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Jane Walker

Freelance Creative Director
About

I am a talented Creative Director with a vast client list delivering print and digital campaigns in the fashion, beauty, lifestyle, business, travel, luxury and sports sectors. As the design lead, I have firm experience presenting visual ideas and inspiring clients with contemporary art direction, skilled at managing multiple projects, delivering them on brand and budget. A confident, client-facing team-leader, I keep ahead of design trends and innovations to ensure every project exceeds expectations. I am a hugely resourceful and professional designer, a strategic thinker and exceptional communicator with a skill set spanning every aspect of creative production.

Previous Brands
asplainasjane.com
Twenty Twenty House of Design
WORDWIDE
Crimson Impact
VitAL Magazine
British Dental Association
Work Experience
Founder
Jan ‘21 -
asplainasjane.com

Online fashion magazine and blog to inform and delight fashion, lifestyle and beauty lovers.

Creative Art Director
Jan ‘16 -
Twenty Twenty House of Design

I am a Creative Art Director with over 15 years of experience publishing magazines, working with brands on visual campaigns and directing fashion editorials for print, digital and merchandising. I will drive the creative vision of a project, and manage it from brief to delivery, always excepting challenges and exceeding with outstanding results. My skill set sees me working across every agency role to deliver a creative brief from a brand ambassador, designer, publisher, creative director, content creator, account and production director. I offer an end-to-end service, working closely with brands to achieve maximum exposure for their projects.

Creative Director
Aug ‘09 - Jan ‘16
Self employed

Freelance Art Director working with clients to win pitches and create magazine templates for leading brands in the fashion, beauty, lifestyle and sports sector.

Creative Director
Aug ‘09 - Feb ‘15
WORDWIDE

Branding and consultation, account management and design on regular magazines at WordWide. Editorial and advertising shoots, feature planning, budget and team management for UK and international magazines. Digital Apps for online clients.

Art Director
Jul ‘05 - Aug ‘09
WORDWIDE

Art Direction and management of a team of designers and freelancers for a customer magazine agency. My role was end-to-end from client briefing, feature list direction, template creation, photography commissioning and art direction, full production and management of scheduling, budgets and distribution. My role also included many successful pitches and account management, establishing new business within projects such as digital and online, event publishing, styling and websites.

Art Director
Dec ‘04 - Jul ‘05
Crimson Impact

Creative design and management of IT magazines, corporate brochures and marketing literature. Commissioning of visuals to compliment articles, image searching and art direction of shoots.

Art Editor
Nov ‘03 - Dec ‘04
VitAL Magazine

Within my role at the BDA I launched a new magazine, creating templates, commissioning and art directing photography and managing the production from print to distribution.

Art Editor
May ‘02 - Dec ‘04
British Dental Association

Before my appointment at the BDA all publishing collateral was outsourced. I managed the transition of every design, print and digital project in-house and constructed a department for publishing within the association. Design work included magazines, brochures, handbooks, advertising, events banners, website and photography.

Languages
English - Fluent
London, UK