About me

I am an enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible individual with an excellent all round experience of working in the creative team arena. I consider myself to be a valuable team player with excellent interpersonal skills. These qualities ensure that I make a significant contribution in individual and collaborative projects alike.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

I have gained the following experience and skills during my career:
Strong leadership, eg. Working on specific projects as creative director for design and advertising agencies

overseeing the creative studio, recruitment, mentoring, outsourcing and project management.

Instinctive feel for brands, eg. I am very experienced in working within brand guidelines and delivering high profile campaigns within the brand boundaries. I also conceive and design new and re-brands which include writing brand guidelines including logo usage, image libraries and tone of voice.

Project Management, eg. Project managing multiple assignments for my own clients and the customers of my agency employers and successfully delivering them all within budget and within their specific deadlines.
Interpersonal skills, eg. I am a fair and likeable chap, and enjoy heading a team, although very ‘hands-on' in the creative process I also like to mentor individuals to get the best out of them and to have pride in their work. I also have experience in tutoring small groups and individuals with the adobe creative suite software.

Attention to detail, eg. Managing the team of designers and writers with systems for creative approval ensuring accuracy at every stage before work is viewed by the client.

Trust and integrity, eg. Handling extremely confidential material with care and sensitivity, for example unreleased financial information for FTSE companies during the design process of annual and corporate responsibility reports.

I.T., eg. Fully conversant with the latest versions of the Adobe creative suite software, Microsoft Office and have kept at the crest of emerging on-line media such as CMS, SEO, social marketing, viral e-marketing and online advertising developments, blogging and social networks. Fluent in both Apple Mac OSX and Windows environments.

Wide range of publications, eg. I offer a full design and communications service and therefore produced a diverse portfolio, ranging from small direct mail postcard campaigns to large exhibition displays and everything in-between.

Managing Contractors, eg. For client projects, I outsource web build including Flash development, PR, photography, copywriting, e-newsletter production and print.

Skills

Strong leadership, Instinctive feel for brands, Project Management, Interpersonal skills, eg. I am a fair and likeable chap, and enjoy heading a team, although very ‘hands-on’ in the creative process I also like to mentor individuals to get the best out of them and to have pride in their work. I also have experience in tutoring small groups and individuals with the adobe creative suite software., Attention to detail, Trust and integrity, I.T., Wide range of publications, Managing Contractors

Sector Experience

Annual Reporting, Corporate and Product Brochures, Advertising Campaigns, Direct Mail, Web UX Design, E-Flyers, POS, Exhibition and Eventing Graphics, Presentation Graphics, Brand and Logo design, Catalogues

Clients

Abacus Insurance, Accrue Brand Value, Accrue Corporate Reporting, Avelo, B&D Electromedical, Bentley, Burberry, DNA Worldwide, Experian, Hostpipe, i-pixx Limited, Mace, Network Rail, NFU, Stewart Signs, Sutcliffe Reynolds Fitzgerald, Top Banana, Tribal plc