Seller 283311 - Hove, East Sussex, UK
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| Hourly Rate: | £30.00 | |
| Available From: | Now | |
| Overview: | Experienced, talented freelance graphic designer and web designer based in Brighton, UK. | |
CV
| Passionate about good design. Bursting with ideas and creativity. Six years’ industry experience. Always looking to gain new insights and skills. - Skilled in working with typography, colour, image and layout - Fresh new perspective and enthusiasm to every job - No fixed design style - Flexibility and design knowledge to work on a huge variety of jobs, big and small, corporate and personal - A great listener and passionate about fully understanding and meeting the requirements of each new brief - A solid understanding of web standards and strong knowledge of print production. |
Employment History
(Dec 2006 & ongoing)
Creative Designer
Brighton- Working on a part time basis alongside freelance employment
- A highly regarded and well-liked member of a fantastic team of web designers
- Designing and producing visuals for websites for clients including Guardian.co.uk, Times Online, Emap and Haymarket publications.
(Dec 2006 & ongoing)
Freelance Designer
Brighton- Designing and producing websites, logos and design for print to a very high standard for a wide range of local businesses and organisations
- Excellent levels of communication with clients and suppliers throughout each project
- Brilliant skills in project management to ensure each and every deadline is met.
(Nov 2002 to Dec 2006)
Senior Deisgner
Shoreham-by-Sea- Wide range of work including branding, website, marketing, and magazine design
- Producing consistently high quality design solutions from concept right through to completion for a varied pool of clients
- Began at the company as junior designer and swiftly promoted to a senior designer
- Succeeded in winning a number of design pitches for the company and produced a body of work which won two awards at the Campaign Fresh Awards 2006
- Excellent skills in time management, juggling a number of jobs at a time and sometimes working to very tight deadlines.
(Jun 2002 to Aug 2002)
Work Placement
Arts Council, Brighton- Design placement jointly won with a fellow university graduate
- Produced new branding for South East Music Schemes
- Working together and liaising very closely with the organisation’s board members
- Succeeded in producing an excellent piece of communication which re-ignited the organisation’s core message and helped the scheme receive a further 5 years funding from the Arts Council.
Education
(Sep 1999 to Jul 2002)
Univeristy of the Creative Arts
BA (Hons) First Class in Graphic Design
(Sep 1997 to Jul 1999)
Exeter College
A Levels in Graphic Design, Communications, Psychology
(Sep 1994 to Jul 1997)
Colyton Grammar
10 GCSEs
Categories & Skills
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Acrobat (Adobe)
- Adobe
- Annual Reports
- Commercial Design (Design)
- Flash
- Graphic Design
- Icons (Design)
- Illustrator (Adobe)
- InDesign (Adobe)
- InDesign
- Logos/Stationery (Design)
- Macromedia Flash MX
- Photoshop (Adobe)
- Presentation Design (Design)
- Print Advertisements (Design)
- QuarkXPress

