Andrew Luke

Current

• Social Networker at WikiWorldBook
• Chief at Luke Books

Past

• Student Support Worker at Oxford Brookes University
• Journalist/Reviewer at Bugpowder.com
• Columnist (Sheridan Cottage) at Comics Village

• International Student Helper at Oxford Brookes University
• Open Day Guider at Oxford Brookes University
• Committee Secretary / Curator at Caption
• Retailer/Promoter at London Underground Comics
• Sales Assistant at Staples
• Sales Assistant at Thresher Group
• Panasonic Sales Representative at Gekko
• Brand Manager at Campus Group
• Secretarial Assistant at Roundabout Centre
• Befriender at Bangor and Ards Gateway Club
• Clerical Assistant at CCEA
• Support worker/Secretarial Assistant at Bryson House Volunteer Centre
• Clerical Assistant at North Down and Ards Volunteer Bureau
• Reviewer at Borderline Magazine
• Reviewer / Colunmist at Silver Bullet Comics
• Columnist at Tripwire Magazine
• Retail Assistant at Praxis
• Gardener at New Horizons
• Care Assistant at Croft Community
• Sales Assistant at ConocoPhillips
• Apprentice at County Down Spectator

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Education

• Oxford Brookes University
• North Down and Ards College of Further and Higher Education
• Knockbreda High School

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Recommended

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Connections

66 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Andrew Luke’s Summary

Researcher and practicioner in childhood and vulnerable adult psychologies, social studies, education, culture, philosophy and mixed media.. Journalist, Promoter and Artist with an interest in comics and sequential art narratives and online social networking.

Andrew Luke’s Specialties:

Branding and Identity, Representation, Promotion, Research, Communications, Education, Union negotiation,

Andrew Luke’s Experience

• Social Networker

  WikiWorldBook

  (Computer Networking industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Advertising and Promoting the website's People Search and Business Directory through responsible social networking processes.

• Chief

  Luke Books

  (Media Production industry)

  April 1997 — Present (12 years 8 months)

  Scriptwriting, editorial body, drawing, cartooning and journalism. Publishing thirty mini-comics, a short text story collection, and twelve editions of the TRS2 news-sheet.

• Student Support Worker

  Oxford Brookes University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — May 2009 (2 years 9 months)

  Assisting students with leaning difficulties through taking notes in lectures, providing study assistance and guidance.

• Journalist/Reviewer

  Bugpowder.com

  (Online Media industry)

  January 2001 — May 2009 (8 years 5 months)

  Major contributions in journalism to a networking and resources site for the UK comicbooklet industry.
  
  "From following his work regularly on Bugpowder and TRS2, I endorse Andrew Luke as a talented and perceptive journalist and reviewer and I can thoroughly recommend him for a wide variety of writing assignments." - Paul Gravett

• Columnist (Sheridan Cottage)

  Comics Village

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 3 months)

  Regular writer on the economic and social aspects of the UK independent comics industry. The work received some critical acclaim for its highlighting of problems, solutions and promotions of the creative industry.

• International Student Helper

  Oxford Brookes University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — January 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Answering enquiries from new students at Brookes, introducing them to facilities within Oxford and assisting in social events.

• Open Day Guider

  Oxford Brookes University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  October 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Touring prospective students around Harcourt Hill Campus and discussing issues they may have with Field Department Head. Similar posting in 2007 at Headington Campus.

• Committee Secretary / Curator

  Caption

  (Management Consulting industry)

  September 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 1 month)

  Assembling data, networking, organising events for the longest-running UK comics arts festival. Dealing with the general public, occassionally asked to speak on panels and various groundskeeper duties to ensure smooth management during the festival. In 2008, I co-organised an exhibition at the Oxford Jam Factory, curating works for a month-long exhibition by cartoonists of varying styles.

• Retailer/Promoter

  London Underground Comics

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)

  Co-founding member of this small but high-profile successful retail business. Promoted through various blogging initiatives, and the 'Seven New Comics In 7 Weeks' campaign - the first weekly British adult comic book in over a decade.

• Sales Assistant

  Staples

  (Public Company; SPLS; Retail industry)

  May 2007 — January 2008 (9 months)

  Heavy manual labour dispatching regular warehouse arrivals, combined with rigorous retail servitude and customer relations. I also was called upon to facilitate staff representation and rights in a number of cases.

• Sales Assistant

  Thresher Group

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

  November 2006 — May 2007 (7 months)

  General retail duties including selling, banking, cleaning, till operations, stock organisation and rotation.

• Panasonic Sales Representative

  Gekko

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2006 — June 2006 (5 months)

  As a casual tactical sales representative I have been speaking to the public in Powerhouse and Currys Stores, demonstrating and selling Panasonic’s range of High Definition televisions.

• Brand Manager

  Campus Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)

  Recruiting on occasion, but mainly data location. Also talking to the public,and promotional activities. Including work for the London University of Science, and Nivea.

