my skills
With over 25 years experience as a creative artworker I have worked on a very wide range of both high profile consumer and business-to-business communications and marketing.
During that time I have worked for over a decade as a freelancer which gives me a unique perspective on not only serving clients but also on the pressures of running a business.
I relish the opportunity to bring great creative ideas to their deserved fruition and see my role as achieving excellence in creative quality and detail. That does include the need to work within guidelines and to tight timescales so I am adept at achieving accuracy at speed.
my approach
My flexibility is key. I can work in your premises or from my own. I can work as an active member of your team or independently. I have developed an ability to quickly understand complex briefs and the nature of the challenge. I am at one with meeting those challenges.
I have a well-practised judgement with an open mind and am able to interpret creative ambitions into high quality, production-ready artwork.
I am hard working, dedicated and with my rich career background great communications and multi-tasking have become second nature.
With an interest in self-improvement I keep ahead of trends in software and have developed my skills beyond work in the areas of dog grooming and riding horses in competition.
my portfolio
my testimonials
"Karena has provided design support for the NFU in-house design team on a number of occasions. She consistently produced creative solutions on a range of design briefs from reports, leaflets, display banners and large scale display graphics. She proved to be very versatile with a great eye for detail. I would highly recommend her design skills and can do attitude."
Chris Warren, NFU Group Design Manager
"Karena is a pleasure to work with, creative, innovative and flexible, a really talented lady."
Chloe Malik, Owner, Hot Marketing
"Karena has always proved her worth when called upon, within 5 minutes she has fitted in the team as if she was a full time member of staff (we have used her on more than one occurrence). Very importantly there is absolutely no training and very little guidance required she just gets on with it!"
Stuart Freestone, MD at Freestone Creative Ltd
"Karena is totally professional, accurate and reliable. We have worked with her a number of times over the years and I would not hesitate to recommend her to any future employers."
John Benson, Owner, Stocks Taylor Benson Ltd
"I have worked with Karena on numerous projects – she is always reliable, her work is of a very high standard, and she is a pleasure to work with."
Drew Kimbell, Commercial Director at Triad Limited
"We rely on Karena more than she knows – because her abilities allow us to accept more work than we might feel comfortable with, knowing Karena will more than capably take up the slack."
Rob Harrison, Glued Limited