Contact Details Claudia Griffin www.claudiagriffin.com hello@claudiagriffin.

com +44 (0) 798 8487 944 Education

Design Skills Graphic Design & Illustration Art Direction Concept Development Print Production Processes Paper craft Skills Summary

BA (Hons) Graphic Design Leeds College of Art 2010-2013 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design Also Level 3 Life Drawing Winstanley College 2009-2010 3 A grade A Levels 9 GCSES A*-A Awards YCN Students Awards 2012 Commendation for Peacocks Brief Created a range of promotional material for print and screen Professional Experience Holden & Sons Graphic Design March 2013 - Placement Freelance Designer 201 1 - Present - Working with clients, additionally selling own merchandise 22nd World Scout Jamboree 201 1 Working in the media department on the magazine, website, and social media Software Skills Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects & Dreamweaver Microsoft Office HTML & CSS

My design practice has a focus on image design, working with type and image, hand drawn or digital illustration. My work is predominately produced for print and so the final presentation of a piece, including the use of print finishes, is an important aspect of my design. The work I create and apply my imagery to has a strong focus on branding, as well as packaging and editorial. I am also interested in website design. I am well organised, enthusiastic, determined and reliable. I am driven by problem solving and creating interesting, innovative concepts to make my work stand out. I enjoy reading magazines such as Computer Arts, lo oking at design inspiration blogs, and especially like visiting exhibitions. The Future Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi I am always lo oking to learn new skills as I strive for personal development. I enjoy the work I do, especially being around other designers in a creative environment so would love to work in a fun and busy design studio where I can learn from others and work on exciting projects.

Branding
I have created a proposed re-brand for Cow Vintage, with products for both print and web, including promotional material, updated packaging and a new website design, all featuring a stitching theme.

Product
I have created a range of contemporary card designs, with a focus on hand drawn typography. The cards are fun, playful, and unique, to set the cards apart from the competitors cards, and appeal to a young female target audience.

Product
I have created a icon based stationery range, inspired by the National Media Museums Life Online exhibition. Each product gives a new meaning to actions or objects relating to the internet.

Branding
I have created a re-brand for the existing Manchester Craft and Design centre, and applied this branding to a range of printed media, including business stationery and an event invitation, using textures as a key theme, to represent the different crafts that the designers specialise in.

Branding & Packaging

I have created branding for the surface pattern fashion print designer, Nicole Florence Bradley. This has been applied to various products, on both fabric and paper, including packaging, a publication and business stationery.

Publication
Collaborative work creating a newspaper publication and other promotional material, including badges, stickers, business stationery and postcards to advertise the Geek Table collective.

Branding
I worked collaboratively with two other Graphic Designers to stage a photo shoot, produce branding and a range of promotional material for a graduate fashion show. Our theme is behind the scenes hence the title Out of View. The luxury products contain gold foil.

Branding
I have created a brand identity for the surface pattern designer and illustrator, Lucy Rebecca Palmer. The branding has been applied to a variety of promotional materials, both for print and web, to promote the designer to potential employers. These include a publication design.