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Naomi graduated from Northumbria University with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Marketing. She went on to work as a successful men’s and boys sportswear designer for high profile companies including Reebok, Hi-Tec, Matalan, Umbro & Marks and Spencer. Naomi has worked as a lecturer on the BA Hons in Fashion Design and Promotion at the University since January 2014. Before coming to Sunderland she was Course Leader of the highly rated Extended Diploma in Fashion and Clothing at CCAD in Middlesbrough. She is extremely enthusiastic when it comes to passing on her experience of fashion design and illustration, especially using the computer packages, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator. Naomi continues to work freelance and commissions fashion illustrations for a variety of different clients. After seeing her work on an artists’ website Martin Dawber contacted Naomi and asked to include a number of her illustrations in his best selling book 'The Big Book of Fashion Illustration'. Naomi states that she 'likes to create beautiful, realistic images with an element of magic to them!' In June 2018 Naomi saw her first book published to critical acclaim. The Call of the Sea is a fully illustrated 288 page hardback book which depicts the shipbuilding heritage of Sunderland through to the Tall Ships Race of 2018. It also features Naomi's own story of being a sail trainee on the race. The book won the Mountbatten Award for Best Book: Certificate of Merit awarded by the Maritime Foundation at the Maritime Media Awards in November 2018; a copy was presented to the Princess Royal when she visited Sunderland in July 2018.