Hello &
Welcome

My name is James Cole know locally as Jamie. Here you'll find a selection of projects and creative work I have produced in the past.

I have over 20 years experience as a marketing design assistant working for an in-house team on a broad spectrum of retail projects. I'm always keen to tackle issues and opportunities with design solutions.

If your seeking a designer who can bring continuity, creativity and brand consistency get in touch.

Hello &
Welcome

My name is James Cole know locally as Jamie. Here you'll find a selection of projects and creative work I have produced in the past.

With over 20 years experience as a marketing design assistant working for an in-house marketing team on a broad spectrum of retail projects. I'm always keen to tackle issues and opportunities with design solutions.

If your seeking a designer who can bring continuity, creativity and brand consistency get in touch.

Body of Work

Explore my creative work

Work for stores and exhibitions.

Photography (Blog Work)

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Unique branding solutions & packaging.

Catalogue work , Flyers and posters.

Skills & Experience

  • Expert working knowledge of Adobe CC: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge and Lightroom

    working on Apple OS

  • Working knowledge of Wordpress, Google and Microsoft applications

  • Very good standard of English

  • Strong attention to detail

  • Ability to work to deadlines communicating with clients,

    printers and in-house teams on designs

  • Excellent organisation skills

  • Self-motivated, pro-active and hard working

  • Ability to deliver under pressure and cope with changing priorities

  • Camera systems used: Nikon DSLR, Fuji APS-C

Working History

Marketing Design Assistant

Axminster Tools Ltd.

Key responsibility’s included catalogue, brochure, advertising, packaging, exhibitions design and store merchandising.
Working to brand identity guidelines as well as setting these. Also providing design support to a wide variety of departments throughout the company.

These included:

  • Print design & production - managing stakeholders print requirements, purchase orders, approvals, production and dispatch times

  • Designing large format material for retail environments inside and around the stores

  • Artwork editing: colour retouching and product branding concepts for internal stakeholders and suppliers to follow

  • Developing and managing processes for internal stakeholders to interpret project progress

  • Producing marketing material for product campaign launches in-store

  • Packaging design & production: managing packaging projects, compliance and manual documentation for own brand products and communicating this to our global supply chain

  • Producing sales presentations for B2B campaigns (wholesale UK & export markets)

  • Packaging design & production: producing show point-of-sale material for national trade exhibitions