Name: Lindsey Hill
Job: Graphic Designer and Managing Director of a company based near Bradford

"I have done designs for everything from condom machines to 0898 adverts!"

Lindsey Hill, your Question and Answer session starts now...

How did you get into the job?

I was on a YTS scheme working in a shop, when my friend's sister who worked in a printers, said they needed an assistant. I managed to swap my placement to the printers and worked there for 2 years where I did typesetting, platemaking & printing and really loved it. After that I got a job as a junior designer at a print shop and went on to work for various printers, mail order and an advertising agency before turning freelance.

What is the job about?

The job entails going to see clients, finding out their requirements and then creating a design of a brochure, logo, advert or website, in fact anything that can be printed or viewed on the web. I may draw up a few ideas for them to choose from and recommend other marketing strategies. All my work is done on an Apple Macintosh computer which is my pride and joy.

What are the best and worst things about your job?

The best thing is meeting new people, my clients are very varied in trade, I must have met everyone from business consultants to polystyrene manufacturers and have clients in Switzerland and America. Also, I love the chance to be really creative and just create whatever mad ideas come into my head.

The worst is the mundane stuff like company reports and accounts and typesetting financial literature where there are lots of fractions.

Have you had any embarrassing moments or have you got any funny stories tell?

Well, everything you see in print has to be created somewhere so I have done designs for everything from condom machines to 0898 adverts!

If you weren't doing this job what would you be doing?

An interior designer or fashion designer.

Have you got any heroes in your field of work?

I admire all women in business, but one in particular is Judith Donovan who built a great direct marketing empire when it was very rare for women to have their own businesses.

What advice would you give to someone who wants to work in your field?

Go to college, learn as much as you can and don't have high expectations of the job - it's not all drawing pretty pictures, there is a lot of boring stuff which requires no creative input but it has to be done.

Lindsey is managing director of Apperley Design