jason mcdermott

lead graphic designer

About

A creative professional, with industry and freelance experience. Experienced in brand image and editorial, developing packaging and promotional material, computer and hand illustrations. Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, Photography and Photo editing. People orientated and self-motivated with great ambition, holds positive attitude to all challenges and opportunities.

Country

united kingdom

City

manchester

Industry

design

Skill

illustrator, graphic design, store operations, adobe creative suite, indesign, merchandising, retail sales, photoshop, teamwork, marketing, advertising, store management, sales, planograms, new store openings, brand development, mac, stock management, merchandise planning, cashiering, professional logo changer, artwork monkey, adobe illustrator, graphics, adobe photoshop, illustration, logo design, project management, people management, people development, microsoft office, microsoft excel, microsoft word, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft outlook, powerbi, windows, adobe lightroom, adobe acrobat, adobe xd, adobe indesign, typography, photography, web design, brochures, poster design, brand identity, page layout, art direction, visual communication, banners

Experience

technical and graphic designer

sports direct international

2013-9 - 2014-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

* Designing seasonal product artwork to critical path. * Working as part of a busy design team to strict and regular deadlines. * Preparing presentational material for the sales and management team. * Actively conducting product research as part of the artwork design process. * Working to current trends and sales patterns. * Visiting and representing at trade shows and exhibitions. * Creating packaging designs for products. * Instructional design - creating instruction sheets for the end user. * Product illustration and visual representation. * Logo design and development for new/existing brands. * Product photography for sales and marketing purposes. * Post photography image manipulation and enhancement. * Technical inspections to identify product weaknesses/faults. * Product approvals/sign off. * Component database compilation and management . * Assisting with the general public and offering a high level of customer service. * Regularly liaising with customers and suppliers regarding technical support and * product issues.

freelance graphic designer

evolving fitness

2013-10 - 2013-11 · 2 mos

* Consulting with clients and producing artwork for brand logo. * Designing promotional material such as leaflets. * Designing artwork for banners ready to send to printers.

work placment

milk design ltd

2011-6 - 2011-11 · 6 mos

* Logo design and development. * Prepare presentational material for design pitch. * Market/design research. * working to current trends.

graphic designer

the dog house home of the chili cheese dog

2014-4 - 2014-11 · 8 mos

* Creating a company brand image from the clients guidelines. * Designing Banners for the company stall. * Creating artwork to present to clients. * Designing marketing flyers and menus.

sales manager

halfords

2005-7 - 2013-9 · 8 yrs 3 mos

* Fully accountable for the day to day running of the store. * Wide range of product knowledge. * Cycle assembly and repair. * Scheduling and erosion control. * Working to meet high company standards. * Weekly stock checks. * Creating and processing data from store trading account. * Staff training and development. * Cash handling. * Store Merchandising and promotions. * Weekly Management meetings. * Monthly conference calls with higher management. * Manage a team to deliver demanding targets and high level of * Customer service.

founder

outdoor asylum

2015-6 - 2017-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

lead graphic designer

car benefit solutions

2015-1 - Present · 11 yrs 9 mos

* Working as part of a busy Marketing Team, reporting to the Head of Marketing. * Responsible for all people management aspects of the team of Graphic Designers and Apprentice * Graphic Designers. * Managing creative workload and working to deadlines. * Deliver a suite of reports to the Head of Marketing to measure activity levels, campaign results and * return on marketing time and monetary investment. * Interpret content and copy from a design brief into a visual story relevant to the target market. * Ensure that clients brand guidelines are understood, applied and delivered. * Develop and maintain companies brand guidelines. * Produce print ready artwork. * Manage relationships with external printers. * Help identify user needs, problem areas across customer facing websites. * Design creative, yet robust UX focused solutions, user journeys and wireframes. * Deliver digital communications through mass mailer software. * Assist with branding and content for presentations, proposals and meeting documents.