About me

I am a graphic designer with 18 years' experience. I'm expert in all the Adobe CS applications (Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) plus QuarkXpress and also highly skilled in MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Access). I can use all these on both Mac and PC.

For the last ten years I have been freelancing. Clients are mostly charities and NGOs and have included Help the Aged, Save the Children and One World Action. As a freelancer, I take full responsibility for a job—from briefing through to finished artwork; including liaising with writers, editors, photographers, illustrators and printers. I produce anything from a one-colour small ad to a 32-page four-colour annual review.

My CV and portfolio are available on Creative Pool.

References supplied on request.

Thanks

Paul Coyle

Skills

- InDesign and QuarkXpress-for page layout, - Photoshop-for scanning, retouching and colour correction of images, - Illustrator-for line art, such as logos, maps and graphics, - Macintosh hardware and software (including all operating systems from System 7.0 to OS X 10.7), - Other programs used include: Dreamweaver (web design); Acrobat (making PDFs for print or web); and Microsoft Office (general admin)., - Mac user, but skilled at using the same programs in Windows, - Adept at learning new software quickly, - Proofreading, copywriting and sub-editing

Sector Experience

18 years experience as a designer, mostly working for charities and NGOs, the last ten years as a freelancer.

Clients

ECLOF, Help the Aged, ICMC, Luanda Urban Poverty Programme, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, One World Action, Peace Brigades International, Save the Children