dan jakes

Creating artwork to press ready files. the majority of their clients were from the automotive industry.

Coming up with advertising campaigns and branding from William Hill, Sky Bet to a range of motor retail companies.

* Kelkay is the number one supplier of decorative aggregates, paving and resin water features to the garden centre industry throughout the UK. They deliver retail solutions that work and excite the consumer. * My role was to create Kelkay’s packaging, point-of-sale which included correx engineering, designing display stands and advertising material from concept to finished products. * I helped source new products for the company as well as purchasing goods at the right price. * My team and I took various products from concept to market and have seen many products achieve overall market share in their category. * I have produced new designs and patterns for the paving industry which are in the market place now. * GIMA is the Garden Industry Manufacturers' Association and is recognised body for the Garden Industry. I've managed to be instrumental in the following awards: GIMA Award Winner for Best Landscaping Product; GIMA Award Finalist for Best Landscaping Product; GIMA Award Finalist for Best Consumer Packaging.

* Working closely with the Creative Director and managing designs and creative concepts to the rest of the Creative Team and the Artwork Studio. * My tasks included following the development of the Creative Department’s ideas through to finished media - checking all aspects of design and typography. * The type of work produced was mainly for the retail sector. These included press ads, major campaigns, radio commercials, point-of-sale material and brochures. * I came up with concepts and developed them through working drawings to high res finished visuals. * The role entailed taking my creative concepts through to repro ready digital files. My thorough knowledge of the various print processes was of great benefit to the team. * Clients included: CD Bramall, Inchcape, GO Outdoors, Stoneacre, Perrys, Toomey, BMW, Mercedes-Benz.

Specialise in branding/logo design, retail POS, retail unit design and packaging. I make the journey for the client and enjoyable and positive experience which in turn produces increased sales. Work with the following software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Bridge, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Excel. I also offer competitive photoshop services; colour retouching, clipping and image retouching.

Poundworld is one of the UK's leading single-priced retailers with over 295 stores nationwide. From it's beginnings on a Wakefield market stall in 1974 - Poundworld now offers over 5,000 products and top brands priced at £1 - helping UK shoppers to save more with its incredible value proposition. Poundworld is based in Normanton, West Yorkshire now serving over two million customers per week and employing over 6,000 people! In 2013, Poundworld Retail Ltd launched multi-price brand Bargain Buys and now trades from over 50 locations nationwide. We are proud to be named as one of the nation's fastest growing retailers in the Sunday Times Top Track 250 2014. We plan to double our store network in the next five years bringing our amazing value products and convenience to even more shoppers across the nation!

Graphic Design and Advertising