< 1995 - 2001
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / PARTNER
SHIFT F7 DESIGN LTD
As Artistic Director at Shift-F7 my role primarily involved managing my team of designers and working on our larger corporate clients; a few of whom you may be familiar with:
Eagle Star International Life
Scudder Threadneedle
Sunlife of Canada
Zurich Investments
Financial Times
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Royal International Air Tattoo
Dalgety
IFX
Zetters
Swindon Borough Council
Intel
2011 - Current
FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Available for weddings, funerals, bar and bat mitzvahs...oh..hold on...that's the wrong text :)
˄ 2009 - 2011
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
HOT CREATIVE MEDIA
I loved this job...mainly because we had no offices and everyone worked from home:) The hours weren't set in stone, I didn't have to take a half hour's leave to go to the bank, I could take my dog out for a walk in the middle of the day and I could work from anywhere, including (as I did last summer) a couple of weeks just north of Cognac in France :)
The work was very similar to before but with a lot more emphasis on web usabilty and accessibilty.
In September 2011 I was made redundant (I sense a pattern here!)
< 2007 - 2009
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
WOWI DIGITAL LTD
Whilst at Wowi Digital I worked on a vast number of disparate projects ranging from corporate intranets (for the likes of Mobil 1) through to credit-crunch-inspired house competitions and a flash-based virtual march for Dr.Hadwen's Trust
As well as the more usual web projects (of which there were lots) I also did a bit of basic video editing, a lot of corporate branding, some
designs for large advertising hordings and designed brochures, logos, letterheads, business cards and posters.
Over the course of one weekend I decorated the office from top to bottom and was also the company first aider, indoor gardener and health and safety nazi officer.
In September 2009 I was made redundant.
< 2001 - 2007
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
GOPHER SYSTEMS LTD
Whilst at Gopher Systems I worked on hundreds of website development and print projects. I not only worked on graphic design projects for our clients, but I was contracted out to work on website design projects for a large number of marketing & PR agencies, as well as other website design companies who had the skill to do the coding in-house, but no in-house graphic designer. The design budgets on all these projects ranged from just a few hours or days work, to spanning several years of ongoing development.
The Gopher Systems client base was very large, ranging from small local businesses to large national companies. Rather than give you a massive and boring list of companies you've never heard of I've compiled a list of the types of design projects I worked on:
