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DAVE SHIELL

* ******** *******, *** ****, Gateshead, NE9 6XE • 077******** • *********@*******.***

• https://uk.linkedin.com/in/daveshiell

• Portfolio • www.wisebrandingdesign.com

Specialising In

Providing Creative Concepts, Original Designs, and Visionary Solutions Print & Branding Design Graphics

15+ YEARS’ SUCCESS LEADING ENGINEERING INNOVATION FOR HIGH-GROWTH ORGANISATIONS SUMMARY

A dynamic and creative professional possessing outstanding and innovative artistic acumen with a dynamic eye for visual works and print design. Skilled in creating and directing brand marketing and new business designs. Creative concepts and design for ads, digital campaigns including freelance design contracts for clients. Expertly design principles, practices, and methods of digital art, production procedures, printing system, and industry terminologies. Having strong interpersonal and communication skills with team members, subordinates, and customers.

• Keeping abreast of relevant new techniques, trends in design and media by having regular updates from design and media websites, reading design books and completing courses on Lynda.com to progress my skills and knowledge.

• Developed teaching material and delivered to team, work included Interactive CD/online material for LINX Printing Technologies. Producing Teacher and Student Training Guides for the United Emirates Logistics Academy with DLC Training. Mentored new starters at Schawk, which included training in Production artwork and QC techniques, wrote and created (LMS) learning management system modules using Captivate software. Created Technical Profile creation guide for Production staff on site and in Partner Indian artwork site. Technical Proficiencies: OS; MAC, Adobe Creative Suite Applications; InDesign; Photoshop; Illustrator; Acrobat; Captivate, Key note, Quark Express; Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook). Design Proficiencies: Corporate Identity/Branding; Logo creation, Vector graphics; Quality Control; Pre-Press Production; Colour Theory.

Core Competencies:

Design Development

Pharmaceutical Artwork

Problem Solving Techniques

Social & Communication Skills

Graphic Design

Branding Design

Layout/Review/Edit

Mentoring

Design Manuals & Layout

Quality Assurance/Control

Logo/ Freelancer Designing

Client Focused / Result Driven

Packaging Print

Strategic Thinking

Innovative Solution

Contract Management

Print & Creative Services

Stakeholders Relationship

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SCHAWK, Gateshead

Senior Production Artist, May 2009 - Present

Effectively utilise industry standard software, which includes Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop to create packaging artwork ready for print by Pharmaceutical and Consumer Clients. Process involves the development and altering of artwork placed on technical profiles, using brand/site and printer technical specification guidelines for all components including cartons, labels, foils, tubes and various sized leaflets in a number of different languages for many different brand products. Create technical profile drawing style guide used by different Pharmaceutical clients and in artwork creation across the world sites.

Key Accomplishments:

• Efficiently employed training and creating user manuals for a new Quality Control piece of software and mentored new staff in artwork creation through their training period.

• Successfully produced a template and new way of working to keep all the logos consistent by following a Client’s new brand guidelines and applied throughout various sites for artwork creation.

• Actively tackled captivate software and formed E-Learning/quiz Site Standard Operating Procedure Interactive material to be used throughout the company.

• Created flow charts and collated data about the specific clients and processes involved in completing artwork for different departments in a controlled manner for creation of a graphical style for individuals to enhanced level of skills.

• Regularly involved in Client/Audit Production walk through demonstrations and Client Teleconference meetings to projects and issues.

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DLC TRAINING, Durham

Graphic Designer, June 2008 – Feb 2009

Skillfully formed training manuals for United Emirates logistics training academy and designed, printed material by using InDesign Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office. Generated internal and external company Print/Web ready promotional material using InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Microsoft Office.

Determined colours, images, text style, and shapes for developing new design concepts, graphics, and layouts as well as reviewed final layouts for improvements.

Liaison with printers, copywriters, account executives, web developers, and marketing specialist in the process of designing.

GLAXOSMITHKLINE, Barnard Castle

Artwork Operator, October 2003-2008

Created packaging artwork cartons, foils, tubes, and leaflets of different languages for pharmaceutical markets and designed sites around the world by following standardised software of industry such as InDesign, Quark Express, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

Followed the client artwork brief production standards, standard operating procedures, regulatory and quality compliance requirements, Printer specifications and agreed schedules for artwork production.

Generated cartons, foils, tubes, and various sized leaflets in numerous diverse languages. LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES, Cambridgeshire

Multimedia Design Assistant, July 2002 – December 2002 Successfully planned and produced interactive CD – ROM to speed up the technical help desk, involving producing navigation charts to show the basic content and structure of the system.

Proactively designed a logo for a company project and maintain the marketing department's documentation, also supported marketing events.

Arranged meetings with the team and management to discuss progress and developing corporate style screen shots navigation for the progress of the company.

KEY PROJECT

FREELANCE PROJECT

Engage in branding material for GP Practice in order to design new logos and tag lines for companies. Expertly create graphics for the marketing activities in order to attract new and sustain existing patients. Advertise new services of the organisation by designing branding guideline, mission statement, letter heads, business cards, appointment cards, stickers and mini booklets for medical practices, pop up banners, and outdoor singes all in a corporate style.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Diploma in Graphic Design WWW.CREATIVEDESIGNSCHOOL.COM 2015 Advanced Interactive Vector Graphics and Animation (ASET) GATESHEAD COLLEGE 2006 ASET using HTML Editor (Level 2) GATESHEAD COLLEGE 2003 Web Design (HTML) CITY AND GUILDS 2003

Honours (Multimedia Design) DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY 2002 OCR Computer Literacy and Information Technology Stage 1 GATESHEAD COLLEGE 2000 Part 1 City and Guilds Photography CITY AND GUILDS 1999 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Lynda.com Courses

CREATIVITY TRAINING, LOGO DESIGN, FOUNDATIONS OF BRANDING DESIGN, CAPTIVATE TRAINING 2015/2016 Yearly GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Training

Lean Sigma Advocate Course GLAXOSMITHKLINE 2005 Leadership Edge Course SHELL 2001

CCPR Sports Leadership Award BRITISH SPORT TRUST 1998 Curriculum Enrichment Programme UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL 1998 Basic Skills Counselling Skills Course 1997

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