About me

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Certification:
BTEC 2 Year National Diploma General Art & Graphic Design - Merit. School of Art & Design, Croydon. 1987 to 1989.

BTEC 2 Year Higher National Diploma Photography, Film & Television (Design) - Distinction. Bournemouth & Poole, School of Art & Design. 1989 to 1991.

BA Hons Visual Studies 2-1 - University of East London. 1991 to 1992.

ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) 2001.

University of Cambridge CELTA. 2013.

TV Employment:
Planet 24 TV Production
Soho Images
VTR, London
Channel One TV
ITV
CNBC

Corporate Employment:
Lehman Brothers
Marcus Evans
Voltimum TV
WNTI
Atkins
Boston Consulting Group

Profile:

Started in the UK creative industry in the early nineties after graduating with a BA Degree 2-1 in Visual Design. Initially worked as a freelance photographer/illustrator for 2 years, producing original artwork for book covers and record sleeves. Clients included Mute Records, Vintage Books, Virago Press, Headline Publishers, Peter Dyer Associates and The Senate. In that period I won the Vogue Cecil Beaton Photography Award - First Prize as a twenty two year old graduate. Then within one year started working in the television industry as a Graphic Designer.

I'm a Multi Media / TV Graphic Designer with extensive and diverse experience in TV & Multi-Media and Design studio environments working to tight deadlines. Particular expertise in Multi-Media, Design and Broadcast Design tools including Adobe Creative Suite, Premier, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Microsoft packages Word, Power Point and Excel. Quantel Hal Xpress, Henry, Harry, Harriet, Paintbox, Avid Media Composer, Newscutter, Illusion, Matador, Discreet Logic Combustion/Flame, Pixel Power Clarity, Collage, Aston Motif, Ethos and 3D tools.
Keen to design graphics and produce cutting edge ideas in a Multi-Media Design studio environment.

A naturally innovative and creative team player often taking a lead role and capable of seeing projects through from start to finish. Also experienced in Live Events, Webcasting Video and Audio for the Internet, creating websites, populating content in CMS (Wordpress) and CSS and editing html in Adobe Edge (html 5) for mobile/tablet.

Over the last decade I have lived in Italy and taught English and design having obtained my University of Cambridge CELTA certificate to teach English abroad in High Schools, NATO and further education institutes.

Awards

Vogue Cecil Beaton Photography Award 1992 - 1st Prize (Conde Nast Group)