Having worked in retail for the past 14 years, I have had experience in a variety of roles for Topshop and Topman predominantly in the creative and visual merchandising side of the business. Pushing myself to take on new roles and work my way up the company, I have relocated twice and I am currently working in head office as part of the Global Creative Team. Retail has seen many changes throughout this time and through strong resilience combined with a willingness to develop myself personally, I have always been able to adapt well. I always jump at the opportunity to learn new skills and take on more responsibility. I have completed a number of courses whilst in my role, from Illustrator to Cinema 4D.

Outside of work, the drive to develop my skill base has seen me take on a number of sideline projects over the last few years. Working on word of mouth between colleagues and friends, I have completed a variety of projects that have pushed me to learn new abilities in design, web and print.

Teaching myself web design and coding has been a labour of love for the past year. Using an online course through Udemy, I have completed the front end part of the course and can confidently build a page from scratch using HTML, CSS and jQuery. I am currently working through the backend part of the course.

During my Photography course, I worked mainly with analogue learning the fundamentals of photography and how to develop and print films. Since college I have naturally developed my film based skills into the world of digital, post production and editing. Although currently I am just using my photography as a hobby, I have had experince in the past working on weddings and portrait shoots. I have also worked with video, shooting and editing a number of shorts, including videos for Topshop internal commuincations.