Seller 294783 - Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
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| Overview: | Midlands-based, highly experienced graphic designer specializing in print design, typography, corporate identity and illustration. | |
CV
| Profile Professional, enthusiastic, skilled print and web graphic designer/illustrator with strong typographical skills, a keen eye for detail and a love of strict deadlines. Skills • Expert knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, QuarkXpress, Acrobat and Freeway (web design software) • Intermediary knowledge of InDesign, Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS and JavaScript • Illustration in a variety of media and a wide range of styles including contemporary, traditional, digital, vector, cartoon, photo-montage, technical, etc. • Concept to Completion service – including initial design concepts, layout, typography, photo-manipulation, illustration, image research, finished artwork, print buying and management, etc. |
Employment History
(1987 & ongoing)
Freelance Graphic Designer
Variety of work undertaken including design for print (magazines, brochures, leaflets, corporate identity, p.o.s., exhibitions, etc.) and website design and production.
Long-term contract with Carlton/ITV network. Design of support material for adult education programmes and documentaries – in excess of 80 publications produced.
Other clients (past and present) include: Central Television • Thomson Holidays • Acorns Children’s Hospice • Bowens Coach Tours • OFWAT • NHS Trust • Friars Marketing • Market Notions • Volvo • Heart of England Tourist Board
Have worked with Mac OS platform since 1988 and have a good basic understanding of system configuration, networking, etc. – able to ‘troubleshoot’ most hardware or software problems.
(2005 to 2008)
T-shirt Design & Print
Whilst continuing with freelance projects, set up and helped run a small t-shirt and merchandise company. Design and production of items for specific niche markets. Responsible for the design, production and maintenance of four websites (one e-commerce), advertising, marketing, etc.
(1984 to 1987)
Central Television
Design Assistant/Technician in the Graphic Design department. The work was extremely varied and included operation of a character-generator (Aston III), production of on-screen graphics and design of printed promotional and programme back-up literature.
(1981 to 1984)
Horizon HolidaysHelped set up and manage an in-house typesetting department. Work involved design, typesetting, page formatting, finished artwork, paste-up and illustration. The department produced holiday brochures and corporate literature, together with exhibition, marketing and p.o.s material.
(1972 to 1981)
Freelance graphic designer. Income supplemented by occasional work as travel representative, coach guide and personal secretary.
(1970 to 1972)
National MagazinesEmployed as one of two Art Assistants in the design department of ‘She’ magazine. This involved the re-design of various regular pages and spreads, layout, typographic design, paste-up and illustration.
Professional Qualifications
| 1970 Diploma of Typographic Design (DTD) – London College of Printing 1 year Pre-diploma course in Art and Design followed by three year course in Typographic Design. Syllabus included typography, communication studies, graphic design, illustration, photography and in-depth study of print techniques. GCEs ‘A’ Level: Art ‘O’ Level: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Art, Needlework |
Categories & Skills
Healthcare (Non-Clinical)
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Acrobat (Adobe)
- Adobe
- Annual Reports
- Banner Advertisements (Design)
- Billboards/Signs (Design)
- Books
- Brochures
- Cartoons
- Catalogues
- Childrens Books (Illustration)
- Commercial Design (Design)
- FreeHand
- Graphic Design
- Greetings Cards (Illustration)
- Icons (Design)
- Illustrator (Adobe)
- InDesign (Adobe)
- InDesign
- Logos/Stationery (Design)
- Magazines
- Nature
- Newspapers
- Page & Book Layout
- Photoshop (Adobe)
- Portrait
- Pre-Press Management (Printing)
- Presentation Design (Design)
- Print Advertisements (Design)
- Promotional Material
- QuarkXPress

