David Sime is a graphic designer specializing in web design, infographics, print design, and presentations. He has over 15 years of experience in graphic design roles, currently working as a Senior Graphics Specialist at Bain & Company in Sydney, Australia where he is responsible for designing marketing and recruiting materials. Prior to his role at Bain, he worked in graphic design in London, including as a Senior Graphics Specialist at Bain & Company London and as a freelance designer for various companies.

1. GRAPHIC DESIGN | BRAND MARKETING |
CODING | WEB CONTENT AND DESIGN |
HIGH-END PRESENTATION DESIGN
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, WELLINGTON, NZ
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MATHEMATICS)
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (MARKETING)
EDUCATION AND OVERVIEW
D AV I D S I M EGRAPHIC DESIGN: WEB, INFOGRAPHICS, PRINT AND PRESENTATIONS
INTERESTS
WRITING
Completed four
novels
MUSIC
In a rock band for
five years
TRAVEL
Central America
#1 destination
NUMBERS
Misunderstanding
quantum physics
SKIING
Powder, trees,
moguls...
SOCIAL
Especially a Martini
with a twist
EMAIL DESIGN AND
CONTENT CREATION
Hard-coded in HTML and CSS for
responsive web
Concept, design and content, including
charting, infographics, image and text
layout
Design templates, themes, create content,
improve key communication, incorporate
animation and slide transitions
DESIGN ANNUAL REPORTS
AND BOOKLETS FOR PRINT
CREATE HIGH-END POWER-
POINT PRESENTATIONS
RELEVANT SKILLS
INFOGRAPHIC
DESIGN
Online and interactive, for on-screen
presentations and for print
Highly maths literate - data manipulation,
trend analysis, Excel modeling and
visualisation
Simplifying charts for ease of communica-
tion through to creating highly complex
charts
DATA
ANALYSIS
CHARTING IN MICROSOFT
SUITE & MEKKO GRAPHICS
ADOBE CREATIVE
CLOUD
Highly skilled in Illustrator, Photoshop,
InDesign and Dreamweaver. Continually
up-skilling on other Adobe software
Implementation and design of responsive
web pages and content management
Image design within tricky parameters,
content management and automation
across social sites
WEB CONTENT AND
DESIGN
SOCIAL
MEDIA
DESIGN AND DELIVER
TRAINING MODULES
Group or one-on-one. High level
PowerPoint and Mekko Graphics, and
entry level Adobe and Excel
Logos | posters | LCD screens | flyers |
invitations
Recolouring, clear-cutting, and
content-aware edits
GENERAL
DESIGN
PHOTO POST-
PROCESSING
HIGH PRESSURE AND
TIGHT DEADLINES
Ability to maintain top quality output in
high pressure situations. Time flexible to
‘stay until the job is done’
Create in InDesign for instant population
with merged text and image fields
Highly skilled in PowerPoint, Excel, Word
on both PC and Mac
NAME BADGE DESIGN
AND TEMPLATING
MICROSOFT
OFFICE

2. D AV I D S I M EGRAPHIC DESIGN: WEB, INFOGRAPHICS, PRINT AND PRESENTATIONS
WORK EXPERIENCE
W W W . D A V O . D E S I G N
CONTACT AND REFERENCES
EMAIL: DAVOSIME@GMAIL.COM
PHONE: 0435 435 699
WEB: WWW.DAVO.DESIGN
REFERENCES FROM BAIN & COMPANY
SYDNEY: TRENNA WALL | trenna.wall@bain.com
UK: DANNY CHANTLER | danny.chantler@bain.com
• Responsible for designing all creative materials for the
Australian practice nationally:
› Concept, theming, design and content for large-scale
company events – web-based, email and print
› Online newsletter design for global audience
› Office branding – barmats, coffee mugs, social events,
LCD screen messages, corporate party invites
• Two direct reports:
› Manage their workflow and deadlines, provide
assistance and training
• Design and manage all external material for Recruiting and
Marketing Departments:
› HTML and CSS (responsive web) emails for universities,
Australian events and large-scale Asian events
› Design booklets, postcards and posters
› Mail and badge design using merged text|image fields
› Social media content
• Created Top-level PowerPoint for board-level Presentations:
› Infographics and icon design
› Data analysis and charting
› Animations and transitions for maximum impact
› Branding, theme and template design
• Deliver training, run a help-desk, and continuously up-skill
SENIOR GRAPHICS SPECIALIST
BAIN & COMPANY
SYDNEY (2011 – PRESENT)
• Stepped up and managed five full-time staff and a team
of temps (until a new manager was hired a year later)
› Responsible for all workflow, quality control, recruiting
and training
• Worked very closely with Marketing:
› Set up their eCampaign software for personalised
direct marketing campaigns
› Concept and design for all Marketing events
• Was the go-to guy for high level PowerPoint
Presentations, template design, conceptual diagrams
and key pitches
• Initiated a Bain PowerPoint training programme and
delivered to all levels of staff
• Ran the Helpdesk, controlling workflow for 250+ clients
SENIOR GRAPHICS SPECIALIST
BAIN & COMPANY
LONDON, UK (2006 – 2011)
• Set up a National Pricing Initiative
• Researched and analysed pricing for all major clothing
categories and presented results to the Marketing
Manager
MARKETING CONSULTANT
LAURA ASHLEY HEAD OFFICE
LONDON, UK (2004)
• Contractor for a number of high profile corporations:
› Morgan Stanley, PWC, Mellon Group, Goldman
Sachs, UBS, Oliver Wyman, Andersen Consulting,
Research International, Mars & Co., Blueprint
› Predominantly as a DTP operator in PowerPoint and
Freelance, but also used Illustrator, Freehand, Quark
Express, PageMaker, Photoshop, Fireworks, Dream-
weaver, Visio, Microsoft Access, Excel and Word
TEMP AGENCY GRAPHICS SPECIALIST
VARIOUS COMPANIES
LONDON, UK (1994 – 2006)
• Account Executive with five clients
• Managed the entire advertising process, including
strategic work, market analysis, planning and
coordinating creative, media and production
departments, and working within budgets and to strict
deadlines
• Organised and held client meetings
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
LEO BURNETT
WELLINGTON, NZ (1992 – 1994)