Lefteris Heretakis
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Illustrator & Designer, with extensive knowledge and experience in Visual Communication. His clients include publishers, magazines and multinational advertising agencies. At Heretakis & Associates, we are guided by proactive commitment to our partners needs with electrifying originality, sound judgement, and strict morals. We specialise in a wide range of creative projects, ranging from handmade corporate identity to effective web design; from ground-breaking industrial design, innovative publishing to eye-popping visuals... and everything in between, above and below the line. We are fluid energy, pure oxygen and lucid water in all areas where Visual Communication is paramount.
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Education
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Doctorate Drawing in Visual Communication EducationBath Spa University
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PostgraduateBath Spa University2012
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MA Communication Art and DesignRoyal College of Art2002
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BA Hons compulsory military serviceHellenic Air Force1999
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BTEC Diploma Illustration with Animation 2.1Kingston University1996
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Art and DesignUniversity for the Creative Arts1995
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Experience
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Course director, BA(Hons) Graphics & illustrationHigh Wycombe, United KingdomDec 2022 - Present (3 years 6 months)I provide leadership for the Graphic Design and illustration degrees . As the course leader, I contribute to the developing vision for the courses and its strategic relationship to the sectors in the creative industries. I am responsible for the strategic direction, design, development and delivery of the Graphic Design and illustration curricula as well as be responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of standards. Through my national and international links and professional networks, I promote the continuous development of the courses, reflecting critically on Graphic Design and illustration practice and speculating on its future in the contexts of research, knowledge exchange and teaching & learning as well as its future areas of interaction and practice.
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Lecturer, BA (Hons) DesignMadrid, MDAug 2019 - Present (6 years 10 months)This is a comprehensive degree that seeks to challenge today’s physical, experiential, functional and emotional reality. Designed for flexible and audacious individuals seeking creative solutions for a better and more sustainable life. Rigorous scientific and creative aspects of design are combined with a business perspective, allowing you to transform and improve people’s daily lives.
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W CHCRAFTGraphic Design Educators' Network Conference
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Sheffield HallamTrans-making EU Research project -Action Marie Curie
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Fundacia Teren Otwarty
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Ideas of RevoltGraphic Design Educators' Network ConferenceLjubljana, Slovenia
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The Prince's Trust. Online Enterprise/Employability e-mentor/VolunteerUnited KingdomPrince's Trust Online is a brand new digital learning platform designed to provide tailored learning and one-to-one support for young people who are unemployed or underemployed and are unable to access our traditional face-to-face programmes. The trust is currently delivering two programmes, Enterprise & Employability, to support young people to learn the skills they need for self-employment or employment.
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Leeds Metropolitan UniversityTAP Day - Work based Learning
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Equality and diversity training. Leeds Metropolitan University
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The British LibraryThe Bookseller conference
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Leeds Metropolitan UniversityEmbedding equality & diversity the curriculum
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Freelance visual communicator. WorldwideHeretakis & Associates. Consulting a wide range of loyal clients that include publishers, magazines, multinational advertising agencies, as well as ambitious entrepreneurs. Guided by proactive commitment to our partners needs with electrifying originality, sound judgment and strict morals. Specialising in a wide range of creative projects, ranging from handmade corporate identity to effective and eye-popping publishing. At Heretakis & Associates we are fluid energy, pure oxygen and lucid water in all areas where visual communication is paramount.
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Sheffield HallamELIA NXT conference Making a living from the Arts, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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Leeds Met. UniversityDeveloping critical and evaluative skills amongst learners
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Leeds Metropolitan UniversityRole of the course tutor and the student file
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Illustration pathway leader, second year personal tutorBradford School of Arts & Media. LecturerBradford, United KingdomBA (Hons) Graphic Media Design Illustration pathway leader, second year personal tutor. We celebrate individuality and liberate student's creative confidence. We provide one of the best and broadest design educations in the UK offering a flexible mix of pathway choices covering all aspects of graphic design, illustration and digital media, all under the one course. My duties include designing teaching material and delivering across a range of modules or within a subject area, using the appropriate teaching, learning support and assessment methods. Within the course team, I am planning, designing and developing curriculum content and delivery where appropriate. Supervising student projects, field trips and placements. Responsible for the Moodle/VLE of the course and marketing/recruitment strategies on collaboration with the team. The course is validated by Teeside University.
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ICETR
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Transitions in Higher EducationIzmir University of EconomicsCinema 4D training
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Leeds Metropolitan UniversityTAP Day - Work based Learning
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Introduction to Teesside University regulationsextensions and mitigating circumstances.
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Lecturer in Visual Communication DesignIzmir University of Economics. LecturerIzmir, TurkeyAug 2015 - Aug 2019 (4 years)BA (Hons) Visual Communication Design Our curriculum envisions a practice-based and collective study process where students can discover their own potentials thereby develop their creativity with the support of our faculty members, all experts in various fields illustration, typography, photography, computer graphics, video production and packaging design. Pioneering observational drawing course leader that includes UK level 4 and 5 students.
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Awards
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Affiliations
» RSA - Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, since 2018
» The Guild of St George, founded by John Ruskin in 1870, member since 2018.
» InSea, the International Society for Education Through Art, member since 2018.
» NSEAD, the National Society for Education in Art and Design, member since 2018.
» ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts, since 2016.
» ICO-D, member since 2015.
» World Design Organisation, member since 2015.
» BERA - British Education Research Association, since 2015
» Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design & Media, since 2016.
» The Higher Education Academy, (HEA) Fellow, since 2014.
» The Institute for Learning (IFL), since 2009.
» International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), since 2004.
» Aesop Society for Illustration, member of the board, since 2004.
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@heretakis, member since 2007
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