Amanda Crane

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CREATIVE AT THE CRANES
AMANDA CRANE | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Professional Experience
Freelance – Creative at the Cranes
Kre8 Action | Auckland – August 2011
Brand Identity – Logo’s and Business Card
Kre8 Action is a new company that wants to help people develop their dreams and skills. I was asked to design the company logo and also to create a logo for their first project which is a School Holiday Programme called Action Kre8tive. I also designed their business cards.

Rescue Media Ltd | Australia – August 2011 to Current
APFA Journal, Media Kit, Certificate and more
APFA Journal is a twice yearly journal which I designed for the Australian Police Football Association, one of Rescue Media’s clients. The journal portrays the results from the football games and a general catch up on the activities of the club. I have also designed a media kit, certificate, and letterheads for the APFA.

NZ Thoroughbred Marketing | Auckland – June 2011
Web/Email Banners
I design a range of web/email banners for their email newsletter promoting their clients.

BotanyLife Community Church | Auckland – May 2011 to Current
Portal Magazine
Portal is a quarterly magazine for the BotanyLife Community Church, that connects the church together by sharing information on all areas of what people do inside and outside of the church. I am the primary designer and a member of the Creative Team in charge of producing Portal.

Green Reaper NZ Ltd | Auckland – April 2011
Business Card, Flyer, Letterhead, Fax Header, Labels
The new owner requested an updated flyer, business card, letterhead, fax header and product labels all of which I designed for him and he was very happy with. In addition I redrew the company’s mascot that is to be placed on advertising when required.
“Amanda from creativecrane was excellent throughout the design of our work. Very professional, listened to what we wanted and she helped us achieve that, on time and on budget. I will definitely work with creativecrane again. And will highly recommend her to all A++” Craig Price | Green Reaper NZ Ltd (Comment via Freelancer.com)

Rotary Club | Hamilton – March 2007
Booklet
Designed a print ready booklet for a charity dinner including adverts for each chef’s restaurant and the sponsors which represents their brand identity. The Rotary Club was extremely happy with the final product and impressed with the care, consideration and closeness to detail displayed, all the way up to printing the booklet. The printers were also happy with the print ready state of the booklet.

Manna House | Marvellous Manna Catering – 2005
Brand Identity
Combined two companies under a single unified brand identity. Design included a logo, business card and letterhead. I designed a simple and effective brand identity under the name “Manna House” with the caption “catering, events and venue”, making it broad enough to be used to describe the combination of the two companies. I worked remotely, liaising with the client who was in another city and produced a result that they were very happy with.

Education & Achievements
Waikato Institute of Technology – Hamilton, New Zealand – 2004 to 2006
Bachelor of Media Arts, Major in Graphic Design

Exhibition
Off the Leash – Graphic Design and Digital Graduates End of Year Exhibition, School of Media Arts, Wintec, Hamilton, NZ – 2006

Awards
D-Photo Magazine
Runner Up for Nikon D-Photo Amateur Photography Competition in the Travel Category – 2011
Waikato Institute of Technology – Hamilton, New Zealand
Print House Supreme Award in Graphic Design – 2007
Waikato Institute of Technology – Hamilton, New Zealand
Print House Award of Excellence in Graphic Design – 2007