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D E S I G N

LIAM GARDNER

Freelance Designer, Manchester | London | Sydney

(2006 – Present)

Freelance projects began along side my university study, providing me with qualifications and experience to fulfill design requirements for branding, information architecture and graphic design to a highly professional standard.

Clients range from entrepreneurs and small independent businesses to large companies in the online motor trade and fast paced global marketing agencies. Recent freelance roles: Mumbrella, TCO, Traffik (Clemenger BBDO).

Graphic Designer (freelance), King Content, Sydney

(January 2014 – Present)

Working across a wide range of B2B and B2C clients (60+ and counting) I am responsible for producing print and digital content to support large scale media campaigns. Designing for offices in Australia, Singapore and USA, the fast paced agency environment demands flawless work with tight turn around times.

Centre Manager/Graphic Designer, KIKOFF Soccer Centres, Sydney, Australia

(January 2013 – September 2013)

Solely responsible for creating the design collateral to promote the centre.

Supervising coaching and administrative staff and preparing monthly performance report and presenting to stakeholders.

Head of Creative Design, Motoring.co.uk, Manchester, UK

(2011-2013)

Responsible for creating, editing and overseeing all graphical work to be used in-house and externally. The work included training manuals, media packs, best practise guide booklets, infographics, product and service logos, display posters, website maintenance, website landing pages etc.

Liasing directly with web developers to create and optimise content to be displayed on the site.

Solely responsible for the branding and corporate identity of a new sister company.

EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer

University of Leeds, Product Design– Upper Second Class Honours (2006 – 2011) Covered in detail the process of client requirement analysis, design, manufacturing, through to a final commercial proposition. I have also gained a great deal of experience in bridging the gap between visual arts led and engineering led design.

EDUCATION FURTHER interests

SKILLS FURTHER skillsPHOTOSHOP

ILLUSTRATOR

INDESIGN

BRANDING

MICROSOFT OFFICE

SOCIAL MEDIA

CAD

ANIMATION

WEB DESIGN

project management

Organised and punctual; dealing with concurrent briefs from clients; meeting tight deadlines and quickly adapting to client requirements.

communication

Excellent communication, analysis and customer facing skills. Developing and giving many professional presentations of the design process.

commercial awareness

Solid understanding of the business process, the importance of fully understanding the market and customers requirements and how to design for an attractive commercial proposition.

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M C d o n a l d s

Click here or visit www.liam-gardner.com/project/mcdonalds to view animations

Summary of brief:

• Create engaging, sharable content for McDonalds ‘Wake Up Happy’ Surprise Alarm app Asia.

• Create a range of generic and market specific animated content, across multiple content pillars.

• Final artwork/animation must be under 100kb and able to be resized into four aspect ratios.

• In addition, create artwork for product coupons to feature as rewards within the app.

EDM’S

APP DESIGN

BRANDING

INFOGRAPHICS

M o t o r i n g . c o . u k

INFOGRAPHICS

B2B EDITORIAL PUBLICATION

T h o m s o n R e u t e r s

UPDATE

ORIGINAL

UPDATE

ORIGINAL

IMAGE RETOUCHING

BANNER ADS (ANIMATED)

APP DESIGN

S a m s u n g

INFOGRAPHICS

WEB BANNERSD ata s p a r k

WEB DESIGN

INFOGRAPHIC

SLIDESHARE

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