About me

I’m Sami, a multi-disciplined freelance graphic designer. I specialise in graphic design for print and for online digital use. I also build user friendly, clean, responsive and easy to use wordpress websites.

Whether you’re launching a new business, rebranding an existing one or looking to gain an online presence, I can help you enhance your business and bring your design project to life.

I believe that design is more than how something looks, which is why I take pride in learning about your business goals and audience first, before creating something unique, functional and beautiful.

Having worked on a variety of design projects over the past 10 years, I have a varied and diverse skill set. I have worked with a variety of clients from sole traders, start ups, large multi-national business’s, as well as new product launches.

I hold the following design qualifications:-

• BSc (Honours) in Computing and Design
• National Diploma in Design
• Advanced Certificate in Graphics and Web Design
• Adobe Illustrator CC Mastery Certificate
• CPD Certificate in Advertising & Marketing
• BTEC in E-business
• AVCE in ICT
• ICOES Diploma L6 in Psychology

 

My background

I grew up on a small farm in the Wales (UK) with my parents and two younger sisters attending to our animals and woodland. In my early teens we spent three years travelling around the world completing a circumnavigation on my parents sail boat. This immersed me in many different cultures and opened my eyes to the rest of how the world lived and survived.

After returning to the UK to finish College and University, I had the opportunity to work on a family construction site for three years, on the remote Island of Bequia in the West Indies. It was rewarding learning so many practical building trades, getting involved with the design of the property and a fun experience living on a tropical Island with my family, but I was still passionate about graphic design so during my spare time I took on design and branding jobs for local hotels, restaurants and spa’s on the Island, as well as maintaining their websites.

I went onto studying an Advanced Certificate in Graphics and Web Design with a design school in New York, before finally settling in beautiful New Zealand.

I have now been working as a freelance graphic designer for the past 10 years in Tauranga, alongside my husband who also runs his own SaaS business from home.

Hobbies and other interests

When i’m not behind my computer I enjoy spending time in the garden with my 3 rescue cats and ex-battery hens. I do the occasional pet sitting and I enjoy trying to grow my own veggies and eating plant based recipes. Animals and the environment are very close to my heart so I also manage the websites for Free As a Bird Rescue (Ex-battery hen rescue) and Arrc Wildlife Trust.

In 2016 I finished writing my first book/memoir based on my 3 year journal as a teen whilst sailing around the world with my family. It can be purchased here on amazon.com or here on amazon.co.uk.