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Frank J. Molina <frank [at] jmgvisual.com>
Graphic Designer
NG7 Nottingham (UK)
Phone: +44 (0) 7776 716 420
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Career summary

Creative Integrated Designer with 20 years’ experience turning marketing strategies into engaging visuals to achieve conversion targets.
EU citizen with UK settled status, bilingual and educated to B.A. degree level with a background in Music and Languages.

Skills

UX/Web & Graphic Design

  • UX/UI: Wireframes, mock-ups, prototypes
  • Digital Design: websites & apps
  • Banners for email, web and social media
  • Art-working: print, press, packaging
  • Brand Design / Logos

Video, Motion, AV

  • Animated banners (HTML5), GIFs
  • Filming, Production & Editing
  • Videos for YouTube and Social Media
  • Motion videos for POS/OOH screens
  • Sound Recording/Editing

Tools of the Trade

  • Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
  • Premiere Pro, After Effects, Animate
  • CMS: WordPress, Prestashop, Umbraco
  • Dreamweaver, HTML5, CSS3
  • Adobe XD, Sketch
  • Acrobat Pro, Powerpoint, Word
  • Management: Trello, Basecamp, Excel

Experience

Currently Graphic Designer at Buzz Group (Entertainment) in Nottingham and London.

I conceive and deliver visual assets to the Marketing, Digital and CX teams in order to increase conversion rates and customer engagement on our website and social media channels.
I design concepts and themes that provide consistency across similar campaigns and promotions to communicate the brand’s tone of voice.
I customise products for suppliers such as The Voice UK.

2018 Graphic Designer at Loveholidays.com (Travel) in London.

Key achievements: I designed multivariate assets, which helped hitting marketing targets set after measuring email and display engagement. We managed projects using Trello.

As the brand guardian I restored the original tone of voice and brand guidelines.
I sourced stock photos and designed banners for email campaigns and landing pages, motion banners for display campaigns on TripAdvisor and The Sun, branded icons for the booking UI and print collateral for events.

2014-2018 Graphic Designer & Video Editor at Botb.com (Motor & Luxury).

Key achievements: Leading the creative side of the 2016 Christmas marketing campaign, which increased our monthly revenue by 25% and hit the million bar.

I offered creative direction, technical advice and produced visual assets for the Marketing, Development, Sales, Operations and HR teams.
I worked across all channels including web, display-marketing campaigns, print collateral for POS and events, adverts for Motor/Sport/Lifestyle magazines and videos for Social Media, OOH screens and mobile app.

2013-2014 Graphic & Web Designer at TalkAbout/OnBrand Group (Brand Communication agency) in London (UK).

Key achievements: I designed and developed the Front-end of a new responsive and cross-platform UI which allowed UK shopping centres to fully schedule their music and message playlists, consequently reducing the need of constant support from our technical team.

I was part of the IT team and took ownership of all the Digital and Print Design, liaising with print suppliers and B2B clients such as Bruin Financial and Elbrus James Group.
I also followed briefs from the Marketing team and designed logos, WordPress sites, landing pages, newsletters and banners for in-house projects and clients including multiple shopping centres across the UK.
I produced PowerPoint slideshows for industry events such as awards galas.
We used Basecamp to manage projects.

2012-2013 Graphic & Web Designer at Quills Language Services in Madrid (Spain).

Key achievements: Hitting weekly and monthly conversion targets by monitoring A/B tests on their UX and making regular improvements to the UI. We applied the same Design strategy to their other eCommerce start-up My Mundo Sexy (erotic and lingerie).

I joined this international agency to redesign and restructure their multi-language website on WordPress and the landing page of their intranet Qtims.

The other side of their business was eCommerce and I was challenged to take their new brand La casa de té (Health/Nutrition) from conception to delivery. I designed the logo, product brochure, website (Prestashop), banners and info-graphics for their blog and social media channels. I also directed photo shoots of products.

2011 Contract Web Designer for Emite Networks (IT studio)

I produced Web Designs for organizations such as Alliançe Française and Training Consulting firms. I designed their websites and optimized the UI and UX of their eLearning platforms.

2009-2010 Graphic & Web Designer at Emerxe Solucións (Creative/Brand studio).

We designed logos, brand guidelines, print collateral and websites for Tourist Boards, country inns, wineries and food suppliers.

Samples: CI Style Guide / Brochure 1 / Brochure 2

I also had my first experience as a Photographer and Video Editor for a Suzuki motorbike dealershipin Spain.

2007-2008 Web Designer at Xilon Solutions (IT & Design agency)

Working in a team of about seven Designers and Developers I customized and edited Flash templates for more than 30 websites helping traditional businesses in Spain transition from offline to online.

Key achievements: Helping 30+ traditional companies in Spain transition from offline to online business.

2004-2006 Web Designer at Método (www.metodogrupo.com) (Consulting/Professional Training)

Working alongside other Designers and Developers I took briefs from our Project Managers and translated them into offline/online Content and Web Design for eLearning platforms funded by the European Social Fund.

Education

2004 Graphic Arts & Design. (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Freehand, CorelDraw, QuarkXpress and Director). PC Carrier. Vigo (Spain).
2003 Web Design. PC Carrier. Vigo (Spain).
2003 Business English (Level 2) at E.O.I. Vigo (Spain).
2002 Business English (Level 1) at E.O.I. Vigo (Spain).
1995-99 B.A. Degree in English Philology. University of Vigo (Spain).

Language skills

English: Verbal and written fluency. C2 (Business Level).
Spanish: Native.
French: Intermediate level.

Personal Interests

Music Production
Travel & Gastro-culture
Sports: Swimming and Cycling

References

Scarlett Howarth (Senior Design Manager at Buzz) Linkedin
Reference Letter by Ben Hughes, Marketing Director at BOTB.
Reference Letter by Daniel Graham, Director at BrandAudio/TalkAbout/OnBrand Group.
David Sanders, IT Manager at BrandAudio/TalkAbout Group (until August 2014)
Linkedin profile