About me

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name James Kirkup

Date of Birth 09.12.87

Address 38 Hove Park Road

Hove

East Sussex BN3 6lJ

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Education/Qualifications Brighton University/City College - September 2006

Mutlimedia Foundation Degree

Sussex Downs Sixth Form College - 2004 to 2006

Studied AS and A Levels in Business Studies, Fine

Art, Media and Photography

Lewes Old Grammar School

GCSE's in Art, English Language, English Literature,

Geography and Mathematics

Proficient in using the following software on Mac and Windows PC

Photoshop InDesign

Illustrator ImageReady

Quark Final Cut Pro

Dreamweaver Microsoft Office

Flash

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Suburb Design - 138/140 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SW

Internship Summer/ Winter 2006

Contact for reference Phil Parker, Company Director

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During this Internship I had the opportunity to gain valuable experience working for a high

profile Graphic Design Agency. I learnt how the industry wins contracts, projects/runs

budgeting costs, sat in on client meetings and increased my knowledge on the techniques

used in different areas of software and print.

Suburb involved me on a number of varied/diverse contracts for leading companies but

also gave me control over my own briefs. One of which was for an online baby boutique

store for which I created visuals for the identity of the company brand and web store.

Liasing with both the London and Manchester Suburb team together with the Client.

The Paper Tiger Design Agency

2005 to present

Contact for reference Nathan Barley

In 2005 I was asked to join a collective design agency run by Basick Records and Fierce

Talent Booking Agency. Our brief to offer affordable, lavish design and illustrations for

bands, online business's etc. The following is a sample or our clients.

Bands/Artists The Pipettes - Sikth - Adequate Seven - Boy vs Machine -

The Pursuit

CD/Vinyl Artwork Boy vs Machine - Manaca Barney - Moesaboa -The Pursuit

Small Business's Emotive Clothing - Basick Records - Ristal Clothing - Small

Town Records

Since starting at College I have been working for Solutions, an Apple Centre in Brighton

Contact for reference Simon Irvine

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