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PRODUCT DESIGN BA NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY 2016-2020

CREW FATFACE RETAIL DEC 2020

A,B,C PRODUCT DESIGN, DRAMA AND ENGLISH LIT/LANG PERSHORE HIGH SCHOOL 2010-2016

TECHNICAL SKILLS ABOUT ME PRODUCT DESIGN GRADUATE WHO HAS A KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROCESSES AROUND DESIGN AND HOW IT CAN BE APPLIED TO A RANGE OF OUTCOMES; DIGITAL, PRINT OR PRODUCT. KEEN TO WORK IN A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT, A FLEXIBLE AND DRIVEN WORKER WHO ADAPTS QUICKLY. ENJOYS MEETING NEW CLIENTS AND HELPING THEM TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING. PREDOMINATELY I’M EXCITED TO LEARN, I’M OPEN TO ANY OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE I CAN BRING THE PASSION AND DRIVE THAT COMES FROM YEARS OF HARDWORK AND DETERMINATION.

PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN SOLIDWORKS FUSION 360 PROCREATE

CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANT ANSWER4U CALL CENTRE OCT 2010- DEC 2020 BAR ASSISTANT NTSU FOOD & BEVERAGES OCT 2016- JUL 2020 SALES ASSISTANT HONEYSUCKLEWOOD/MALVERN CYCLES BICYCLE AND COFFEE SHOP APR 2010-AUG 2020

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

EXTRAS

TECHNICAL DRAWINGS AND SALES KAST CONCRETE BASINS 2019

CURRENTLY LEARNING TO CODE THROUGH THE FREE CODECAMP COURSE

ASSISTANT TECHNICIAN NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY 2019

CURRENTLY DESIGNING AND MAKING MY OWN GREETINGS CARDS, ARTWORK AND CRAFTS.

CONTACT ME

INSTAGRAM: @VICKTMAKES EMAIL: VICKYLTROTMAN97@ GMAIL.COM PHONE: 07731354770

THE NAUGHTY GREETINGS CARD CO SOFTWARE: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PROCREATE PERSONAL PROJECT: A JOINT VENTURE WITH MY PARTNER TO CREATE INCOME DURING LOCKDOWN. A GREETINGS CARD COMPANY BASED AROUND MY ILLUSTRATIONS, UTILISING A DROPSHIPPER TO BEGIN WITH SO AS TO LIMIT COSTS.

SOCIALS AND DESIGNS SOCIALS: THE MAIN GROWTH OF THE BUSINESS WILL BE THROUGH SOCIALS, USING MUTLI-POSTS TO REVEAL THE JOKES IN THE CARD. THE POSTS WILL BE BRIGHTLY COLOURED WITH A CLEAR FOCUS ON THE DRAWINGS. BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS ABOUT US AND LOCKDOWN, THE BRANDING AND SOCIAL POSTS WILL INCLUDE PERSONAL STORIES OR PICTURES TO GIVE A PERSONAL FEEL TO THE BRAND, WHICH MATCHES THE DESIGNS. DESIGNS: BRIGHT AND COLOURFUL TO MATCH THEIR CHEERINESS. SIMPLE BLOCK COLOUR DRAWINGS OR LINE ONLY. MEANT NOT TO BE TOO GRAPHIC SO THAT THE JOKES AREN’T CRASS.

SOFTWARE: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PROCREATE ADOBE INDESIGN

GOBS COLLECTIVE POSTER AND RUNNING ORDER FLYER GOBS COLLECTIVE IS A SPOKEN WORD GROUP FOR YOUNG AND EMMERGING WRITERS. THIS POSTER AND FLYER ARE FOR THEIR SHOWCASE, SPOKEN POETRY IS VIBRANT AND GOBBY AND SO IS THEIR BRANDING.

WELCOME TO NOTTINGHAM THIS WAS A PRACTISE IN TRYING OUT ANOTHER DESIGN STYLE. COUNCILS HAVE A CLEAR STYLE AND BRANDING AND THIS WAS TO CAPTURE THAT.

PROSPECTIVE WORK NATIONAL TRUST NEWSLETTER THIS WAS A RE-DESIGN OF THE NEWSLETTER BEING SENT TO VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEE’S OF THE NATIONAL TRUST ‘S CROOME COURT. THE NATIONAL TRUST IS A HERITAGE FOCUSED CHARITY WHOSE BRANDING REFLECTS THAT.

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VICKYTMAKES

THIS IS MY PERSONAL BUSINESS, DEVELOPING PRODUCTS AND CRAFTS TO SELL THROUGH ETSY. THIS INCLUDING DEVELOPING PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, PACKAGING EXPERIENCE AND THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.

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SAUCESHOP THIS WAS A CV DESIGN IN THE STYLE OF THE COMPANY. CAPTURING THEIR BRANDING AND FUN IMAGERY. I UTILISED ADOBE FONT TO IDENTIFY THE FONTS THEY USED.

CREATIVE PAPERGANG THIS WAS AN INTERVIEW TASK THE BRIEF WAS TO CREATE A PAPERGANG BOX BASED ON A TREND. AFTER AN INTERESTING YEAR IT SEEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HANDMADE, PRINTED, NOLSTALGIA AND WATER COLOUR. SO, USING THIS I STARTED BY DEVELOPING she sells sea shells on the THE SHELL PATTERN AS A STENCIL FOR PRINTING. sea shore

THESE DESIGNS STARTED IN WATER COLOUR BEFORE MOVING ONTO ILLUSTRATOR, CREATING A BRITISH SEASIDE THEME.

Buoy oh Bouy

IT WAS GREAT TO DESIGN SOMETHING PATTERN BASED AND TRY OUT NEW TECHNIQUES ON ILLUSTRATOR TO PRODUCE THE WATERCOLOUR EFFECT.

NOTES NOTES

4x Sticker Sheet

SOFTWARE: ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 3 x pencils

Buoy oh Bouy Mine!

A6 Detective Notebook

Enamel Pin

2 x Greeting Cards

she sells sea shells on the sea shore

3 x pencils

Mine!

2 x Greeting Cards

CONNECTION ONE OF MY FINAL YEAR UNIVERSITY PROJECTS. CONNECTION WAS A PENDANT COMBINED WITH GROUNDING TECHNIQUES, LOOKING AT PROVIDING PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM MILD STRESS AND ANXIETY WITH A COPING MECHANISM. IT INVOLVED WORK ON THE ACTUAL PRODUCT AND THE BRANDING. THE PRODUCT’S ROUTE TO MARKET WAS THROUGH GIFTING SO THIS WASDESIGNED WITH THAT IN MIND. SPECIFICALLY, FOR 18-24 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE JUST ENTERING PERIODS OF STRESS IE. MOVING OUT, GOING TO UNI OR A NEW JOB SOFTWARE: SOLIDWORKS ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PROCREATE ADOBE INDESIGN

THE PRODUCT RELIES HEAVILY ON THE NARRATIVE OF THE BRAND AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY; BUILT THROUGH THE ETHOS OF THE PRODUCT BUT ALSO THE WEBSITE I DESIGNED. IT WAS KEY THAT THE BRAND AND WEBSITE FELT LIKE SOMEWHERE PEOPLE COULD COME TOGETHER AND FEEL THAT LITTLE BIT LESS ALONE.

ARTWORK HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF SOME OF MY ARTWORK