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Paolo De Luca

Graphic Design
  • Suggested rate
    On-demand
  • Experience15+ years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
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Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Can work onsite in your office in
  • and around Bournemouth (up to 50km)
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Experience
  • Freelance Designer
    Freelance Web and Graphic Designer
    January 2012 - Today (12 years and 10 months)
    United Kingdom
    Specialising in delivering projects at a high standard for clients requiring short deadlines across a range of design fields including branding, packaging, web design and digital presence. Providing creative problem solving and design advice to clients whilst recognising their distinct and individual needs to create quality product lines.
  • Pukka Pads
    Head of Design
    January 2004 - December 2011 (7 years and 11 months)
    Poole, UK
    Head of Design Management of UK & Far East Pukka Design Studios. Recruiting design teams for UK and China offices. Team development and project allocation. Developing studio team to handle customer requirements and develop brand market presence. Liaising with Manufacturing in Far East & Europe. Developing new product lines and rebranding existing products and lines. Ranges include: Unipads, Black Range, Pukka Fun, Pukka Products, Colour Range, Stationery Range, NCR Forms/Books. Responsible for overseeing materials and production from conceptualised designs, samples and final production lines. QC for accurate reproduction of designs and branding of mass produced lines. Bespoke client product line design/development and project management. Collaborative projects and product line creation for clients including Warner Bros, Disney, Asda Wallmart, Wh Smith, Staples, Tesco. Implementation of product packing and barcoding system. Setting up barcode management software to enable creation, archiving & quality control of product barcodes in conjunction with GS1 UK and Asia authorities. Organising and design of exhibition stands for stationery shows such as Paperworld Las Vegas, Frankfurt and Shanghai shows, NUS Telford, Moscow International Stationery Show. Shipping of show products, Stand design, marketing material, leasing with manufacturing in Far East and overseeing onsite construction and pack up of show. Developed company online presence through setting up company website, Company FTP, social networking and E-marketing. Liaising with Marketing Dept to utilising customer feedback on website and social media.
  • Deluca Design
    Freelance Graphic Designer
    July 2001 - December 2003 (2 years and 5 months)
    A variety of freelance contracts with responsibility for delivering promotional artworks for FSDU, POS & Product CDU Displays and production of lithographic & silkscreen artwork creation for print production customers. Lithographic print design included brochures, stationery, NCR forms, POS, lithographic film and plate making, large format poster design, folder and flyer design. Major clients: Wessex Print, Vision UK, RP Printers, Opus Print, Stace Print, DISC.
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Education
  • BA HONS, Graphic & Illustrative Design
    Central St Martins College of Art & Design
    1991
    BA HONS, Graphic & Illustrative Design
  • B-Tec Diploma General Art & Design, Graphic Design & Illustration
    Arts University Bournemouth
    1988
    B-Tec Diploma General Art & Design, Graphic Design & Illustration