Lee Johnstone

Graphic Designer

Business Services

Telephone: (0114) 22 24003

email : l.johnstone@sheffield.ac.uk

Responsibilities

• Produce high quality, creative, graphic design and finished artwork for a wide range of brochures, displays, advertising and other media
• Take design briefs, project manage, and present design concepts to internal clients
• Implement corporate visual identity standards
• To manage own workload in accordance with deadlines and overall team priorities,
  as directed by the Graphic Design Manager 
• Liaise with both internal and external print specialists
• Offer assistance and advice in all aspects of graphic design and reprographics to junior graphic designers
• Work with the design team in implementing and managing the photo library and systems management
• Use ‘camera ready’ documents supplied by the customer to make plastic plates for printing. These require scanning, impositioning and converting to PDF format
• Imposition all computer generated artwork then send to the computer to plate processor,
  to create plastic printing plates 
• Provide holiday cover for the Digital Poster Operative, printing large format posters from customer generated files, laminating and packaging
• Deputise in the absence of the Graphic Design Manager

Biography

I've been at the University for 3 years as a graphic designer in Print & Design Solutions.

I have been employed by the University since early 2004 as a graphic designer in The University Print Service. Prior to joining the University I began my career as a graphic designer in 1991 and have worked in areas of advertising, marketing and packaging design. I have produced work for many blue chip companies both nationally and internationally.