Livia Peña

A qualified Industrial Designer with experience in graphic and product design, administration, communication, and customer services, I am a creative and hard-working person, always willing to learn new skills. I possess good listening and communication skills in Spanish and English and am helpful, honest, and polite. An adaptive quick learner, able to work individually or as a team player, I am diligent, well organised, punctual, and reliable. I am Mexican with eligibility to work in the UK via a spouse visa.

• July 2023 – present

Company: Staffordshire County Council

Line of Business: Government 

Job Title: School Crossing Patrol

Activities included: Assisting students and pedestrians in general, with crossing the road in the mornings and afternoons during the school term.

• December 2022 – present

Company: Sprinks Farm

Line of Business: Local farm & deer park 

Job Title: Volunteer

Activities included: Assisting on a voluntary basis at community events run at the farm, including meeting and greeting guests, guiding guests around activities and serving beverages.

• August 2019 – February 2022

Company: Instrumentos y Equipos Falcón S.A. de C.V.

Line of Business: Distribution of analytical equipment for hospitals, clinics, laboratories, etc. 

Job Title: Office Administrator

Activities included: Overseeing the running of a busy reception area, handling calls from customers and technical staff, inventory control using corporate inventory management tools, resolving client queries by liaising with internal departments and field sales agents, creation of invoices for private sector clients and monitoring payment status, overseeing and expediting shipments of equipment both nationally and internationally, administration of travel expense monies and office petty cash.

• June 2015 – August 2019

Company: Freelance

Line of Business: Product Design and Manufacturing

Activities included: Meeting with clients to ascertain their needs, creation, presentation and agreement of design brief and specifications, design and manufacture of solutions to meet the agreed specifications.

• August 2011 - June 2015

Company: H&M UltraColor S.A. de C.V.

Line of Business: Design & production of HD flexography plates for the packaging market

Job Title: Head Designer

Activities included: Engagement with customers to understand requirements, creation of designs to meet design brief, pre-press design, preparation of designs for the flexographic plate production, control and administration of the design area and customer service.

• June 2010 - April 2011

Company: Espaciomóvil

Line of Business: Marketing and sales of mobile offices and prefabricated modules

Job Title: Commercial Advisor

Activities included: Lead generation and follow up, prospecting and visiting clients, preparing quotations and commercial documentation, negotiation of commercial agreements for the rental and sale of mobile units, post-sale client management.

• March 2009 - June 2010

Company: Grupo PROTEXA (Impermeabilizantes)

Line of Business: Production and distribution of roof waterproofing products

Job Title: Designer

Activities included: Overseeing the brand image of products, design of lithographs for the packaging, design of technical data sheets, selection and design of corporate marketing materials, liaison with suppliers and providers of the product containers, management of corporate social network presence.

• March 2007 - January 2009

Company: Polímeros Adhesivos y Derivados, S.A. de C.V. (IMPAC Impermeabilizantes)

Line of Business: Production and distribution of roof waterproofing, painting and construction products

Job Title: Internal Communication Coordinator (July 2008 - January 2009)

Activities included: Updating and control of corporate and branch personnel information, collating and disseminating information on construction projects nationwide (Opus Obras), customer service, organisation and collection of product feedback from customers, organisation of internal events, organising promotional activity at points of sale, provision of relevant marketing and technical information to sales executives nationwide, liaison with external services agencies.

Job Title: Packaging Manager (March 2007 - July 2008)

Activities included: Design and control of lithographs and labels for coating products, packaging design, creation and control of inventory management barcodes for all products.

• August 2004 - February 2006

Company: Escuela Normal Superior "Profr. Moisés Sáenz Garza"

Line of Business: Training school for secondary education teachers

Job Title: Graphic Designer

Activities included: Design and format of the school’s educational magazine “ENSeñando”, design of books and learning materials for the school and other creative projects.

• January - March 2004

Company: DENSO México S.A. de C.V.

Line of Business: Manufacture of automotive components

Job Title: Engineering Assistant

Activities included: Fixed two-month project where I carried out time and motion studies across various production lines. Collaboration in drawings and designs for layout changes and in the preparation of standard times for personnel calculation.

• Degree in Industrial Design, at Facultad de Arquitectura – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Professional Certificate Number: 8314609)
• PTE Home A1 Certificate (English Language)