Andrew Burgess

Current

• Graphic Designer at Gerald Eve
• Creative Manger and Owner at SableIndustries Design, Media and Music

Past

• Consultant Web and 3D Designer at Viva Design
• Consultant Web, 3D and Flash designer at Topology Software Design
• Graphical interface and web site designer at Axcess Media

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Education

• University of Teesside
• Charterhouse

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• SableIndustries

Andrew Burgess’s Summary

Web and print designer with extended experience in producing creatively advanced websites, as well as five years of print design work, and with a degree in Computer Visualisation and Animation from one of the first universities to offer such a discipline.

Having worked with for a variety of clients in various situations, I seek to build on my wide experience of design skills to progress my career, and have more opportunity to contribute fresh, interesting ideas, preferably within a strong design agency.

Andrew Burgess’s Specialties:

Web (strong background in HTML, CSS, Flash, Actionscript and Dreamweaver)

Print (Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)

Animation and Video (experience covering 3D Studio MAX, Character Studio, Premiere, SoftImage, traditional stop frame and other animation techniques)

Andrew Burgess’s Experience

• Graphic Designer

  Gerald Eve

  (Partnership; Real Estate industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Current employment position, having established myself over a period of five years to become the second in command in my department, overseeing both the print and digital work from both external and internal clients.
  
  Duties, responsibilities and innovations include:
  
  • creating and producing printed marketing materials (brochures, flyers, property particulars) for the company and clients (including Rolls Royce, 30 St Mary Axe, InBev, The Queens Club, Peugeot, Standard Life, Ford, Tarmac and Aspinalls) for marketing property and premises;
  
  • working on the creation and production of technical, architectural, 3D and CAD drawings for use within building projects and for future building project visualization;
  
  • introducing to the firm the use of electronic media, such as websites, microsites, Flash based animated presentations, HTML emails and Flash front-end CD information packs to enhance the distribution of information for selling property, integrating material such as PDF reports and CAD plans to keep interested parties informed;
  
  • given the task of managing the digital promotions side of the firm, maintaining and developing the company website, intranet and online marketing.

• Creative Manger and Owner

  SableIndustries Design, Media and Music

  (Design industry)

  June 1999 — Present (10 years 6 months)

  SableIndustries is my own company, producing web presences, printed marketing materials, 3D animations and realisations, and user interface solutions. I have run this company since leaving school, and have produced work for a variety of clients, from private individuals to international corporations including One2One, Flag Telecom, Virgin Holidays, McKinsey Mortreuil Clarke, Watermark and Communicating IT.

• Consultant Web and 3D Designer

  Viva Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

  Working as a consultant for Viva Design through my own company, SableIndustries, I spent three months advising and producing design work for the Henley based company, as well as their clients, who included Flag Telecom, Formic and others

• Consultant Web, 3D and Flash designer

  Topology Software Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

• Graphical interface and web site designer

  Axcess Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Responsible for designing and producing front end interfaces for web sites and applications, using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, XML and basic MySQL within a team of six people.

Andrew Burgess’s Education

• University of Teesside

  BA , Computer Visualisation and Animation , 1999 — 2003

  DJ at Student Union and local clubs, ran my own design contracting company whilst at university.

  Activities and Societies:

  University Rock Society Chairman

• Charterhouse

  Secondary education , A Level English, Art and Design Technology , 1993 — 1998

Additional Information

Andrew Burgess’s Websites:

• SableIndustries

Andrew Burgess’s Interests:

design, art, animation, creating fast loading and beautiful web pages; music, DJing, playing the guitar, going to concerts, clubs and pubs; food, restaurants and cooking; reading and films.

Andrew Burgess’s Groups:

•    Teesside University Alumni
•    Old Carthusians

Andrew Burgess’s Contact Settings

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