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Lorraine Wood

Lorraine Wood

Graphic Designer

New Holland, United Kingdom

A key team player with over ten years commercial design experience, suggesting and delivering the best solutions to meet client's needs. Encompassing experience working on...Read moreA key team player with over ten years commercial design experience, suggesting and delivering the best solutions to meet client's needs. Encompassing experience working on website design, corporate identity, brochures, leaflets, prospectuses, newsletters, educational packs, product packaging, above and below the line campaigns and POS.

A good communicator and organiser, experience of liaising with internal and external resources, managing projects ensuring they are within time limits, within budgets and a keen eye for detail.

I have a comprehensive working knowledge of Quark, Adobe CS3: Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.


Area Covered: UK
Work Experience Summary: Feb 2005 - June 2010 DESIGN TEAM MANAGER - Brackenhill Marketing and Design Ltd - York
Working closely with other members of the team delivering the best solutions to meet clients' needs. This encompasses website design, corporate identity, brochures, leaflets, prospectuses, newsletters and educational packs. I am involved throughout the projects from brief to concept to solution, organising and managing internal and external resources. I also introduced new procedures to streamline the studio.

Sep 2004 - Feb 2005 GRAPHIC DESIGNER - Scarborough Building Society - Temporary contract
I completed a contract as Graphic Designer at Scarborough Building Society, Scarborough. My role was to create and update all new and existing literature to ensure that it complied with new legislation. I worked alongside the in-house designer ensuring that the work was corporate, within time limits and liaised with an external printer on the production and delivery of the literature. I also had the opportunity to develop product literature for a new Affinity Account the Society was developing.

Sep 2003 - Feb 2004 GRAPHIC DESIGNER - USI Manchester - 6 month contract
I completed a contract as Graphic Designer at USI, Manchester. The company is an importer of a range of products that they sell on to retailers such as TJ Hughes, Your More Store and the Discovery Store.

My role was to create new brands and packaging for existing and new products, to communicate with the factory and buyers, ensuring that the design work was correct and delivered within time scales, to create designs for invitations and catalogues for internal and external shows. I also managed time sheets for costing and budgeting time for the design jobs.


Feb 2001 - Sep 2003 HEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER - The Gadget Shop Ltd - Glasgow
At the Gadget Shop I was responsible for the production of graphic material for the company. This encompassed: stationary, product packaging, product displays, POS, PR releases, micro brands, above and below the line campaigns, E-business, and store layout.

Communicating with the 48 stores The Gadget Shop had nationwide, enabled me to develop my communication skills further not only verbally but also editorially.



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Degree: BA Hons
Field of Study: Graphic Design
University / College: Nottingham Trent University
From:02/Sep/1996 To:01/Jun/1999

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