Lee Fone
Hare Street,Hertfordshire
Summary
Loyal employee with solid understanding of training and mentoring employees. Dedicated team player, proactive and hands-on in task completion. Organised and dependable Graphic Designer with 20+ years of experience. Successful at managing multiple priorities with positive attitude. Willing to take on greater responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work history
Freelance graphic designer
Self employed
Remote
2023.06 - Current
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge in new tools, technologies and best practices to ensure work stayed current and innovative.
- Executed all aspects of design from concept to delivery while following branding and style guidelines.
- Created corporate branding, designing cohesive looks from logos to letterheads.
- Developed engaging marketing and promotional materials to generate revenue and grow client bases.
- Interfaced with clients to determine marketing and design vision, defining strategic scopes of work and delivery schedules.
- Launched new product packaging from concept development to manufacturing.
- Created quality, high-res digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
- Increased audience engagement with social media campaigns by developing impressive, engaging graphics.
- Updated company websites with strong HTML and CSS coding skills.
- Oversaw design development from concept to completion, including branding graphics, print design and marketing collateral.
Web developer
Net Ventures
City of Westminster
2009.03 - 2015.07
- Created custom websites by harnessing HTML, CSS and JavaScript skills.
- Improved website navigation with clear and intuitive UX mapping.
- Boosted website performance and stability through planned maintenance and targeted troubleshooting.
- Optimised HTML email templates to improve click-through and conversion rates.
- Harnessed emerging technologies to develop innovative and profitable products.
- Managed e-commerce platform with 1000's of users.
- Designed web pages to enhance branding and navigation.
- Enhanced front-end performance through image optimisation and clean coding practices, accelerating load times.
- Delivered front- and back-end development across mobile and web applications.
- Used design expertise to create high-quality animations for diverse websites.
- Liaised with clients and designers to create robust, functional platforms.
- Flexed with changing specifications and technological developments to maintain literacy on projects and conformance with specifications and schedule targets.
- Translated project requirements into forward-thinking visual designs.
- Designed graphics with Adobe Creative Cloud to achieve brand goals.
- Utilised software libraries of reusable code to streamline design and reduce collaboration bottlenecks.
Junior graphic designer
Stansted News Limited
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
1999.04 - 2009.03
- Designed engaging brochures, banners and signs for printing.
- Created corporate branding, designing cohesive looks from logos to letterheads.
- Researched graphics trends and projected industry changes, capitalising on emerging opportunities.
- Developed engaging marketing and promotional materials to generate revenue and grow client bases.
- Delivered banners and signage for conferences and trade shows.
- Created quality, high-res digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
- Updated company websites with strong HTML and CSS coding skills.
- Launched new product packaging from concept development to manufacturing.
- Employed design fundamentals when selecting typography, colour and layout.
- Sketched and diagrammed design concepts to share vision and collected feedback.
- Devised design solutions to meet client brief requests.
- Met client deadlines through excellent workload planning and prioritisation.
- Used skills in Illustrator, InDesign and GIMP to create unique images and layouts.
Education
NVQ Level 1 - Art & Design
Hertford Regional College
Ware 09/1997 - 03/1999
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite applications
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Colour theory
- Illustration fundamentals
- HTML/CSS
- Concept creation
- Print design processes
- Video shooting and editing
- Branding and creative assets
- Logo design
- WordPress website design
- Website design
- Adobe Flash
- Corporate branding
- Sketching
- Digital imagery
- Website graphics
- Visual design
- Adobe Acrobat
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite
- PC and Mac platforms
- Print graphics
- Social media graphics
- Logo creation
- Digital design
- Illustration
Languages
English
Native
Spanish
Beginner
Timeline
Freelance graphic designer
Self employed
2023.06 - Current
Web developer
Net Ventures
2009.03 - 2015.07
Junior graphic designer
Stansted News Limited
1999.04 - 2009.03
NVQ Level 1 - Art & Design
Hertford Regional College
09/1997 - 03/1999