For seven years I worked in a small London based design company, whose main client was ICI Paints - this was fantastic grounding. 'From picture research to proofing, and all the steps between, Laila's meticulous approach and good judgement guaranteed a job to be proud of.' Marilyn Sturgeon, Partner, Trapeze Design Company For the next five years I worked for Macmillan Publishers in Oxford as a Managing Designer. This was quite a change of direction but gave me great experience - being part of a huge organisation, working with a much larger team and managing the design of big multi-level, multi-component projects.