About me
Currently I am working as both lecturer and independent product designer. Lecturing at the UK's most prestigious and largest private university in Global Business and Design Management BA (Hons), specialising in Creative Thinking in Business and Project Management in Creative Industries. Due to the nature of the work I am adapt at creating presentations, answering questions from an inquisitive audience, and controlling a room's attention.
Until recently I worked from Mentmore Studios, one of East London's most active design hubs, the studio was a hive of professionalism with established names and companies. This was the birthplace of The London Ash Co Ltd and partnership with fellow designer Kim Thome. This venture has been a successful enterprise, both financially and educationally, developing my negotiation and communication with manufacturing and creative partnership skills, as well as my business knowledge and design realization. The business attracted clients such as Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant, the BBC, Imperial Tobacco (Davidoff), and Ministry of Sound.
I am open to all manner of responsibilities and willing to work in diverse sectors of industry. I have key skills in strong conceptual development, user immersion, trend research, workflow analysis, presentation delivery and public speaking, family product line development, and product iconography. Mac and PC knowledge, reasonable Adobe package user, and Rhino V4. I am a hard working loyal individual who