Initially my role was to create flexographic plates from technical drawings, supplied by senior team members. However, as the project developed, my role diversified and I became responsible for designing, adjusting and formatting technical drawings and files, before creating the flexographic plates.

I also liaised with external contractors and companies for technical tooling equipment, the design of tooling files for manufacture, and was part of team meetings, providing feedback on print quality and file creation processes. I created sign-off procedures, policies and accompanying documents for all stages I was involved in, to help document progression and developments throughout the project.

This was like nothing I'd worked on before and involved a lot of commitment and an extremely high attention to detail. Often measurements, adjustments and plotting of elements required accuracy to 1/10th or 1/100th of a mm. There was no room for error or guesswork when working at such detail.