
Creative designer for visual communications solutions
Oxford, United Kingdom

Creative designer for visual communications solutions
Oxford, United Kingdom
Possessing strong ideas, practical skills and an enthusiastic approach to the design process. I am a motivated, client focused designer with bags of experience, having worked in both small and large design studios.
Background covers concept development and design for print/new media, with a particular emphasis on integrated communications.
Always open to ideas and opportunities. I have worked for, and started up, several new venture projects as a Creative Design Director / Production Manager.
A hands-on, strategic thinker who can manage large-scale projects. I have an excellent attention to detail and can communicate well through my work, and my relationships with others. Concepting, copywriting, art direction, photography, creative direction, staff management, strategic campaign development.
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2003 — Present (6 years 2 months)
Senior Creative at Oxfam's inhouse studio, in Cowley, Oxford.
Main focus of work is campaigning on issues such as Fair Trade and Control Arms, as well as producing a wide range of materials for the Trading (Shops) Division.
(Graphic Design industry)
2002 — Present (7 years)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
1999 — Present (10 years)
thisbluedot.net
(Graphic Design industry)
1999 — 2009 (10 years)
(Graphic Design industry)
1999 — 2009 (10 years)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Hi2 was one of the world's leading developers and providers of online games technology for Internet, wireless and iDTV markets.
My role, as Creative Director, was to devise and produce all of Hi2's marketing materials, as well as all the web interfaces of the many portals they produced.
Hi2 was a mid-size software development company, focussed on converging game technologies. Working on interface, content development and web design for games applications across platforms including Internet, Wireless and iDTV using HTML/Javascript, Direct X, J2ME, WAP, OPENTV and LIBERATE. Also helped to implement the pan-european portal for Redmoon, a Korean MMORPG.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)
April 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 5 months)
Developing the development of Touchpaper's integrated communications service.
(Graphic Design industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
(Graphic Design industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)