ABOUT BARNABY OAKLEY

I began my career wanting to work within the music industry and went to university to study Music, however I soon discovered that making money as a musician or engineer was very difficult due to the over-saturation of the market.

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While studying and touring with my band, I turned to my second passion as a way to earn money, creating logos and album art for various artists.
This evolved and I decided to start taking online courses in the Adobe suite. Within a few years my passions switched and I found myself enjoying graphic design more than music.

It was at this point I came to the conclusion that I wanted to try and make a business from my work. I went to the Prince’s Trust and was tutored on how to run a business and applied for funding.

For the last three years I have run that graphic design business and worked with a variety of different clients, including but not limited to musicians, models, businesses, salons and online stores.

SKILLSET:

- Extensive experience designing product packaging and marketing materials - flyers, business cards, leaflets, book covers, brochures etc

- Extensive experience creating content for various social media platforms  - Banners, profile photos, promoted posts, videos etc

- Extensive experience following brand guidelines

- Exceptional ability to create original logos using Illustrator and Photoshop

- Mastery of video editing, videography, photography and sound design

- A keen eye for current trends in regards to design and popular content

- Extensive experience managing social media pages and advertising campaigns, including setting up targeted audiences and creating engaging content

- Managing Amazon A+ content through Vendor Central and eBay stores

- Using mail applications (such as Outlook) to engage with colleagues and send out mass marketing newsletters

- Masterful level of the Adobe Suite, primarily being Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere and Media Encoder.

- Mastery of Microsoft office suite

- Mastery of Logic Pro

- Mastery of Final Cut Pro

- Extensive general computer based knowledge and quick to learn new skills

- Extensive knowledge of social media frameworks, especially Facebook, Youtube and Instagram (For example: Best times and days to post, what gains more reach and engagement etc)

- Setting up and managing stores created through websites, both that I have designed and that have been designed by others

- Exceptional ability to self manage and efficiently hit deadlines

- Great ability both to lead and be part of a team

- Excellent customer service and troubleshooting skills

- Eager to learn new skills and develop current ones

- Building websites using creative tools and managing/optimising SEO

- Substantial experience using Business Manager, Hootsuite and Trello to manage workload and schedule social media posts

- Above competent ability to create animations

- Extensive experience creating GIF’s and video banners

- Experience using Keying in videos (green screens etc)

- Extensive experience working and communicating with clients