Graphic Designer

Profile Extensive experience on Rail and Bus Franchise bids and PPQs. Skilled in managing the formatting of 2,000 page bids in MS Word to print quality PDF. Creation of Style document guidelines and templates for bid writers. Management of version control, page count and regular formatting of documents to keep targets. Key Achievements Publishing lead on 2 winning National Express Rail bids. Experience Over 15 years' experience in IT, starting my career in Microsoft as a software localisation engineer on products MS Visio, Windows CE and Windows Update. 10 years ago made a career switch to Desktop Publishing starting in Investment Banking for such companies as Goldman Sachs and UBS creating presentation graphics such as PowerPoint pitch-books and MS Word reports. Moving from investment banking into the Bid Franchise industry working on 7 Rail / Bus bids (including PPQs) with National Express as head of publishing which involved management and formatting of word documents to PDF print standard. Experienced in creation of Excel Macro templates to auto format charts. Proficient in Photoshop and MS Visio. Have a can-do attitude to all software and work. "Whatever it takes" to deliver a winning bid on submission date.