Coroflot

Resume

Date of Birth: 03/10/77

Education:
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Wallisdowm, Poole, UK
Barking College, Dagenham, Essex, UK
Plashet School, East Ham, London, UK

Qualifications:
HND Illustration
B-Tec ND Technical Illustration
GCSEs (grades A-C): Art, English, English Literature, Performing Arts, Design & Technology, Integrated Humanities, Maths, Science

Skills:
Mac OS-X and PC literate using the latest software:
Adobe Creative Suite 2 - InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Acrobat 7 Professional, Quark 6, Microsoft Office 2004

Employment History:
- Contemporary Artist. 01- Present. Originals, acrylics on canvas. Commissions.

Freelance Designer/Artworker February 08 - Present.
- I am freelancing for a number of companies including Dennis Publishing, CSL Publishing, Ecojam and Wood Int (Exhibition Design).
The roles involved are assisting the Art Editor on editorial page designs for Maxim Magazine, including annual supplements, designing magazine and web adverts for 4X4 Mart, Jet Skier and Boat Mart, logo design for website Ecojam.org and large format exhibition design and artworking for Wood Int.

Graphic Designer May 07- July 07, Aquent, Melbourne, Australia
- I worked on six weekly publications for a high profile national retail company. The role involved designing, revisions and proofing of page layouts, sourcing images and outputting pages for print.

Art Editor and Studio Manager
July 03 - January 2007, CSL Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, UK
- I was employed by Cambridge Style and Life Publishing on their most successful magazine Sport Boat & RIB as Art Editor for three and a half years. The magazine is aimed at sports boat enthusiasts. My job role at the company involved the design and layout of all editorial pages and working with repro houses, freelance journalists and photographers.
As my samples demonstrate, I had improved the magazines� quality and identity resulting in increased sales. I worked closely with the editor and team to improve the magazine continually with fresh concepts for articles at a fast rate, maintaining high quality.
Being Studio Manager, I also managed a team of four designers. It was my job to make sure all pages were completed by myself and the other designers in line with the schedules therefore meeting the seven monthly print deadlines. I was highly efficient in organising my team and motivated them to perform a high standard of work. I liaised with production, editorial and sales teams on a daily basis and enjoyed the interaction between the departments. My employment here I feel has given me a broad base of design, management and publishing knowledge.

Freelance Designer/Artworker
September 02 - July 03, Various, UK
- Prior to working at CSL, I worked as a freelance designer for Design for Nature - a consultancy specialising in all aspects of communications within the conservation and environment fields. I have designed corporate folders and brochures for a number of high profile companies such as Scope, Forestry Commission, The RSPB and FalkIands Conservation. I have
worked for David Porter & Associates, a Design Consultancy, and have designed corporate identity for Cambridge Building Society, Deloitte Financials and SOFAST (Stride out for Addenbrook�s and Sargent Together).

Designer:
April 02 - September 02, Hobsons Publishing, Cambridge, UK
- I worked at Hobsons Publishing Plc in Cambridge as a Designer. This involved designing, laying-out and typesetting for their company profile and case study pages for the UK/International Casebooks. I was responsible for designing display adverts for companies advertising as well as posters, invites and Careers Fair brochures, from initial design concept through to print.

Graphic Designer:
May 00 - December 01, United Advertising Plc, Poole, UK
- At United Advertising & Publications Plc, duties included designing, preparing mono and full colour adverts for print, typesetting, scanning, ISDN/ADS adverts and proof-reading for UAP�s major national publications such as Exchange & Mart, Auto Exchange, Daltons Weekly, and Private Villas with short deadlines for each publication.

Interests:
Abstract painting - Running - Cars - Dance - Music - Horse Riding - Travelling - Watersports

References given upon request