Osman Siddiqui helps companies and brands grow by creating marketing and design strategies. Osman is a high achieving, multi-cultural, motivated designer with eight years experience in global organisations/companies.
He has demonstrated the following in his career:
• Worked with international events through conceptual branding and impactful visuals to build a unique identity for each event. Designed an end to end experience for clients ranging from invitations, name badges, digital wallpaper, templates, brochures, event guides, exhibition stand concepts etc
• Working with international companies globally, I have designed digital and analogue artwork for PowerPoint and Word that brings complex data into simple and infographics bring complex information to life.
• Help our clients quickly digest, synthesise and draw insights from large amounts of information through the creation of: Illustrations, Infographics, Rich Pictures, analogue and digital ‘knowledge walls’
• Created engaging digital and print based templates to help our clients structure their solutions eg annual reports, marketing brochures, PowerPoint templates for presentations etc
• Work with multiple clients during events to help them capture their outputs through customer experience journeys visually via animation, video production and visually impactful brochures
• Collaborated with designers to produce creative, comprehensive layout and design for print and digital campaigns, and web interfaces, and designing digital banners for social media space
• Developed a knowledge and application of a brands visual identity through development of a brand new website which increased awareness of visual identity by 60% compared to 20% in 6 months.
• A flexible marketing and communications expert, with great enthusiasm and inspiration who works exceptionally well with others in the team to meet the client’s needs in order to produce the required output any time when needed.
Working in four different countries around the world he has shared, developed and collaborated with people from different backgrounds. He is passionate about branding, communication and design. This has helped him to be a driven and determined employee who strives to do the best to achieve client goals.
Osman Siddiqui
E-mail: osman.siddiqui@gmail.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 7540 262 682
1. • D.O.B. 29-12-1977
• 101 Trafford Street, Farnworth,
Bolton, Lancashire BL4 7PQ
• Married with two daughters
• UK citizen
• Full UK driving licence
• 10 GCSEʼs Grades A-C
• 4 A levels Grades B-D
• BTEC in Art Foundation Studies
• BA hons in Design & Art Direction
• dcf_lividesign@hotmail.com
• www.facebook.com/lividdesign/
• uk.linkedin.com/in/david-fane-a2a18889
• (+44)7725585342
•••••••• Photoshop CC
••••••••• Illustrator CC
••••••• Indesign CC
•••• Dreamweaver
••• Flash
•••• Powerpoint
••••• Acrobat
••••• imovie
•••• Word
••• Excel
• Available immediately
• Permanent: £25,000+ per annum
(negotiable dependant on position)
• Hourly: £15 - £20
FREELANCE EMPLOYMENT
• One - Integrated Marketing Agency
Position held: Artworker
Between Mar 2009 - Mar 2010
Working on brochure artwork,
leaflets, advertising, b2b and
b2c communications.
• Shop direct - Catalogue Retailer
Position held: Designer
Between Aug 2009 – Oct 2009
Working with Littlewoods and Very
brands within the group as a
Graphic Designer, artworking
layouts and brand management.
• Kaplan - Financial Training Services
Position held: Designer
From March 2010 – June 2010
Working with the in-house team
to create brochures, flyers, other
literature and web banners.
• Active Entertainment - Leisure
From December 2015 – Present
I have been working with this
trampoline park company to help
their brand management and
promotional activities. This involved
advising them as to the design of
their website and literature. I created
a b2b pack which concentrated on
school and group offerings and other
promotional flyers and posters.
• Personal projects
Flyers; invites; birthday cards; banners;
posters; t-shirt designs; book design
and copywrite; illustrations etc.
Continued....
2. PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
• Copies - Print and Copying Services
Position held: Artworker
February 2001 – December 2001
I was in charge of designing business
cards, leaflets, posters and various
other small print runs. My employment
ceased when the shop was closed down.
• Unit Communications - Agency
Position held: Artworker
February 2002 – March 2005
I mainly worked within the arts and
leisure sector of the company.
Designing and artworking press ads,
leaflets, tram covings, streetliners and
advertising hoardings. I made the
decision to move to a larger agency.
• BCMB - Advertising agency
Position held: Creative Artworker
March 2005 – November 2007
Working with retail clients such as
Dolphin bathrooms, Moben kitchens
and Sharps bedrooms; designing and
artworking for print. Including: press
ads, POS, brochures, catalogues, flyers
and other marketing material. I was
made redundant when the Homeform
Group closed the in-house agency.
• Go creative design -
Integrated design & advertising agency
Position held: Graphic designer
December 2007 – January 2009
I worked with account handlers taking
a brief from concept to artwork ready
for print and web. I designed editorial
magazines and advertisements for the
public sector ; created packaging for
retail clients artworked catalogues for
the construction industry. I decided to
leave to go freelance.
MOST RECENT EMPLOYMENT
• RMS International Ltd -
Importers & Distributors of Toy,
Craft and Stationery
Position held: Graphic designer
June 2010 – January 2015
Promoted to: Lead Licensing Designer
January 2015 – June 2016
PERSONAL INTERESTS
• Toys • Vinyl figures • Gadgets
• Technology • Film • Japan
• Illustration • Music videos
• Sixties design and music
• Hip hop design and music
....Continued
Working in an FMCG environment for
a multinational company with a
turnover of over £20million. I spent 2
years working on Grafix brand
projects. Then spent 3 years as a
graphic designer in licensing before
being promoted. I had multiple
projects to manage and deliver to tight
deadlines and price points. My work
always has a keen eye to innovative
product design.
My main responsibilities were:
• Using and creating style guides.
• Developing innovative products.
• Project management:
- Artwork concept through to print
ready packaging.
- Product concept and prototyping
through to manufactured project.
• Liaising with clients and licensors.
• Presentations to clients and licensors.
• Brochure and advert design.
• Guiding new starters through the
company systems and showing
them best practises.
• Leading and directing product and
packaging artwork within a team.
• Photography and Photoshop
retouching of products and images.
• Art direction on photoshoots.
• Tshirts: https://lividesign.threadless.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lividdesign
• Portfolio: https://goo.gl/oi63uo • Book: http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/1390713-teenager-to-clergyman