WILLY VILLA-SHONNER
EXPERIENCE
Fidelity International: (Contract presentations specialist): Designed presentations and digital collateral following brand guidelines as well as mentoring new designers. (Jun 2023–Mar 2024)
Financial Times: (Freelance designer): Designed both digital and collateral assets to promote live events. (Apr 2023–May 2023)
Columbia Threadneedle Investments: (Contract designer): Designed and re-branded collateral and social media assets following brand guidelines. (Sep 2022–Jan 2023)
Red Havas: (Contract designer): Assigned ZS Associates to design its collateral and PowerPoint presentations following strict brand guidelines. (Jan 2022–Aug 2022)
The Sensory Smart Child: (Freelance designer): Designed logos, social media assets and POS collateral material. (Feb 2021–Jul 2021)
Hogan Lovells: (Contract designer): Designed collateral and social media assets following brand guidelines. (Oct 2020–Mar 2021)
Unigestion (Contract graphic and digital designer): Designed collateral, PowerPoint presentations and assets for social media following brand guidelines including image manipulation. (Apr 2020–Aug 2020)
Credit Suisse, Société Générale and Rothschild & Co (Contract designer): Designed collateral, email marketing and PowerPoint presentations following brand guidelines including image editing. (Nov 2018–Mar 2020)
ARC Document Solutions: (Contract designer): Designed logos and collateral both print and digital. (Aug 2018–Oct 2018)
Vitabiotics Ltd: (Contract designer): Designed logos and
created pack-shots including image manipulation. (Jul 2018–Sep 2018)
Infopro Digital: (Contract designer): Designed logos and
collateral as well as social media and email marketing. (Feb 2018–Mar 2018)
ILX Group, TFPL and Sue Hill – companies belonging to Progility global specialists in training, recruitment and consultancy (Contract designer): Worked on e-learning collateral, PowerPoint presentations and websites and social media image assets including email marketing. (2013–2017)
Incisive Media: (Permanent designer): Worked on compliance training, branding, collateral and digital material for the e-learning department with content producers, marketing and production teams. (2011–2013)
M247 Ltd: former Venus Business Communications (Permanent designer): Designed websites, collateral and digital material liaising with stakeholders and third parties such as printers. (2006–2011)
SOFTWARE
• Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, • Microsoft office: Word, Power Point, Excel. • Languages: HTML, CSS.
SKILLS
• Presentations specialist • Design and re-create charts in Excel • Collateral both print and digital (PDFing) • Brand identity • Infographics/iconography • Image editing • Stakeholder account management • Attention to detail
QUALIFICATIONS
• Digital Marketing and Social Media Creative Content (PGCert), Big Creative Education, London, 2021
• Web Design (PGCert), Oxford House Computer Training, London, 2001
• Graphic Design & Advertising (BA Hons), JTL University, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990
• Fully security verified • Languages: English/Spanish • Interests: Art, Architecture, illustration, photography, music, technology and animal welfare.