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Graphic Designer / Artwork / Print Specialist
Cara Bond
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London, United Kingdom
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My name is Cara, I am a highly experienced graphic designer specialising in print media who has recently been made redundant, as so many have in this challenging climate.
I see this as a fantastic opportunity to be able to work with more companies
that need the assistance of a reliable and competent designer but aren’t in the position to hire someone full time or pay extortionate agency fees.
Based in Central London and used to demanding lead times, there isn’t
much that phases me! I am able to help with small design tweaks through to
full document design, anything from promotional goods, brochure design
through to event materials (not that there is much of that going on at the moment!).
I see this as a fantastic opportunity to be able to work with more companies
that need the assistance of a reliable and competent designer but aren’t in the position to hire someone full time or pay extortionate agency fees.
Based in Central London and used to demanding lead times, there isn’t
much that phases me! I am able to help with small design tweaks through to
full document design, anything from promotional goods, brochure design
through to event materials (not that there is much of that going on at the moment!).
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2020 - 2020
temp
Work from home, Adobe artworker Christmas temp
OAKDENE DESIGNS.
Dealing with personalised gifts, trusted to see customers personal
information and photos ordered though a online store.
• Clocking hours from home on UAttend.
• Using google sheets to show which batch I was working on and documenting how long they took.
• Accessing dropbox to download artwork templates and daily order dispatch notes; and to upload edited dispatch
notes and print ready personalised artwork files.
• Using Illustrator to create personalisation of artwork.
• Working with three shopping channels to view the orders; Not On the High Street, Shopify and Etsy. Dealing with enquiries, amendments and replacements.
• Telegram to communicate with the team.
• GDPR - Personal Information Rules and Conditions.
information and photos ordered though a online store.
• Clocking hours from home on UAttend.
• Using google sheets to show which batch I was working on and documenting how long they took.
• Accessing dropbox to download artwork templates and daily order dispatch notes; and to upload edited dispatch
notes and print ready personalised artwork files.
• Using Illustrator to create personalisation of artwork.
• Working with three shopping channels to view the orders; Not On the High Street, Shopify and Etsy. Dealing with enquiries, amendments and replacements.
• Telegram to communicate with the team.
• GDPR - Personal Information Rules and Conditions.
Illustrator, Shopify, Artwork, Print, GDpr, Google sheets, Adobe, Google, Online, Dropbox
2008 - 2020
job
Manager / Graphic Designer
CASCADE GROUP.
I started working with Cascade in 2008 as a junior artworker after I graduated and became a manager in 2012.
Throughout the years I had a number of responsibilities and put new systems in place to help the company run as
smoothly as possible which enabled us to become ISO 9001 certified.
Manager responsibilities:
• Opening and closing.
• Authorising and arranging overtime when needed.
• Managing 7 members of staff, ensuring all work went out on time at a high standard.
• Negotiated costs with vendors to ensure our 25% cost of sale policy.
• Putting new systems in place to help jobs flow through each department from start to finish; i.e. online alphabetical
corporate artwork storage, Accura job sheet template, delivery note, etc.
• Organising social events across 5 branches to ensure moral, team spirit and communication stayed strong.
• Daily till Z read, petty cash distribution for meetings, personal company credit card for all other necessary
purchases.
• Signing off holidays to ensure colleagues do not overlapping across the branch. Ensuring the individuals personal
holiday allowance was not exceeded. Keeping an annual excel of all holiday and sick days.
• Use of Fedex and courier companies in the UK.
• Opening of mail, all other duties as required.
Account handling and management:
• Running reports of annual spend to illustrate which clients hadn't ordered to enable me to claw-back work.
• Approaching customers to chase jobs and time scales for new work which came in quarterly.
• Consulting with customers to ensure shipment was processed as required / split shipment.
• Customer relations; coffee, lunch, dinner.
