clients I’ve worked with
YOUR PROJECT… IN SAFE HANDS
I provide graphic design services for clients in the Education, Research and Charity sectors
20 years’ experience; Freelance since 2011
My superpower is attention to detail
I am a registered supplier to the University of Oxford
Design SERVICES
I provide a complete design service, from concept to delivery. Design of Brochures, Prospectuses, Student Profile Books, Newsletters, Logos, Exhibition Display Banners, Infographics, Annual Reports, Leaflets, Educational Reports, Interactive pdfs, Academic Journal Covers.
project management
I pride myself on my project management skills, ensuring your project is completed on time and within budget. A project starts with a creative brief plus a discussion about schedule and budget. I provide a detailed quotation outlining costs and project scope so you don’t get any nasty surprises when the invoice arrives. I provide a detailed schedule with key deliverables for each party.
all the juicy text
You want your publication to be beautiful - not just the look and feel but also the words. I help clients to write crisp, elegant copy that gets their message across.
If you’re a wordsmith already, then I provide peace of mind by offering copy-editing services. I can help make Scientific publications more accessible, depending on the intended audience. I offer proofreading which is either done by me, or outsourced to a professional proofreader.
ECO Print Buying
I buy print on behalf of my clients, and can advise on choice of paper, print finishes and ways to help you reduce the environmental footprint of your publication.
Academic Journals
I work with Academics to prepare images for submission to Academic Journals. I don’t create scientific images from scratch.
Images
Can’t find the right images? I can do image research to make your publication sing.
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what clients say
“Catherine is a great person to work with. She takes the time to listen to your requirements, she explains clearly what she is able to provide and within what timescales and she is happy to give advice and guidance should you require it. We needed someone with graphic design skills to help us produce a research report both in hard copy and online. We were extremely happy with the final result and will use Catherine again in the future.”
– Sally Winiarski, The Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education
“Thanks once again for the fantastic job you have done on the newsletter. When so many aspects of the newsletter are a real struggle… it makes me ever more appreciative of how smooth you make this whole process, even when I know that you have all sorts of other things to juggle. I am deeply grateful for all your patience, hard-work, and creativity, and I'm sorry for all of the delays at my end this year. It has been, as always, a real pleasure to work with you, and one of the highlights of this job for me is seeing how you turn a drab-looking word document and one or two uninspiring photos into such an eye-catching and engaging newsletter.”
– Dr Matthew Robinson, Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
“Catherine was a pleasure to work with. She is highly professional in her approach: all deadlines were met, the product delivered was exactly as discussed and her suggestions were always relevant and considered. She also kept to the agreed budget.”
– Anne Currie, Alumni and Careers Officer, The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
“Your leaflet is now going to every (state) school in the country ;-)”
– Neil Bailey, WildKnowledge
“As a Physics Professor and Editor of the Oxford Physics Newsletter I have worked closely with Catherine and I have witnessed her dedication, attention to detail and creative spirit first hand.
Catherine is an amazing designer. Not only is she tremendously punctual, trustworthy and utterly reliable she also has a unique flair and passion for her work. Her creativity knows no bounds: our Newsletter contains a mixture of science articles with highly specialised content and news and events about talks and Outreach that take place in our Department. Catherine takes all this material and designs the Newsletter in such a way that appeals to a wide audience from colleagues in Academia to our wider Alumni base and their families. She is responsive and always comes up with creative solutions on how to present our material. The covers she regularly designs for our Newsletters attract admiration from scientists and the wider public alike. I have worked with Catherine for two years now and I am superbly impressed with the quality of her work and her creative solutions. I thoroughly recommend her!”
– Prof Dimitra Rigopoulou, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford
“Catherine gave us a choice of design (any of which were cleverly thought-through and suited for the audience). Her attention to detail, on the one we chose, was second to none and we’re all delighted with the design and subsequent help with the printing which has given us a first-class result.”
– Kathryn Grant, Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator, October 2013
“Thank you so much for your excellent work on both documents, and at such short notice! I can always rely on you!”
– David Johnston, Chief Executive Officer, Social Mobility Foundation
“Thanks for all you do to make everything easy for me!”
– Kathryn Grant, Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator
“Catherine did a fantastic job on an 'Alumni Stories' book we produced as part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations. I was put in charge of this project having never really worked on something like it before, and Catherine was great at guiding me through the process and pulling me up when I wanted to cut corners. The final product looks very good indeed, needless to say!”
– Ben Bradford, Department Lecturer at Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
“Catherine is a rare find. She is a creative and talented designer who also has a great eye for detail. She has proven to be consistently reliable and a pleasure to work with..."
– Renee Watson, Founder and Director Wats.on Consultancy
“It has been so easy working with Catherine... her attention to detail is second to none and she is 100% reliable to meet the very tight and impossible deadline we keep setting her. A real delight.”
– Gaelle Jamar, Event Manager, European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
“It has been a pleasure working with you. The final design is very good indeed. Hopefully, we’ll get a chance to work together in future!”
– Dapo Akande, University Lecturer in Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
“Thank you is not enough… I can’t tell you how grateful I am for your outstanding quality work for OSF, under often unreasonable time demands and last minute requests.”
– Renee Watson, Oxfordshire Science Festival CEO and owner of watsonconsultancy.net
