sally miller

creative developer

About

I offer over 25 years experience working as a Graphic Designer, Art Director and in more recent years as Creative Director for a multi-national Bath and Body skincare company. From travelling the globe researching, to creating concepts and fresh design, product developing, forecasting styles and trends, providing styleguides to businesses and creating on trend brands. I have experience in a diverse range of areas from initial logo creation, branding and packaging design development, POS, corporate design, photography, worked with licensed products and FMCG product development and packaging design for retail. I have worked closely overseeing a design team in China, overseen print and production runs in Chinese factories and attended international trade fairs.

Country

australia

City

melbourne

Industry

design

Skill

advertising, graphic design, brand development, art direction, corporate identity, logo design, creative direction, visual communication, concept development, creative strategy, concept design, branding, corporate branding, packaging, vector illustration, design strategy, adobe creative suite, image manipulation, photography, adobe illustrator, adobe photoshop, product development, trend forecasting, trend research, identifying trends, indesign, microsoft excel, powerpoint, microsoft word, presentation skills, production part approval process, peer mentoring, project management, typography, design

Experience

graphic designer

crackerjack design

1989-4 - 1993-6 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Here is where the graduate graphic designer learned what they didn't tell you in college. All great designers need to know this. Finished art. Finished art, finished art and then a bit more finished art. Then you can move onto that designers roll you want. Tick. Working mainly on licensed product design for Disney, Warner Brothers, Thomas the Tank Engine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (yes, the first time round), Barbie and the like, apparel customers were our main clients. It was in these early years that bromides, yokens, placement prints and yardages became part of my everyday vocabulary.

owner and creative director

ypom design

2016-6 - 2017-1 · 8 mos

After rejoining my husband in the Graphic Design business we started together years ago - I was quickly enticed to rejoin the industry I have been working in for the past 14 years.

senior graphic designer

your place or mine graphic design

2000-1 - 2002-2 · 2 yrs 2 mos

* While successfully navigating the freelance world learning best practice (and certainly seeing what not to do) it was time to establish my own design company, and what better way than to team up with my partner * now husband * and fellow Monash Universary design graduate.

graphic designer

corporate kudos

1993-9 - 1998-12 · 5 yrs 4 mos

After returning from my overseas backpacking adventure, it was time swap the backpack for a trendy designer satchel and look for a real job. Designer for this Advertising, PR and Design agency seemed like a good place to start, and after accepting a three day freelance position there through Dux Creative Consultants - I left five years later.