About me
Art Director in advertising with 20 years of experience creating concepts and art directing work to the finished article.
Skills;
Fully Mac literate in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, familiar with Dreamweaver MX (but not later versions), and have used Quark and Freehand in the past but not recently. Have experience using and publishing with Wordpress and MailChimp.
Comprehensive understanding of print and colour processing.
Organising an executing photographic shoots (both as the art director and as the photographer).
Some experience in TV advertising.
Photography - much of the material in my portfolio I have shot myself. I also shoot wedings and portraits.
Skills
SKILLS: Fully Mac literate in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, familiar with Dreamweaver MX (but not later versions), and have used Quark and Freehand in the past but not recently. Have experience using and publishing with Wordpress and MailChimp., Comprehensive understanding of print and colour processing., Art Directing work through from initial concept to the finished product., Organising an executing photographic shoots (both as the art director and as the photographer)., Presenting work to clients., Some experience in TV advertising., Photography - much of the material in my portfolio I have shot myself. I also shoot wedings and portraits.
Sector Experience
EMPLOYMENT: Rex Stewart Adv’ - 1988, Murray Maltby Walker West - 1989/90, McCann Erickson (Freelance) - 1990, CSM -1990, Stowe Bowden Wilson - 1990/1992, McCann Erickson Australia (Freelance) - 1993, Radford Advertising - 1994/2012, Freelance - 2012
Awards
QUALIFICATIONS: 7 ‘O’ Level GCE’s, 2 ‘A’ Levels, Art Foundation course, BA Hons Degree (Design for Communication Media) 2/1
Clients
American Express, Bradford and Bingley, British Gas, Car Care Plan, Caravan Club, Copper Dragon Beer, Direct Line Insurance, Green Flag, Hope Education, Jeyes, Kenny Dalglish, Lauda Air, Lufthansa, Manchester Airport, Manchester Police, Mitre Sports, Norweb Electricity, RBSi, Shell Oils, Synexus, York Races, Yorkshire Evening Post, YPO