About me

Statement.

I am an enthusiastic and hard working designer with a good grounding in various disciplines of design gained through my education and experience so far having studied as a product designer at university. Through projects I have completed I have touched on disciplines such as interface design, through graphics to product/industrial design. My skill set reflects this, a mix of both creative and technical elements. I am an avid sketcher and work hard on my 2D visual work and feel this is amongst my strengths along with idea generation and a good eye for form. I have in depth knowledge of adobe illustrator of which I have received high acclaim from my tutors and fellow students. Within design the thing I am mostly interested in is user centred design and problem solving but other industries that interest me are such things as special effects and model making as I am an avid model maker and believe my 3D work is to a high standard.

Personality and General Interests.

I'm easy going and great to get on with. I've got a good sense of humour and I am friendly and approachable. I can deal well with situations I face and I'm a good problem solver. With the jobs I have had I feel they have made me a more confident worker and more able to deal with any customers or problems that I might have to face.

I have many interests which include art and design. Design is a thing that influences my creativity most and that's why I chose to do a product design degree at university. I have a love for tattoos but not the money to afford all that I'd like it's an expensive hobby. I'm a huge fan of sports mainly football, bike riding and I am a big motor sports fan. I ride BMX and fixed gears bikes and to be honest I can't get enough of the stuff. I also really enjoy music and going to gigs with friends and on nights out.

Skills

Throughout the course of my degree I developed a range of design skills and I am competent to a high standard in: idea generation and sketch development; Adobe photoshop and Illustrator, Solidworks modeling and creating physical models of my design ideas in the workshop utilising workshop machinery., Although I am highly competent in all areas of design, the places where I feel my strength's lie are in my problem solving and idea generation but also in my sketch and illustrator work.

Sector Experience

Work Experience, Logo, colour scheme design for the RecoRa institute website (www.recora.eu), -Logo, Certificate Design and Colour scheme for the RecoRa institute website, -DAC Architects (Manchester)

Awards

BA (Hons) Product Design Degree First Class, Achievements, -Top 5 short listed for the Wilkinson award, London New Designers 2012, -Member of the University of Salford degree show committee and course degree show team, -Member of the gifted and talented art and design group at St. Anne’s R.C High School, where I designed and made a hat that was exhibited in stockport hat museum.