked with running the department and managing staff as well as being the main producer of high value orders and specialised design commissions.

• Cash handling, profit and loss, setting and exceeding sales targets, using accounting systems. • Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control. • Motivating sales and driving staff development. • Ensuring standards for document / design work quality, customer service and health and safety were met. • Attending sales meetings and chairing staff meetings - updating colleagues on business performance, new

initiatives and sales plans. Instrumental in telephone marketing, visual merchandising and planograms. • Initiating change to increase business productivity and streamlined cost effective processes. • Maintaining client accounts and being the go to person for producing high value commissions. • Brainstorming ideas, laying out pages, drawing and redrawing logos, correcting text and mocking up designs. • Produced variety of work for clients such as hotels, architects, restaurants, supermarkets, art galleries & clubs. • Maintenance / repair (Xerox Commercial laser / Xerox Largeformat / HP / EPSON large format inkjet printers)

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TIMOTHY LEWIStrying to get my foot in the door

TIME LINE

Tropical Pines ( King of Fruit )

Sunshine Tropical

True forms ( Producing relevant thoughtful design )Freelance Director - Graphic Art & Design - Off and On Since 2007

BA Graphic Arts and Design

Staples - Print Production Manager

Australia Travel South East Asia Travel

AAP Fundraising ( Save the Children )

True forms ( Producing relevant thoughtful design )Freelance Director - Graphic Art & Design - 2007- presentClients include: City Inn Hotel, Stone Island Interiors, Rascals Bar, Yates, E-cult Construction, Sally’s coffee shop, Bortowski Swing jazz band, British Gas, Halfords,

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Tropical Pines ( King of Fruit ) Australia - April 2014 - December 2014 • I worked in the pineapple industry for 8 months from the factory to the farm. • Planting, picking, packing. • Forklift truck driving. • Quality control. • Physically demanding role. • Working in a foreign country with people from round the world. • Picking up a new role quickly and successfully.

Sunshine Tropical Australia - December 2014 - February 2015 I was in charge of operating machinery to produce a number of fruit puree’s, which included preparing and quality checking fresh fruit, general maintenance and cleaning of the machinery, packing and storing frozen goods. Practice of industry standards of food hygiene.

AAP Fundraising ( save the children ) Marketing / Awareness Associate - September 2010 - January 2011Talking to the general public, meeting daily targets, providing good friendly customer service and raising awareness of the charity, using my own initiative to open contracts, working closely with other team members.

LIVING AND TRAVELLING ABROAD

I have independently lived on three continents and travelled four. Traveling and living abroad required me to be adaptable whilst learning to communicate in many different languages. The experience greatly improved my language and negotiation skills, ultimately making me a better communicator and an independent person.

QUALIFICATIONS

Epson Commercial / Industrial Training - 2013 BA Graphic Arts and Design ( 2.1 ) - 2010 ND Graphic Arts and Design ( Distinction ) 2007 Duke of Edinburgh Award ( silver / bronze ) - 2004 G.C.S.E’S ( 8 ) @ A* TO C - 2005

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