November 1st, 2020

Christmas is coming….

As my mum told her littlest grand daughter on Friday, it’s only 8 weeks until Christmas! Can you even believe that? When my (former) flatmate exclaimed back in March that 2020 was a write off, little did I (or he) know the kind of year we were in for… But that’s a blog for another day! We’ve all got our tales to tell of 2020, but one common thread amongst…
October 5th, 2020

Designed By Lizzi: My little side hustle

As with every designer, I have projects going on on the side that I do just for fun. And that is how Designed By Lizzi was born! I’ve always been interested in designing for greeting cards and gifts, but due to the printing costs involved have never been able to take it any further, yet a few months ago a client got in touch about designing some cards and so…
September 17th, 2020

Your email is important to us

I was never a fan of the old “drop them a line” idea as I was afraid that the recipient of an email entirely out of the blue from me would laugh into their caramel macchiato (or other trendy beverage), think I was daft and I would be ridiculed across the office for months for daring to send my CV. And then I realised that the recipient of my email entirely…
July 2nd, 2020

A step on the ladder

I am a millennial. Back in 2007 I was taking my first baby steps into the real world, and found myself seeking employment in the biggest recession since the early 1990s. After numerous (and I mean numerous) of unanswered emails and job applications, I ran away to sea and had a thoroughly great time enjoying the highs and lows of waking up in a new place everyday and exploring what…
May 11th, 2020

Experience counts for nothing

…Or so I was told by my former boss. At which point I mentally flipped the table and decided to go freelance. In my book experience counts for quite a lot. Call me picky but I would much rather have heart surgery performed by a surgeon who has done 1,000 operations rather than me being their first, I would much rather have my electrics checked by a certified electrician rather than…
May 6th, 2020

Thank you NHS

A graphic designer’s life is not a particularly difficult one. We don’t go out there on a daily basis and save lives, making life and death decisions. The worst we can do is opt for Comic Sans. That said, I want to say a massive thank you to all the key workers out there – you’ve served us all brilliantly before and throughout this crisis. I hope you are all justly rewarded…
April 17th, 2020

She’s a design ninja!

Joining the Soccer Aid for Unicef team was the refreshing change I was in need of in February 2020. It was great to be working on a project for such a worthwhile cause, raising money for children across the world. As part of the in-house marketing team I worked on a whole range of projects, from presentation pitches to Hollywood mega-stars, to assets for Manchester United and advertising campaigns across the…
March 31st, 2020

Make or break

As coronavirus grips the nation, we’re all under house arrest and as someone I know told his girlfriend, it will make us or break us… I, like everyone else on planet earth, have been affected by the virus. The project I was working on at the time that calamity struck was Soccer Aid for Unicef, a huge charity football match set for the beginning of June. As soon as the…
March 14th, 2020

The art of working from home

I feel like I have been preparing for self isolation all my life. My freezer is always fully stocked, I always have a tin and/or a snack in the cupboard and I have on demand TV courtesy of my flatmate. I also have a business I can literally take anywhere, as long as I have an internet connection and my laptop I am good to go. I always felt that…
January 22nd, 2020

The game is afoot

It’s 2020 and the game is very much afoot After much soul searching over the Christmas period I decided it was time to once again take the plunge into the world of freelance graphic design. I chose to do this for a number of reasons, but mainly because I needed a new challenge. I had become a little too comfortable in my seat at Festival Republic and although I have…