Spike Reid
London, United Kingdom
About
Since graduating in July 2005 I have worked as President of Northumbria Students' Union, an elected sabbatical position that gave me a huge amount of experience in management of a large business, the design of services and marketing.
Having gained some important management experience doing this role, I am now focussing more directly on design and looking for branding/product design work in the London area.
- Experience:
- 2 years
- Education:
- Northumbria University
United Kingdom - Awards:
- Bayer AG and the Institute of Materials, Mining and Manufacture's Design Innovation in Plastics National Competition 2003
- First Prize overall
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Resumé
education
BA hons Design for Industry
- Achieved 2:1 overall
- Northumbria University, UK
- 2001 - 2005
BTEC Diploma - Foundation in Art & Design
- Coventry University, UK
- 2000 - 2001
A-levels in Design, Maths, Physics and General Studies, plus 10 GCSEs
- Hele's School, Plymouth, UK
- 1993 - 2000
...
experience
Latitude Expedition
- leader, navigator and photographer
- an around the world expedition sponsored by Land Rover and the Royal Geographical Society
- April 2008 - December 2008
Russell Beck Studios
- designing and making theatrical props
- London, UK
- January 2008 - April 2008
Design Partners
- Developing future business
- Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
- September 2007
Northumbria Students' Union
- President and Chairman of Board of Directors
- Newcastle, UK
- July 2005 - July 2007
Orca Design Consultancy
- Lifestyle bathroom products
- Johor, Malaysia
- April - June 2004
Bayer AG
- Polyurethane plastics related work
- Leverkusen, Germany
- April 2004
Smile Design Edition
- Exhibition and Furniture design
- Chamonix, France
- June - August 2003
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skills in
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Alias Studiotools (learning)
Ashlar Vellum 3D (CAD)
Microsoft Powerpoint
Solidworks
...
interests
Mountaineering/Rock climbing
- working towards Mountain Leader Award
- Single Pitch Award trained
Scuba diving
- British Sub Aqua Club Sports Diver
Sailing
- Royal Yachting Association Yachtmaster theory qualified
Northumbria Universities Officer Training Corps (NUOTC)
- Territorial Army reserve unit
- leadership, teamwork and adventurous training
Photography
- Unit photographer for NUOTC
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referees - available on request
