Kiki Hayes

Address: 47 Westhill Street
Brighton East Sussex
BN3 2BE
Email: kiki@entropedia.co.uk
Tel: 01273 808105, Mobile: 07526332239

Personal Profile:

What you need to know about me:

I am a young and energetic person, who enjoys good health, fitness and keeping a good appearance. I have a pleasant and friendly manner towards people in general and I’m able to develop successful client and colleague relationships. I can be fully committed to excellent client service and fulfilling client needs and desires. I am an effective communicator at all levels within an organization, well motivated and enthusiastic concerning all areas and aspects of my job. I am punctual and make efficient use of my working day, I have good time management and organizational skills.

Why would I be useful to you:

I have a naturally inherited aesthetic sense and an excellent eye for colour matching, as I studied fine arts for the past 14 years. I am quick to grasp new ideas and concepts, and to develop innovative and creative solutions to problems. I have lots of imagination, I can create almost anything from scratch, and my skills range from print and packaging design to illustration and video editing. I am very flexible when it comes to my clients, I can create a good design around any kind of taste, whether it has to be elegant and neat or crazy and unique. I take every project very seriously, and I'm not done until I'm happy with my work and I feel that can represent best my client as well as me. I am able to work well on my own initiative and can demonstrate the high levels of motivation required to meet the tightest of deadlines. Even under significant pressure, I possess a strong ability to perform effectively.


Education:

2003
Equivalent of BA (Graduated with a degree) in Decorative Metal Sculpture, Bucharest
National University of Arts, The Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design (1999-2003)
1998
Equivalent of HND (Graduated with a diploma) in Sculpture, Bucharest “N.Tonitza” Art
High school (1994-1998)


Employment and Work Experience:

2002-2008
various work as a freelance Graphic and Web Designer for companies such as:
BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS, ALL CONCEPT, AQUAMARINE SAA, FADO DESIGN, BATTERED HAT,
ACUMEN SYSTEMS, LIGHT AND SOUND LTD, CASA ROBERT SRL, OFFICE GREEN, L.T.U.
STUDIO DESIGN, FAST ATOM.ORG, NCN COMPANY'94, PROJECT SUNLIGHT,
CLAUDIA CASTRASE, MISHORTS, RED SHOES INTERIOR DESIGN, INSIGHT ON CONFLICT,
SHEILA HAYMAN, ECHO DOCUMENTARY FILMS, SNIPPEROO, MEDIACONSULTA INTERNATIONAL
and others.

At this stage in my career I became more familiar with Web Design, whether it was for big companies or just
for small private business or people. This experience enabled me to gain confidence in me on my own and
my skills, having to come up with various range of designs to match any taste, whether it had to be elegant
and neat or crazy and unique, and having to sustain them as an experienced and a professional Graphic
Designer to my clients.

2006-2007
Art Director and Copywriter for JURNALUL NATIONAL (Romania's Leading National Newspaper),
SAPTAMANA FINANCIARA (Business Newspaper)
MEDIACONSULTA INTERNATIONAL (Business Consultancy,
Advertising Agency and Advertising Broker)

In this position I worked for these three institutions at once, they all belong to the Intact Trust, which is a
big Media Mogul back in Romania. I worked on range of different formats, specializing mostly on Print,
Newspaper and Magazine inserts, advertising the trust’s own campaigns, events and publications. I also did
lots of packaging and trophy design, brand identity, and even more prints sustaining the promotional part of
their own in-house events. I learned how to work under very tight deadlines (“we need it yesterday”
type) and to very small briefs, especially for the newspapers as they were daily.

2004-2006
Art Director, Video Editor for DYNAMITE.RO (Advertising Agency, TV and Film Production)

In this position, apart from being an all around designer (graphic design, illustration, web design) I gained a
very useful broad knowledge as a Video Editor, having done lots of post-production on commercials,
animations, private and personal commissioned projects, like weddings and special events. I became
involved and had to assist various projects from production, filming, post-producion to output, whether it
was a digital or analog support. Which also included in the digital section having to come up with menus,
packaging and cover design for DVD-s and other supports. I also learned that video post-production, editing,
stop frame, flash or cartoon animation go hand in hand with graphic design, as an esthetic sense, artistic
flair, a keen eye for detail, color and timing it’s a must. I became very proficient with programs like After
Effects, Avid Xpress Pro and DV, Virtual dub (trans coding utility), Adobe Encore, Maxon Cinema 4D.

Spring 2004
Camera operator, Video Editor on “X DIVISION” (Extreme sports TV Program for TV Sport)

This project was a very fun and interesting one, I teamed up with my work colleague (now my husband),
Paul Hayes, who knew a thing or two about cameras and films, himself being (amongst other things) a
scriptwriter and actor and having done lots of short films in the past. He taught me how to properly use a
camera, we worked with a Canon XL1, having to film extreme sports competitions whether it was
snowboarding up on the very peak of the mountain in extremely cold weather, or cycling in muddy and
uneven terrains or skating. We had to handle the TV show from helping with the production, to filming and
then come back quick to our editing suite to edit and do post-production (we also had to handle the
beginning and end credits of the show) and then finally output it to analog or digital support. Unfortunately
we had to quit it after 4 months because it was just too exhausting for the two of us to handle this on our
own.

Spring-Summer 2002
Art Director ICON ADVERTISING (Advertising Agency)

This was my very first ever position in an Advertising Agency where I learned how to work in a team, both with my copywriter and the other design teams, as well as learning how to handle a project from a tiny idea to focus groups, brain storming, proposals, dealing directly with the client, approved version, DTP, etc. Although it was just a summer job as I had to go back to University in Autumn, it set my lines up straight and I knew that this is what I wanted to do in my career.

Other Interests:

Furniture Painting, Craft Design, Interior Design, Fashion and Beauty, Travelling

Key Technical Skills:

Graphic:

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Corel Graphic Suite, Macromedia Flash, Maxon Cinema 4D

Video:

Avid Xpress Pro and DV, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Encore DVD, Virtual Dub


Other Skills: drawing, painting, sculpting


References: Available on request.