• Secretarial Assistant

  Roundabout Centre

  (Individual & Family Services industry)

  November 2005 — April 2006 (6 months)

  The standard Office work including typing, filing copying, answering phones within a daycare nursery. My design and editing skills were also put to work laminating publicity material, and assembling the template on the centre’s booklet for re-design it for its tenth anniversary.

• Befriender

  Bangor and Ards Gateway Club

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  December 2003 — September 2005 (1 year 10 months)

  Working in a social environment with adults with learning difficulties.

• Clerical Assistant

  CCEA

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Package/Freight Delivery industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  Sorting through packs of coursework for relevant forms, collating, photocopying, distribution to and from schools and assessors.

• Support worker/Secretarial Assistant

  Bryson House Volunteer Centre

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  February 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  Working with visually impaired clients to improve their computer literacy in their homes and at public library. Also working as a secretarial assistant in the office, part-time.

• Clerical Assistant

  North Down and Ards Volunteer Bureau

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  February 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  As part of a team in a local public service and resource centre with close links with local council. This involved tasks of Pc management in a pooled computer room and network and office environment jobs such as laminating, photocopying and answering phones.

• Reviewer

  Borderline Magazine

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  November 2001 — May 2002 (7 months)

  Reviewing underground comics for monthly electronic magazine

• Reviewer / Colunmist

  Silver Bullet Comics

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2000 — April 2002 (2 years )

  Reviewer of news-stand graphic novels and comics combined with original research, experimental viewing methods and resource hunting.

• Columnist

  Tripwire Magazine

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2001 — December 2001 (8 months)

  Double page columns focussing on alternative sequential arts for a high profile print magazine.

• Retail Assistant

  Praxis

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 10 months)

  A part time voluntary retail post in consumer assistance, pricing, stacking, accounting, till operation. Over two stores in Belfast and Newtownards.

• Gardener

  New Horizons

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  July 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 9 months)

  Working part-time as a voluntary gardener as part of a training team. Maintenance of machinery, cleaning. etc

• Care Assistant

  Croft Community

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  January 1996 — April 1996 (4 months)

  Care for the elderly and mentally and physically disabled.
  (feeding, personal hygiene, socialising))
  House duties (food preparation, washing, ironing, housework)

• Sales Assistant

  ConocoPhillips

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; COP; Oil & Energy industry)

  August 1991 — April 1995 (3 years 9 months)

  Night and Day work in retail as a senior staff member. Taking stock, forecourt and chemical management)

• Apprentice

  County Down Spectator

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  October 1991 — October 1991 (1 month)

  Writing short news of local interest, and editing copy and press release. Served under the editorship of Colin Bateman.

Andrew Luke’s Education

• Oxford Brookes University

  Bachelor of Arts - 2:1 Honours , Major in Combined Studies (Media and Society) and Minor in Education , 2005 — 2009

  The Combined Studies program is qualified and approved by a board on a per-student basis relating to a series of aims. My program was made up from a balance of modules across International Relations, Politics, Sociology, History of Art, Film Studies, Communcations, Media and Culture. The aims of this were:
  
  1. To delineate the semiotics and sociology of the mass market media.
  2. To examine the changing power and role of media communication between the individual and global society.
  3. To develop the knowledge and skills to underpin a career in media science.
  
  This was complemented by a Minor in Education which made up 25% of the programme and a single module in Japanese Visual Arts.
  
  My education at Brookes was also expanded by my work for Student Support Services. This included taking lecture notes in 200 lectures often across the fields of Biology, Business, Literature, History and Law at both Oxford Brookes and Ruskin College.

  Activities and Societies:

  News Editor of the Oxford Brookes Students Union Newspaper (2006-2007)
  
  Founder of Oxbro.com. a weblogging community designed to help students find their way around Brookes, and create change among ability policy at university (February 2009 onwards)
  
  Founder of Oxford Brookes Freecycle Group on Facebook (April 2008)

• North Down and Ards College of Further and Higher Education

  Pass with High Commendation , Humanities , 1991 — 2003

  RSA Typing Stage 1 Pass (1991)
  
  A-Level History Grade D (1990-1992)
  
  GCSE Sociology Grade B (1993)
  
  GCSE Psychology Grade C BANGOR (1993)
  
  City and Guilds Desktop Publishing Pass (1994)
  
  Certificate in Foundation Studies (Queens University approved)
  In History, Sociology, American and English Literature.
  Pass with High Commendation (2001-2003)

• Knockbreda High School

  GCSE , English, Mathematics, English Literature and History , 1985 — 1990

Additional Information

Andrew Luke’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Andrew Luke’s Groups:

Bugpowder, Caption, London Underground Comics, People and Planet, Amnesty International

•    Comic Book Industry
•    Friends of Lulu
•    Oxford Brookes Alumni
•    Illustrati
•    Comic Book Business for Creators and Creations
•    Doodlers

Andrew Luke’s Contact Settings

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