About me

CURRENT ROLE:

Daily running of a multi-discipline creative communications agency. Duties include:

- New business development

- Client liaison

- Creative direction

- Managing in-house team and freelancers/contractors

- Hands-on design and art direction as required

- Project management

- The other stuff (admin, accounts, watering the plants, trouble-shooting IT, being nice to people, worrying about things)

KEY SKILLS:

- apps for Android, iOS and Blackberry tablets

- e-publications, e-brochures, e-catalogues

- design for print and digital mediums

- infographics and exhibition display graphics

- communications and marketing strategy

- writing (a designer with national newspaper journalistic experience - whoa!)

- art direction

- project management

- pitching/tenders/presentations including preparation of PQQs and pricing

- print production

TOOL KIT:

Indesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Adobe Digital Publishing System

Microsoft Office

Cinema 4D

Prezi, Powerpoint

Sense of humour

Skills

3D Animation, Animation, Campaign Planning, CG Modelling, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, Icon Design, Interactive Design, Interface Design, Internal Communications, Photography, Photoshop, Pre-Press, Presentation, Print Design, Visual Layout, Visualising

Sector Experience

Advertising, Audio / Visual, Brand Management, CGI / 3D, Design, Exhibitions, Marketing, Publishing

Awards

CiB Award

Clients

44 Communications, Adept Editorial, Agusta Westland, AVG Security, BAE Systems, Beehive, Boeing, Carlton Books, Castle and Pryor, Chromalloy, Datum Datacentres, Defence Support Group, Department of Health, Derby Communications, e-TaskIT, ESA (European Space Agency), First Cape Wines, Fry Films, Gardner Aerospace, GKN Aerospace, Hallite Seals, Haymarket, Honda, Hydra, Hyundai, Inchora, IRAP (International Road Assessment Programme), Jablite, Manthorpe Engineering, Medial Consulting, Myriad Media, NASA, NHS - HSCIC, Orcare, Ouno Creative : Farnborough international Airshow, Picture 55, RAL Space, Reed Business Information (Farmers Weekly), Resolve Creative, River Print, RJA Security, Rockwell Collins, Simplicity AI, Spacemetric, Spinvox, STFC (Science and Technology Funding Council), Studio HQ Print, Tasmina Perry, TFC Wines, TOTAL Oil, Turkish Aerospace Industries, Vetasi, Visicover, Wheelers Solicitors, WineOption.org