CV

May 2003 | present
Freelance Designer
designing interactive solutions for:
Rocco Forte Hotels (website re-design)
Macmilan Caribbean (website re-design)
International SOS (corporate website re-design)
Celadon UK (corporate website)
Chip & PIN (public information website)
Advertising Association (Ofcom watchdog website)
John Waddington Associates (corporate website)
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
British Basketball League

designing print solutions for:
Corus Steel
British Basketball League
De Beers

July 2000 | April 2003
Senior Interactive Designer | Publicis Networks, London
designing interactive communications solutions while working closely with developers to ensure accessible, user-friendly experiences that captured the client’s brief. Clients:
Renault UK Clio campaign
VaVaVoom campaign
Ride & Drive
European Central Bank - Euro currency launch
Wilson Connolly Homes
Royal Liver Assurance
Department of Works & Pensions

May 1999 | June 2000
Creative Director | WestLake, Washington DC, USA
overseeing all creative aspects involved in the design of communications solutions both for web and print, project management and team mentorship. Clients:
US Department of Education
US Mint
Bowling Green University, Ohio
ConsumerFirst.com
World Resource Insitute

September 1998 | April 1999
Lead Designer | Maple Key, Toronto, Canada
design of communications solutions in new media (website & CD-ROMs). Clients:
Siemens Corporation

September 1997 - September 1998
Student | Capilano College, North Vancouver, Canada
one-year condensed Post Graduate program - awarded Diploma in Applied Information Technology.

April 1992 | April 1995
Designer | Lexis Inc., Tokyo, Japan
design of corporate & governmental communications collateral including brochures, annual reports in English, Japanese and bi-lingual publications. Clients:
Australian & New Zealand Chamber of Commerce
Embassy of Canada
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications
Japan Association for International Horse Racing
Lifescape Consulting Incorporated
Japan National Tourist Office
T/CES
Embassy of Australia
Japan Travel Bureau Inc
K-LEA
Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Freelance Designer | Burrups (Japan) Ltd., Tokyo
design or quarterly magazine ‘Invest in Britain’ for British Department of Trade & Industry distributed by British Embassy, Tokyo to Japanese business community (in Japanese)

June 1991 | October 1991
Senior Designer | Marshall Cavendish, London
design & development of new magazine products from initial concept to test launch.

October 1990 | June 1991
Art Editor | Mitchell Beazley Books, London
design & layout of the Antique Pocketbook series, plus assisting on gardening books, The Tolkien Encyclopaedia, and new title development for the Frankfurt Book Fair.

September 1987 | September 1990
Senior Designer | Marshall Cavendish, London
design & layout of bi-weekly astrological magazine ‘Zodiac’, including photographic direction.

design & layout of weekly antiques magazine ‘Times Past’, including research, styling & photographic direction.
September 1985 | September 1987
Art Editor | Marshall Cavendish Books, London
design & layout of 12-book cookery series for US market, including styling & photographic direction.

September 1983 | September 1985
Design Trainee | Marshall Cavendish, London
Apprentice designer assigned to a women’s craft magazine ‘Show Me How’ - learning all aspects of page design & layout, photographic direction, styling, etc. Attended a one-year vocational evening course in typography & print planning at the London of College of Printing (1984/5).

Software Skills
Photoshop
Indesign
Quark XPress
Illustrator