my experience..
Formal Qualifications
Degree BA(Hons) Graphic Design
Bath College of Higher Education
Sept. 93 - July 96
Diploma Foundation studies in Art and Design
Trowbridge Technical College
Sept. 92 - July 93
A-Levels/GCSEs
King Edwards School, Bath
Sept.87 - July 92
Employment History
Freelance Designer
Jan. 05 - Present
Producing printed media, websites, flash presentations/multimedia presentations, corporate identity. Quoting for projects, job management, account management, being able to give a dedicated passion to design briefs that I have created. Being polite, persistent, and positive to my clients. A clear understanding of the design process. Striving to constantly increase my skill level.
Port Printing, Perth
Graphic Designer/Prepress Technician
Jan. 05 - Present
Working in a prepress/design department. Increasing my knowledge of the prepress process. Gaining advanced experience and understanding of digital workflows and the role of pdfs in the printing environment. Working on design briefs with clients. Being responsible for workflow computers, pcs and macs. Working with CTP technology, imposition software within the prinergy workflow.
360id, Perth
Graphic Designer
Feb. 04 - Jan. 05
Working in a busy studio, being responsible for workloads, branding consistency, website design and development, instigating client liaison as required to deliver a quality product, encouraging open communication, solving problems in a positive co-operative manner. Working with print, web and multimedia to produce adverts, logos, annual reports, corporate identity and other applied design.
Portico Designs Ltd., Bath
Senior Designer/Technical Administrator
Dec. 01 - Dec. 03
Handling all aspects of projects. Providing technical support. Managing design processes. Creating and managing company intranet and internet site including browser based FTP and E-commerce. Supervising the move to Mac OS X with 18 studio computers including the fileserver. Studies into intellectual property rights. Creating styleguides for various clients. Attending product development meetings with clients such as Warner, Disney, 20th Century Fox and the BBC.
Portico Designs Ltd., Bath
Middleweight Designer
Level 2/Technical Assistant
Feb. 01 - Dec. 01
Responsible for handling all aspects of design for projects from concept through to finished product. Ensuring administrative procedures, producing visual representations, providing technical support to colleagues within the studio, when required managing both creative and technical processes. Working with many different licenses and creating own generic product. Implemented studio PDF workflow management system. Research into brand awareness.
Portico Designs Ltd., Bath
Middleweight Designer
Level 1
June 99 - Feb. 01
Quark Xpress, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Dreamweaver, Golive, Fireworks, Flash, Imageready and various other Macintosh and PC based software. 4 colour separation printing, spot colour printing,hexachrome printing, scanning. Digital printing using various Fiery/Splash RIPs, ethernet networks. Digital photography and digital video. Practical drawing skills, communication through drawing, applied illustration, concepts of image making.
Kall Kwik Printing, Bath Graphic Designer
April 97 - June 99
Responsible for creating business stationery and managing graphic design studio. Working on a large range of brochures, typesetting. ISDN. Large format printing, finishing. Computer to Plate technology and other repro work. Typeface classification, typeface design.
T-Shirt & Sons, Bath Art Assistant, Screen Technician
June 96 - April 97
Assisting in the production of screens for printing, spot colour and process, managing screens and producing artwork.
Major Achievements
Freelance Designer
Jan. 05 - Present
I have been marketing my design and successfully completing projects for a wide range of clients. I have been my own studio manager, account manager, sales manager and technical support. I am highly motivated, organised and have a dedicated passion for design which has enabled me to achieve this. Being able to communicate in a professional manner has always given my clients confidence in myself and the work that I produce. My industry experience is definitely my biggest asset, supported by my indepth knowledge of print, web and multimedia subjects. Striving to be pro-active, available, cheerful and always improving my skills.
Peter Fletcher Realty
April 04 - July 04
Peter Fletcher Real Estate in Victoria Park, Perth were breaking away from The Professionals group to become an independent real estate agent. I created a fresh new look for the company following directions specified by the client. I was responsible for the design and implementation of the logo and producing a styleguide to show strict guidelines on how the logo could be used. This was then applied across different mediums, such as the shop signage, website, stationery and other collateral to produce a strong, consistent look.
Portico Designs Technical Administration
June 99 - Dec. 03
Providing technical support to the design studio. Solving hardware and software problems. Making sure the studio ran smoothly. Managing 20 studio macs from older macs up to the latest G5s including the fileserver with ethernet network, PDFserver, Filemaker Pro database server and a collection of ibooks used for presentations. Keeping upto date and introducing new software and digital input devices within budget, while making sure designers would have full access and knowledge to use them. Providing technical support over the phone to ibook users setting up email, presentations when out of the studio. Studio migration to Mac OS X.
Portico Designs Website
June 02 - Oct. 03
The creation and production of the Portico Designs website. Using Dreamweaver, BBedit, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks, Illustrator to create the site. Introduction of browser based FTP software which allows the company to fully utilise it’s broadband connection to electronically send PDF artwork to printers. This cuts cost of postage and allows for tight deadlines to be met. I used Perl programming to enable the software to work in the studio environment. I also introduced online shopping to account holders. I introduced these technical additions to the site while keeping it’s design.
PDF Workflow System
April 01 - Nov. 01
Investigating and introducing a PDF workflow system into Portico Designs studio , enabling work to be output using PDF and so saving time and money. Liaisons with all printers to discover best way of supplying files. Studying and testing all PDF software to discover which to invest in. Setting up PDF server and back up R.A.I.D. within studio and training designers and project managers on the benefits of this workflow system. Studying colour management(ICC profiling) to produce accurate results throughout the studio and with printers.
WH Smith’s Simpsons Stationery Range
Mar. 00 - July 00
Design from concept to finished product the 2000 Back-to-School range of Simpsons stationery for the major UK retailer. Liaisons with 20th Century Fox and printing companies based in Korea, China and UK to ensure smooth running of project. Producing advertising fpr the range, ringbinders, lever-arch binders, pens, notebooks and pencil tins using a variety of processes. Working within budget and deadline. Using diecuts, four colour process printing, spot colour printing, 3D software to produce computer visualisations and mock-ups at various stages to show clients and other potential customers.
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