About me

I'm a qualified graphic designer with over 30 years experience through my page layout design with the national magazines Amateur Gardening and Your Garden. I've also worked in the newspaper advertising industry with the Dorset Echo designing adverts and editorial for local businesses. More recently I've work for Savills property development designing planning brochures, exhibition boards and properties for sale advertisements. I'm currently attending a web design course in order to develop my skills further.

Skills

Design tools: indesign, quarkxpress, photoshop, illustrator, freehand,, digital photography, dreamweaver and general illustration., Magazine design: concepts, visuals, page layout, logo and front cover design,, Advertisement and promotional design: concepts, visuals, page layout., Photography: model searches, locations, picture editing, art direction for shoots,, digital photography and technology., Commissioning: illustrators, photographers and designers., People skills: day to day management of art room and staff, have training in, management skills, magazine publishing knowledge.

Sector Experience

Publishing, Advertising, Marketing, Property, Photorgaphy

Awards

Bournemouth Adult Learning School, OCR Level 1 Certificate for iMedia Users. Introduction to web page production., OCR Level 2 Certificate for iMedia Users.Web authoring., Bournemouth and Poole College of Art., One year foundation course and three year course in Graphic Design., Bournemouth and Poole College of Art Diploma in Graphic Design., Society of Industrial Artists Diploma in Graphic Design., GCE Photography., Henry Harbin Secondary Modern, Poole, Dorset., 7 CSE’s including two grade ones, 2 GSE’s and A level in art.