james atkins

Current

• Owner at james atkins design limited

Past

• Design Consultant at New Media Factory
• Design Consultant at LIFFE
• Freelance Designer at Various London Agencies

• Designer at Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte
• Designer at Deloitte Haskins & Sells

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Education

• Camberwell School of Art
• Nene College
• Northampton School for Boys

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

james atkins’s Summary

Designer with nearly 20 years experience working with London Agencies, direct clients including large corporates (inc. financial, IT, pharma, property), SMEs, new brands and startups.

A designer that likes to get his hands dirty with the technical and practical rather than sitting in the ivory towers knocking serifs off typefaces.

New Media experience at one of the UK's first webdesign agencies (1996).

james atkins’s Specialties:

graphic design, information design, brand development, UI development, online branding, icon design, usability, standards based web design, site templating, CSS development, information architecture, web design, design for print, logotype development, corporate identity development, corporate identity implementation, signage systems, typography, advertising design, brand design and strategy, packaging, identity and naming research.

james atkins’s Experience

• Owner

  james atkins design limited

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Design industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years)

• Design Consultant

  New Media Factory

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

  1995 — 1997 (2 years)

  Design Consultant, interface design and information design for web-based comms for BP, BT, FT, FT Law & Tax, Elsevier, Honda and others

• Design Consultant

  LIFFE

  (Public Company; Financial Services industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

  Design Consultant and Brand Identity Development at LIFFE and London Commodity Exchange

• Freelance Designer

  Various London Agencies

  (Design industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years)

  Siegel & Gale (London), Lloyd Northover, Saatchi&Saatchi, Sampson Tyrell, David Davies Associates, Smithfield Design + others

• Designer

  Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1989 — 1992 (3 years)

• Designer

  Deloitte Haskins & Sells

  (Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

  1989 — 1992 (3 years)

james atkins’s Education

• Camberwell School of Art

  BA Hons , Fine Art (Painting) , 1985 — 1988

• Nene College

  Foundation , 1984 — 1985

• Northampton School for Boys

  1979 — 1984

Additional Information

james atkins’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

james atkins’s Interests:

Fine art, design, skiing, cycling, driving, cooking&eating, dog walks, squash, rugby

james atkins’s Groups:

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james atkins’s Contact Settings

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