CuCo Creative Sept 2008 – Present
Designer / Director
At CuCo I am closely involved with clients, listening, understanding their needs. Working at all levels from brochures to the design and organisation of web sites. Dealing with production flow to print and press. Visit our website to learn more about us.
Clients include: Merlin Entertainment (Dungeons, Sealife), Myla London, Bournemouth Council, Horizon Motor Co (Mazda, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Citroen), Adventure WOnderland, Athelhampton House & Gardens, Moulin Roty, Lexis Click
Freelance June 2008 – Sept 2008
Designer
I am currently working as a freelance designer, for local design/advertising agencies and some of my own clients.
The MAD Agency 2001 – 2008
Designer / Studio Director
At MAD I was closely involved with clients, listening, understanding their needs. Working at all levels from brochures to the design and organisation of web sites. Dealing with production flow to print and press.
I had two designers who worked with me, myself and the Creative Director feed them work – but we tried and let them build their own relationship with clients that they worked with, we liked to remove the chinese whispers problem.
I also dealt with the flow of work through the studio, getting media booked in with the media buyers, organising print quotes, supplying work ready for suppliers to work from, sorting out timesheets, preparing job bags for invoice, etc . I dealt with all the IT questions that the other staff have and solved any IT related problems.
Am was only designer at The MAD Agency that could also deal with web construction although I was teaching these skills to the designers under me.
Clients include: The RNLI, Daisy & Tom (part of ELC), The Royal Navy, Bournemouth Council, NHS, Horizon Motor Co (Mazda, Honda, Suzuki, Nissan, Citroen), Britannia Removals, David Lloyd, Esporta
CCA 2000 – 2001
Designer
Working directly under the Creative Director, I was there to work up and develop his initial paper based designed, I was also given by own creative jobs to work on, including the redesign of the three Olymipian Motor Co group companies; Olymipian Renault, Olymipian Nissan and Olymipian Used Cars.
As CCA moved into web design I moved with it, and spend 6 months working on the Tetra Virtual Pond mini site. This was all constructed within Flash and eventually would be tied into shopping list generator for you to take dozen to your nearest tetra supplier.
Clients include: Euro Disney, Tetra, Dimplex, Olymipian Motor Co (Renault & Nissan)
The Finger 1998 – 2000
Designer
I was hired as their first full time designer. Creating concept ideas with the Creative Director, working up those concepts to mac artwork, art direction of projects, responsible for the art direction of photo shoots. I also dealt with production flow to press and print.
Clients include: Select Recruitment, The Tank Museum, Houseworks Home Stores, Bournemouth International Airport, Freshney Place Shopping Centre
Kingfisher Advertising 1997– 1998
Designer
This was the first rung on the ladder – a truely tedious job. I was basically the mac monkey working with the managing director. I was left to run the studio (me) creating, artworking, supplying ads the papers etc…
The Walker Agency 1996 (Placement)
This was my second placement with the Walker Agency, which I wanted to do during my second/third year at university as an additional bit of experience. Here I worked under the Creative Director and several small jobs for Condor Ferries, Calor Gas and Teachers Insurance.
CCA 1993 (Placement)
Sixth Form work placement, given the set ‘Work Expeience’ projects to do. Worked in the studio along side on of the senior designers.
Got an further understanding of how an agency worked.
The Walker Agency 1992 (Placement)
The start of the spark of my future career, was lit here on my 5th year/year 11 work experience, given the set ‘Work Expeience’ projects to do. Worked in the studio along side on of the creative director.
Got an understanding of how an agency worked.