• Using Accura to creating estimates through the cost calculator, job-tickets, order acknowledgements, purchase
orders, delivery notes and invoices. Scheduling all orders onto the drag-an-drop visual production planning board with views for day, week, month.
Design, artworking and print:
• Attending client design briefs and following corporate brand guidelines to create a variety of print ready artwork,
small and large format; corporate stationary, brochures, posters, pull-up, pop-up, etc.
• Artworking for repeat orders on company stationary.
• Amendments to supplied packaged design files.
• Pre-press artwork; digital, litho, CMYK, pantone, foil, spot UV, vinyl contour cut, prefect bind, saddle stitch perf,
cutter guide, crops marks, bleed area, etc.
• A number of finishing techniques, large and small. Hand crease, bind, electric gelatine, laminate, encapsulate,
booklet make, pop-up assembly, weeding.
• Operating a web-to-print portal.
• Digital print from Fiery to Xerox, calibrate, scan, photocopy, change toner, job build.
• Large format Epsom, load paper, change ink.
Programs:
Indesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Acrobat
Quark
Word
Excel
Accura
Fedex
Throughout the years I had a number of responsibilities and put new systems in place to help the company run as
smoothly as possible which enabled us to become ISO 9001 certified.
Manager responsibilities:
• Opening and closing.
• Authorising and arranging overtime when needed.
• Managing 7 members of staff, ensuring all work went out on time at a high standard.
• Negotiated costs with vendors to ensure our 25% cost of sale policy.
• Putting new systems in place to help jobs flow through each department from start to finish; i.e. online alphabetical
corporate artwork storage, Accura job sheet template, delivery note, etc.
• Organising social events across 5 branches to ensure moral, team spirit and communication stayed strong.
• Daily till Z read, petty cash distribution for meetings, personal company credit card for all other necessary
purchases.
• Signing off holidays to ensure colleagues do not overlapping across the branch. Ensuring the individuals personal
holiday allowance was not exceeded. Keeping an annual excel of all holiday and sick days.
• Use of Fedex and courier companies in the UK.
• Opening of mail, all other duties as required.
Account handling and management:
• Running reports of annual spend to illustrate which clients hadn't ordered to enable me to claw-back work.
• Approaching customers to chase jobs and time scales for new work which came in quarterly.
• Consulting with customers to ensure shipment was processed as required / split shipment.
• Customer relations; coffee, lunch, dinner.
• Using Accura to creating estimates through the cost calculator, job-tickets, order acknowledgements, purchase
orders, delivery notes and invoices. Scheduling all orders onto the drag-an-drop visual production planning board with views for day, week, month.
Design, artworking and print:
• Attending client design briefs and following corporate brand guidelines to create a variety of print ready artwork,
small and large format; corporate stationary, brochures, posters, pull-up, pop-up, etc.
• Artworking for repeat orders on company stationary.
• Amendments to supplied packaged design files.
• Pre-press artwork; digital, litho, CMYK, pantone, foil, spot UV, vinyl contour cut, prefect bind, saddle stitch perf,
cutter guide, crops marks, bleed area, etc.
• A number of finishing techniques, large and small. Hand crease, bind, electric gelatine, laminate, encapsulate,
booklet make, pop-up assembly, weeding.
• Operating a web-to-print portal.
• Digital print from Fiery to Xerox, calibrate, scan, photocopy, change toner, job build.
• Large format Epsom, load paper, change ink.
Programs:
Indesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Acrobat
Quark
Word
Excel
Accura
Fedex
Storage, ME, UP, Manager, Portal, Social, Production, Guide, Online, Web, Design, Artworking, Consulting, Management, Print, Artwork, Word, Illustrator, Indesign, Excel
My education
CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ART London
Bachelors, Graphic Design
Bachelors, Graphic Design
LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION London
Unspecified, Art and Design
Unspecified, Art and Design
LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION London
N/a, N/a
N/a, N/a
ST ANDREWS GIRLS SCHOOL Bedford
Secondary, Design and Technology
Secondary, Design and Technology
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