Senior Designer
Pacific UK, Northwich
November 2009 - June 2010 (8 months)

Developed new designs and brands for fashion led cosmetic sets for clients including Debenhams, New Look, BHS, Primark and other large high street retailers.
-Designed print based promotional artwork to support brands in store.
-Produced designs from concept through to style guide.
-Liaised with printers to achieve new printing techniques
-Developed new packaging formats, POS and cutters in conjunction with manufacturers
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Graphic Designer
Ultimate Products, Manchester
June 2008 - June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Worked on concept packaging designs through to print ready artwork for a variety of large clients within the FMCG sector matching briefs to retail strategy.
-Designed and developed brand identity and produced style guides for large portfolio brands.
-Completed 3D visualisations and developed new cutter designs for packaging and POS.
-Clients ranged from large super market chains such as Tesco\'s and B&Q through to lingerie brands and celebrity chef Gino Da\'Campo.
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Graphic/ Packaging Designer
Powell Marketing, Manchester
April 2007 - June 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Worked on the design, development and maintenance of retail ready packaging for divisional brands alongside retail customers and own label brands.
-Liaised with clients to ensure projects are delivered on time with efficient product mock-up or product sample.
-Worked as a graphic designer on brand and corporate imaging for a variety of clients.
-Developed various promotional material including magazine adverts, brochures and POS.
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Junior Designer
RMS International Ltd
January 2007 - February 2007 (2 months)

Worked as a creative graphic designer in the packaging studio on a range of packaging products from homewares to children\'s toys.
-The role involved working up new designs and concepts for the RMS brands and included illustration work and packaging mock-ups.

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Junior Packaging Designer
Sara Lee Household & Body Care UK, Slough
July 2004 - July 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Worked on the design and development of packaging for the brands Radox and Brylcreem. Developed new packaging shapes and structures and designed artwork for new toiletry ranges.
-Produced various promotional material including magazine adverts and POS.
-Worked closely with marketing and engineers to develop new packaging solutions from concept, through to production and launch.
-Gained sound knowledge of reprographics and main print process through close liaison
with suppliers during production of artwork.
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Junior Artworker
Ness Visual Technology, Widnes
September 2002 - June 2003 (10 months)

- University Placement
-Mac Operator
-Scanning and retouching artwork and photographic material
-Reproducing and designing artwork and logos

Jun 2010

John Lawton Architecture & Draughting

Designed and developed new brand image and logo. Designed full set of business stationery.

Reviews for this job by:

John Lawton

I got Chris onboard to produce a corporate logo and stationary for my business. Chris appreciated what I wanted to achieve and gave me a sense that I was involved in the design process throughout. He has a very good imagination and can develop the smallest of briefs into working concepts with great effect. I found Chris to be very professional and I would certainly use his services again when required.