David Gleason

Current

• Senior Designer at Busara

Past

• Multimedia Designer at Invision Marketing
• Multimedia Contractor at Flash Group
• Junior Designer at Citrus

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Education

• Swinburne University of Technology

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Industry

Design

David Gleason’s Summary

I am a multimedia designer with four years industry experience. I have studied a Bachelor of Multimedia Design at Swinburne University for three years, followed by a year of first class honours. I spent between 2005 - 2007 doing an industry placement, working as a junior designer at Citrus, an interactive marketing agency. Following this I began working freelance full time within a collective of designers in Melbourne. I have extensive skills in web design, interface and interactive design, motion graphics, video, print and photography using a range of software packages and operating platforms. I now live and work in London.

David Gleason’s Specialties:

Web design, flash design and advanced actionscripting, coding and usability, motion graphics, video, print, photography, and an obsession with problem solving.

David Gleason’s Experience

• Senior Designer

  Busara

  (Design industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Multimedia Designer

  Invision Marketing

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

  March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year)

  I spent a year working within a collective of designers in a freelance environment. This has taught me to expand my skills within a ‘do-it yourself’ environment. It has expanded my knowledge of the business side of design, from managing clients, professionalism, reading, writing and planning briefs and delivering consistent results. At first I didn’t know how to write an invoice, but now I feel comfortable communicating as a designer, especially to people who are not from a design background.

• Multimedia Contractor

  Flash Group

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

  October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

  A web design company I have spent time contracting for.

• Junior Designer

  Citrus

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  My industry placement taught me so many skills in design, from software packages to time management skills over my time in the program. I had not previously worked in a studio, and found the experience both intimidating and invigorating. When I returned to study my honours, I felt I had a knowledge base to work with that I previously would not have had, and I met and worked with so many great people while producing outcomes that pushed my personal design boundaries while still giving clients a great deliverable.

David Gleason’s Education

• Swinburne University of Technology

  Bachelor Of Design With First Class Honours , Multimedia Design , 2004 — 2007

Additional Information

David Gleason’s Interests:

Design, art, every genre of music (but mostly folk), books, words, gadgets, sleeping in, solving equations and eighties pop.

David Gleason’s Honors:

Design Institute of Australia Encouragement Award, 2007

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