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    Samantha Summerfield

    Samantha Summerfield

    Graphic Designer

    Gloucester, United Kingdom

    Dedicated to smart and efficient design. Passionate about publishing and magazine design. Area Covered: Graphic design, typography, magazine & book layout design. Work...Read moreDedicated to smart and efficient design.

    Passionate about publishing and magazine design.

    Area Covered: Graphic design, typography, magazine & book layout design.


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    Job Title: Creative Director
    Company: INtense Magazine
    Description: Initially I created the media kit for INtense magazine, and this lead to the initial design of INtense magazine.

    Now, I cover all creative aspects of the magazine, this includes layout, cover creation, article flow and paganation.

    I also create adverts and social media content for the magazine, such as Facebook buttons, web banners and any form of marketing material needed.
    From:03/Oct/2011

    Job Title: Senior Designer (Art Editor)
    Company: Child Magazine
    Description: I managed a small team of three, working on the Child publications. I worked closely with the features editor to create visually pleasing and editorially correct layouts. To do this, I sourced and corrected images for the editorial layouts as well as the cover images. I shared the editorial with another designer, guiding her technically and mentoring the team to create relevant and current layouts.

    I also worked with the pagination to see that all layouts will work with the allocated space. I briefed and managed the design studio to make sure that all artwork leaving the art studio was relative and of excellent standard.

    I managed the deadline process for the magazines, and made sure all the production was done correctly and to deadline. I signed off all pre-press documents, and signed off the proofs. I briefed photographers and I have previously co-ordinated and set up photo shoots for Bratz magazine. In doing so I have also dealt with small budgets. For Bratz magazine I created layouts, brainstormed issues and articles, coordinated fashion pages, managed the entire production process, seeing the magazine through to print.

    Finally I create and manage all in-house design needs, business cards, rate cards and any promotional material.
    From:01/Jun/2007 To:31/Mar/2010

    Job Title: Design and Layout Artist
    Company: National Publishing - B2B publilshers
    Description: The design and layout of two monthly magazines: Packaging Review and Graphix, as well as two bimonthly magazines: African Printer and African Packaging Review.

    I worked closely with the editor and I saw the magazines from initial pagination to production and print. I designed and produced any and all supplementation or extra advertising that related to magazines.

    In the middle of 2006 I was promoted to Senior, with that I was given the responsibility of four monthly magazines: Packaging Review, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review, Graphix and Food Review. Included in the design work was all of the companies corporate design work (business cards, in house advertising, etc).

    I was then promoted within my role to take on some production management and I ran the production of two magazines, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review, Food Review. I managed all aspects of the two magazines – the design and layout as well as advertising production, traffic managing and artwork coordination.

    Some special projects included several magazines for Johannesburg shopping malls, such as Fourways and Centurion.

    I provided extensive Indesign and Photoshop training for all employees that needed to work with the Adobe suite.
    From:04/Apr/2005 To:31/May/2007

    Job Title: Graphic Designer
    Company: Ace Martial Arts
    Description: A reformat and redesign of a 30 page Microsoft Word document into InDesign, as well as the final print ready document for publishing.
    From:10/May/2012 To:15/May/2012

    Job Title: Freelance Graphic Designer
    Company: Ralph St Laundry
    Description: I was hired to design a company profile of a commercial laundry in Australia.
    From:13/Mar/2012 To:19/Mar/2012

    Job Title: Freelance Graphic Designer
    Company: Cakes Around Town
    Description: I was hired by Cathy to create her 2012 Catalog.

    She had the initial placement already and recruited me to punch up the design, make it professional and to have the final print-ready files prepared.

    After I completed that, Cathy has used me for other ad hoc work, such as illustration and magazine advertorial design.
    From:14/Mar/2012



    Education
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    Summary: I studied at Concept Interactive in Cape town, and I received a diploma in Interactive Graphics, 2001-2002

    It covered:
    Print media (Quark, Indesign CS, Photoshop CS, Freehand 10 & Illustrator CS
    Website design (HTML, Basic Java, Flash 5, Dreamweaver 3)
    Post production (Director 8)
    3D Animation (3D Studio Max 3)

    In 2003 I received another certificate in Print Media which I obtained to cover my chosen design porthole, print & publishing.

    It covered:
    Indesign CS2, Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2
    Degree: Interactive Graphics
    Field of Study: Print Media, Website design, Post production, 3D Animation
    University / College: Concept Interactive
    From:15/Jan/2001 To:22/Nov/2002

    University / College: Fish Hoek Senior High

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    • Janby Jan M.
    • Posted: 11 Jun 2012
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    • 23 Jul 2012 Jan M.
      Jan M.
      Langen, DE

      Samantha made sure that she understood my requirements from the beginning. Her skills were of a professional standard and we worked well together to achieve my end product. The project was delivered within my expected time limit and I would not hesitate to use her again.

      Samantha S.
      Samantha S.

      Thank you Jan.

      Jan was easy to work for, he knew what he was looking for and was easy to communicate with. Would definitely do more work for Jan if he should so need.

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