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Resume

A complete CV can be downloaded from my portfolio website www.luckythirteen.co.uk. In the mean time I have summarised the key areas below.

Qualifications and Training:
City And Guilds 7307 [FE Teacher Training Course]
BTEC Higher National Diploma Illustration [Falmouth Art College]
BTEC National Diploma multimedia [City College of Brighton and Hove]
BTEC National Diploma Art & Design [Cheltenham Art College]
Intensive training courses in: Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark X-press, Flash, Director, multimedia and internet training
Three A Levels [Kings College, Taunton]
Ten O Levels, One AO Level [Stroud High School, Stroud, GLOS]

Core Software Skills:
After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier, Quark X-press, Flash, Director, Office, Streamline, Poser, and Media 100. PC and Mac literate

Work Experience:
Since June 2004 I have been involved in a number of smaller projects both in Spain and England, aside from those mentioned below. They include an interactive video project bringing together the cities of Brighton and Barcelona, the mammoth task of archiving my past work to create my portfolio website www.luckythirteen.co.uk, consultancy work in UK, setting up training courses in Barcelona as well as studying Spanish.

Dates: January 2005 - March 2005
Client: City College Brighton
Role: Director and Motion Graphics Designer
Work Undertaken: 3 minute promotional, animated video sequence about Brighton and Hove. Aim of video is to attract foreign students aged 16-18 years to live and study in the city.

Dates: March 2004 - ongoing
Client: Avatar Media Ltd
Role: Freelance Creative Director
Work Undertaken: Design, development and marketing responsibilities for innovative new software for the bespoke design industry

Dates: October 2000 - ongoing
Clients: Brighton University, City College Brighton and Hove, Silicon Beach Training, BBC / CSV, Training for Design
Positions: Visiting College Lecturer and Software Trainer

Dates: January 2004 - April 2004
Client: City College Brighton and Hove
Role: Director and Motion Graphics Designer
Work Undertaken: 3 minute, animated, promotional video sequence for the launch of the College’s Centre of
Vocational Excellence (COVE) in Digital Design. (encoded for DVD)

Dates: June 2002 - January 2004
Client: JT’s Corporation Ltd
Role: Project Manager and Designer
Work Undertaken: Design and development of Concept Range Software (as a CD Rom and web presentation).

Dates: July 2002 - December 2003
Company: Drumbeat Media Ltd
Position: Creative Director
Responsibilities: Head of Production including sourcing, interviewing, commissioning, coordinating and liaising with freelancers. ‘Hands on’ approach working with freelancers supplying creative input and software knowledge.
Clients included: M2TP, C Dugard Ltd, Woodgate Fulfilment, Weightzone, Syscom Software Ltd, Accelerated Mailing and Marketing, ArkWorld, Spicer Racing, Streamline Taxis,
Pegasus Racing, Foxbarn

Dates: April 2000 – July 2002
Role: Freelance Designer
Work Undertaken Included: Video presentation and promotional work to launch a mental health charity, held at the House of Commons and the BMA. Video editing and post-production work. Presentational CD Rom development,
website design and print design eg Re-branding a national cat charities children’s club section and revamping their monthly magazine, ‘The Cat’. Temping design work for top agency, mainly corporate ID and other print design work.
Clients included: E-Mental Health, SCP (part of the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College Hospital)
Interactive Health, Cats Protection, MGM Assurance, Michael Bell Communications

Dates: July 1999 – April 2000
Company: Shot In The Dark Ltd
Position: Senior Designer
Work Undertaken Included: Principal motion graphics designer. e.g. TV adverts for Playstation game V-Ronaldo (5
language versions), plus accompanying 1 minute in store promotional. Y2K corporate video for Mobil. 5 videos for Toyota, (Geneva Motor Show). Exhibition video for Compaq and Porsche. Title sequencing for Panasonic and the Thomson Travel Group. Also print, web and exhibition design work.
Clients Included: Infogrames, Mobil, Toyota, Q8, ADNOC, Daikin, I.D.S, Porsche, Web 2U, Compaq, Panasonic, Thomson Travel Group, World Online – Finex

Dates: 1995-1999
Role: Freelance Designer
Work Undertaken Included: Logo animation and video work. Web Site design. Print related design work including;
magazine layout, corporate ID, record cover design, textile design.
Clients included: Swell FM Radio, Brighton Festival, TEAM, A Lot of Gaul, Dive Out Productions, Cake Boy, Operation Julie

Dates: 1993-1999
Role: Freelance Illustrator
Work Undertaken Included: Illustration of a series of children’s natural history books, and many varied, illustrative commissions for magazines, books, menus, packaging, greeting cards and clothing designs.
Clients included: Belitha Press Ltd, BBC, Trojan Horse Publishers, Usborne Publishers, Two-Can Publishers, Cornish Tourist Board, Saga Holidays, Cancer Research, Green Croft
Catering, Red Head Designs, Jethro’s Marinades, Hotel BanaBana and Green Designs.