Experience

  • Over 14 years of graphic design & artworking and over 7 years of web design & construction.

  • Worked directly with clients, creative directors, account handlers and suppliers.

  • Delivered projects on time in short timescales, under pressure, within budget without jeopardizing accuracy and creativity.

  • Vast experience on troubleshooting skills on Mac and PC.

  • Advanced Software knowledge: QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, PowerPoint and Dreamweaver.

  • Good Software knowledge: Image Ready, Freehand, Flash, Fireworks and Adobe Premiere.

  • Created E-commerce website which included responsibility for Internet Marketing and Search Engine placement.

  • Produced work for many Blue Chip Companies.

  • Undertaken photography for clients.
 

Employment

 
 
Sep '06 - Present Day
 

Freelance Graphic Designer and Artworker

  
Working for myself as a sole trader producing print and websites. Also freelancing via recruitment agencies for various companies such as "TAG", "Camelot", "Formula 1 Management Team", "Campaign Works" and "Beacon Brands".
 
   
 
Sep '05 - Aug '06
 

Senior Graphic Designer and Artworker

  
"APS Group & Hilton (via The Print Factory)"
Duties: Employed by The Print Factory and placed on client’s premises as a designer and artworker. With APS I was involved in creating and producing all print and advertising work and some website work including producing animated banners for their product the "cashplus prepaid MasterCard". With Hilton I mostly worked on Hotel fundamentals for their day-to-day running.
 
   
 
Jun '03 - Sep '05
 

Head of Creative Design

  
"Elite Creations" (Creative Design Solutions)
Duties: Sole designer and artworker, dealing directly with Account Director, clients and suppliers. Responsibilities include taking client briefs, creating job proposals and managing projects. Projects include producing identities, branding, stationery, brochures, catalogues, direct mail, flyers, banners, posters, adverts, exhibition graphics, TV graphics, photography and websites including internet marketing. Designed and created company website.
Typical clients: Atlantic Celtic Films, Business Pursuits, Churchills, Egan Lawson, Fuller Peiser, Goldcrest Insurance, Instant Office Space, Morley Stoves, Nelson Bakewell, Rimex Metals, Sport Photo Gallery and Wedge Group plc.
   
 
 
Nov '01 - Dec '03
 

Freelance Graphic Designer and Artworker

  
  • Worked for various design companies via recruitment agencies such as "Greythorn", "Mac People" and "Creative Recruitment".
  • Worked for "Trumps" on a 3-month contract developing and artworking their POS Christmas Campaign for Tesco nationwide as well as re-branding their company image.
  • Worked for "BAINES design & print" on a 3-month contract designing and artworking annual reports for the NHS, travel brochures and catalogues all ranging from 20 to 100 pages.
   
 
 
Nov '98 - Oct '01
 

Senior Graphic Designer and Artworker

  
"AMD" (Advertising, Marketing and Design):
Duties: Specialising in the property market, creating, designing and artworking identities, adverts, brochures, magazines, direct mail, exhibition displays and hoarding boards. Worked with Account Handlers and the Creative Director on big campaigns.
Typical clients: Barratt Homes, Berkeley Homes, Canary Riverside and St. James Homes.
       
 
Aug '97 - Nov '98
 

Senior Graphic Designer and Artworker

  
"Thomson Hayward" (Marketing Communications Consultancy):
Duties: Sole designer working with Creative Directors, responsible for devising and developing conceptual ideas into visuals right through to Artwork for print. Projects mostly involved creating identities, brand image, brochures and direct mail. Oversaw jobs went according to plan by liasing with the sales person and printers.
Typical clients: Honeywell, Ariston, Cendant International, ICL, Lloyds Bank and Fujitsu.
       
 
Apr '97 - Aug '97
 

Creative Mac Artworker (Contract job)

  
"The Team" (Design Consultancy):
Duties: Producing some design but mostly artwork for print. Brainstorming with Designers and Directors on conceptual design ideas and solutions on reaching the final desired product; be it a brochure, advert, flyer and so on.
Typical clients: American Express, Nortel, Microsoft and Netica.
       
 
Jul '96 - Apr '97
 

Senior Mac & PC Operator/Designer/Artworker

  
"COLOSSAL Colour" (Large Format Digital Printers):
Duties: Responsible for checking clients’ digital artwork and printing them to a high standard through any software manipulation that could enhance the original artwork for maximum impact. Assigned to taking charge of overseeing big projects from start to finish, including the design and artworking of exhibition panels.
Typical clients: SmithKline Beecham and Dixons.
       
 
Jul '95 - Jun '96
 

Middleweight Mac Artworker

  
"LGM" (Marketing Communications Company):
Typical clients: Budweiser, Michelob, Arjo Wiggins Papers, Post Office and Lyons Coffee.
       
 
Aug '93 - Jul '95
 

Mac & PC Operator/Designer/Artworker

  
"COLOSSAL Colour"
       
 
Qualifications
      
         
 
1991 - 1993
  Farnborough College of Technology
BTEC H.N.D. in MEDIA PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS		  
         
 
1989 - 1991
  Hertfordshire College of Art & Design
BTEC NATIONAL DIPLOMA in DESIGN		  
       
 
Education
      
         
 
1981 - 1988
 
Aldenham School
  

'A' Level

Art (A)

G.C.S.E.'s   English Lan., English Lit., Geography, History, Physics, Maths, French
'O' Levels   Art (A), Religious Studies