Design experience

I have a wealth of design experience which covers a wide variety of areas from: creating concepts through to artwork, branding, identity, working within corporate guidelines, design and artwork for all forms of printed literature, advertising, image re-touching, illustration, website and mobile responsive digital design.

Employment history

Freelance Senior Designer – Sarah Harris Design
Jun 2022 – Present
Freelance senior creative graphic designer and artworker for print and online. Currently working with clients such as Tecna UK and Tomy.

Full-time Mum
Jun 2019 – Jun 2022
Mastering the art of embracing change, problem solving, time management, networking, activity co-ordinator, party invite designer, tantrum negotiator and all round entertainer.

Freelance Senior Designer – Tomy
Jun 2017 – Jun 2019
Design and artwork for toy packaging, printed brochures, online adverts and exhibition stands for UK and EU Toy fairs. Involved in team brainstorms for future toy products.

Senior Designer – Grass Roots Group
Feb 2014 – Jun 2017
Senior designer for the Promotions and Incentives division. Heading up a small creative team working across a range of promotional, channel and customer loyalty clients. Creatively the briefs ranged from developing new concepts for pitches to bringing them to life once we had won them, across traditional and new media. Clients include: Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, British Gas, Vauxhall, Hyundai, Barclays, Aviva and Vue Cinemas. In addition to my creative role, I managed and scheduled all of the design requirements for the Teddington office, I also had the responsibility for scheduling the creative resource for the Singapore division.

Senior Designer – Wentworth Golf Club
Aug 2012 – Feb 2014
Senior Designer instrumental in bringing all design work in-house and leading the design projects whilst working alongside the Marketing team producing events posters, brochures and other printed literature for Wentworth Club and the PGA.

Freelance Designer
Apr 2011 – Aug 2012
Freelance at the following companies: Regus, Big Pink, The Natural History Museum and a variety of private clients from a range of sectors.

Designer / Artworker – Banner Managed Communications
Feb 2010 – Apr 2011
Clients included: Allianz Insurance, Hilton, Betterbet. New business wins: Concept and design visuals for Philips Electronics, Lumea.

Senior Designer – October21
Apr 2006 – Feb 2010
Our clients ranged from large corporate companies like Bupa to small local businesses, covering all areas of design for print and the web, alongside project management, time management and client liaison.

Freelance Graphic Designer
Sept 2004 – Apr 2006
Freelance design at the following companies: Samsung, The Carphone Warehouse, GSK and BSkyB.

Graphic Designer and Illustrator – The Creative Store
Jul 2002 – Sept 2004
Concept, design and artwork for all areas of print including illustration and Photoshop retouching, plus photography direction during photo shoots.

Graphic Designer / Print Team Leader – DKNI
Nov 1998 – Jul 2002
Responsibilities included briefing the design team, generating initial design concepts for brand identities and printed literature. Taking final designs through to artwork and print set up, along with liaising with clients and printers. Clients included: Shell, The Kyte Group, William Reed and Metlife.