Creative Director at Spirit Creative Ltd
Luton, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Creative Director at Spirit Creative Ltd
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- Freelance Designer at Smiths Medical International Ltd
- Managed Services Engineer at Datalect
- MIS and Set Ups Engineer at Interquad Learning Ltd
- Artworker at RS Press Ltd
- Education
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- West Herts College
- Open University
- Interquad Learning Ltd (was Executrain)
- West Herts College
- Watford Grammar School for Girls
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Rachel Toy nee Scanlon’s Summary
Rachel has over 15 years experience in the Graphic Design industry and has been working freelance for 5 years. She works regularly with other design partners to provide strong Graphic Design projects with purpose and intent for many satisfied clients. Specialising in Corporate Identity and Branding, she will aim to ensure that all of the work her clients come to her to design, will have a unique and creative image, with a consistent look and feel across all the company's literature.
Spirit Creative's clients range from small start ups, to more established businesses, marketing agencies, web developers and larger corporate clients. Rachel can provide a full graphic design agency service to your business, or work alongside it as your freelance graphic designer.
Skillset includes: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, CorelDraw etc
Rachel Toy nee Scanlon’s Specialties:
Logo Design, Business Cards, Flyers, Leaflets, Brochures, Website Design, Instruction Manuals, Catalogues, Exhibition Graphics, Posters, Newsletters, E-shots, Corporate Identity, Business Stationery
Rachel Toy nee Scanlon’s Experience
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Creative Director
Spirit Creative Ltd
(Graphic Design industry)
February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
Creative Director of own Graphic Design business.
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Freelance Designer
Smiths Medical International Ltd
(Medical Devices industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years )
On-site contract at Smiths Medical International Ltd in Watford, Herts for 2 days a week. Working on updates of marketing literature, technical publications according to new corporate guidelines.
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Managed Services Engineer
Datalect
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2001 — January 2004 (2 years 9 months)
Working on customer sites initially as a 2nd line Helpdesk Engineer. Also a project engineer for Windows 2000 rollouts and produced user and engineer documentation. Progressed to the position of Managed Services Engineer with the company, travelling to various customer sites to fix IT problems, and also project managed an Asset Management contract, responsible for 30 engineers nationwide.
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MIS and Set Ups Engineer
Interquad Learning Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — May 2001 (2 years )
Responsible for setting up IT hardware and software in classrooms for training courses run by Microsoft, Novell etc. Also required to help with staff IT problems.
Achieved MCSE and CNA certifications whilst working at Interquad (was Executrain). -
Artworker
RS Press Ltd
(Printing industry)
September 1993 — June 1999 (5 years 10 months)
First position in the printing/design industry. Producing various design/artwork projects such as logos, business stationery, leaflets, flyers and brochures in the Artwork Department of RS Press, a printers in Watford (now Futureprint). Family company run by my Father. Working with the principal typesetter/artworker (who was originally trained in letterpress/photographic design techniques), I gained a solid understanding of graphic design and artwork for print methods, whilst helping the company move towards the latest computer-aided design techniques.
Rachel Toy nee Scanlon’s Education
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West Herts College
City & Guilds , Internet Web Page Design , 2004 — 2005
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Open University
Diploma , IT , 1999 — 2004
Studying Part Time with the OU for a degree. Subjects studied so far include Information Technology, Object Oriented Programming and Writing for the Web
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Interquad Learning Ltd (was Executrain)
Microsoft, Novell , MCSE, CNA , 1999 — 2000
Whilst working at Interquad Learning Ltd, I achieved MCSE (Microsoft in NT4) and Novell (v5) certifications.
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West Herts College
City & Guilds , Desktop Publishing , 1993 — 1994
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Watford Grammar School for Girls
GCSE , English, Maths, Graphic Design, RS, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, French, German , 1987 — 1992
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