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Joe Goldstein
SENIOR INTEGRATED DESIGNER

London, UK

joegold88@gmail.com

07810 773 063

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

100%

Adobe Illustrator

100%

Concept design

100%

HTML - CSS - JS

100%

Mentoring / Team Development

100%

Video Production / Editing

100%





Work Experience

Head of Digital / Senior Integrated Designer
IMLondon
April - August 2017

Contract role implementing digital production solutions.
I was responsible for the management of 5 Production hubs, two Graphic Designers and one Developer.
Workload management and maintaining QC / consistency for several client’s digital contents.
Responsibilities included; team development, project management workflow improvements digital productions and concepting.

This role was focused on the production capabilities of the studio team and involved a range of digital design and production work alongside the task of restructuring the digital production workflow. The goal was to allow the creative agency to focus on design and creative concept solutions without the worry of intensive development costs. My approach was to allow a full understanding of the timescales required by different approaches in production. The team naturally developed an understanding of the requirements they were producing allowing a more productive and cost-effective method to be used in their productions whatever the budget.

I also produced 8 CMS website design and productions during my contract and managed the new workflows implementing Wrike project management and gantt chart scheduling. This was a six-month contract, however, I completed the task within five.

Senior INTEGRATED Designer / Studio lead
Freedman International
March 2016 - April 2017

Lead Designer responsible for the digital studio
Mentoring 3 Digital Designers, 3 Graphic Designers and 1 Video Editor.
Overseeing digital workloads and maintaining consistency for several clients.
Responsibilities also include team development and workflow improvement initiatives.
Specializing in the creation, adaption and transcreation of multiple client print or digital campaigns, social media and rich media advertising placements.
Creating high-end digital and print productions for over 25 markets.

The role is a combination of digital studio production work, team mentoring and conceptualization. Freedman is a fast-paced agency which specializes in the adaption and transcreation of digital campaigns for clients including EA Games, Fitbit, Supercell, Shell, Indeed, Husqvarna and Sage.

Working with local and international agencies, receiving and interpreting requests with a huge range of diversity in terms of production methods used and automation feature implementation. I manage the digital developers/designers and instruct on faster working methods and ensure a supply of usable assets for my team.

I also develop application designs and manage production as well as share digital design knowledge and help Freedman attain new clients.

Recruitment and freelancer monitoring are also my responsibility, whilst working on and managing varied workloads.

Freelance Website and Rich Media Designer
joedesign.ltd.uk
July 2014 - March 2016

London based multidisciplinary digital designer.
Creating a range of content and managing teams to achieve high quality projects..

An experienced team leader and Conceptual Designer.

Specialising in the creation of;

Digital Concepts
Site Design
Interface Design
Social media content
Rich media ads
Mobile ads
App design
Game design
Email design

Recent clients include - National Theatre, Legendary Films, Oasis, AML-Group, Red Kite PR, Angelus Restaurant and Slow Food UK.

Senior Digital Designer / Studio Manager
Kaplan International
Jun 2010 - Mar 2012

Responsible for the marketing digital and print design team.
Overseeing the workload for 4 designers/front end developers.
Specializing in the creation of campaigns, social media content, advertising packages, promotional content.
Creating high-end digital and print design productions catering for up to 15 market languages.


This role is has been a combination of management and design. The challenges this has presented have contributed to develop my ability to manage multiple requests, align brand guidelines throughout a range of projects across multiple platforms for varied language markets.

Client and Agency experience has allowed me to implement a new process for all incoming requests, providing a structured and adaptable working method for the marketing creative/design department.

Reporting directly to the Head of creative my responsibilities have included management of the design team, consisting of two Middleweight designers, one print and one digital, as well as a Jnr Front end developer plus a remit of freelancers.

I have also been responsible for all initial design layouts and have taken the creative lead on campaign content and standard business requests.

This was an enjoyable role allowing me to utilise my skills as a senior digital designer as well as my calm and effective manner as a team leader.


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Education

B.A. (hons) Multimedia Design + PGC/PGD
1999 - 2003

Southampton Solent University

Google Double Click Certified
2015 - 2017

London

(BTech) Graphic Design
1997 - 1999

Barnet & Southgate College

City & Guilds Photography
1997 - 1999

Barnet & Southgate College