Lead Creative Designer at Conde Nast
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Lead Designer at Conde Nast
- Past
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- Freelance Senior Designer at Grand Union
- Lead Visual Designer (Product) at eBay
- Senior Creative Designer (Marketing) at eBay
- Senior Designer at Robbie Williams
- Design Manager at Music Choice
- Senior Designer at Websonic Design Partnership
- Senior Designer at GCap Media
- Independent Traveling at Backpacking
- Midweight Designer at GCap Media
- Junior Designer at Conde Nast
- Education
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- Newcastle College of Art & Design
- Northbrook College of Art & Design
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James Tenniswood’s Summary
James Tenniswood’s Specialties:
Creative problem solving, visual design, interaction design, managing agencies, managing design teams, developing talent, creative feedback & critiques, managing business goals through creative product design.
James Tenniswood’s Experience
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Lead Designer
Conde Nast
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
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Freelance Senior Designer
Grand Union
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
Freelance support for visual design and brand development of Best Buy for launch in the UK
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Lead Visual Designer (Product)
eBay
(Public Company; ebay; Internet industry)
June 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Managed local design teams and external agencies in developing product solutions for eBay. Lead creative on projects including eBay Partner Network (affiliates & advertising services), eBay for Charity and in developing targeted automated merchandising.
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Senior Creative Designer (Marketing)
eBay
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ebay; Internet industry)
November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)
Designed & developed integrated marketing campaigns for eBay UK, from concept to production. Primary work includes Fairtrade on eBay and Firefox eBay Companion.
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Senior Designer
Robbie Williams
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
November 2006 — November 2006 (1 month)
Creation of a premium video hosting site within the Robbie Williams exclusive inner sanctum site, delivering the music videos of the latest album exclusively to subscribers.
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Design Manager
Music Choice
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2003 — October 2006 (3 years 6 months)
Developed the Music Choice brand and client services across digital television, mobile and broadband platforms worldwide. Led concepts for new customers and platforms, create and manage brand guides, marketing and advertising material. Develop campaign materials (print, online and broadcast) to support PR and marketing.
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Senior Designer
Websonic Design Partnership
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
February 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Developing corporate brand identities for both online and offline media. Brand and marketing development, client side consultation for third parties. Planning, production and deployment of projects.
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Senior Designer
GCap Media
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
July 2002 — November 2002 (5 months)
Led the development of the brand identity for Choice Fm radio station. Planning and developing visual styles, site functionality and content and brand guidelines.
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Independent Traveling
Backpacking
(Airlines/Aviation industry)
April 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 3 months)
Traveling through America, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China. Setting up independent travel arrangements in countries where English doesn’t get you very far!
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Midweight Designer
GCap Media
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
December 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 5 months)
Supporting the redeveloping of Capital Radio, Capital Gold and Xfm brands. Led the design and development of bespoke sites for Capital promotions, clients included Nike, Kellogg’s and Disney
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Junior Designer
Conde Nast
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
August 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 4 months)
Design of location graphics for Conde Nast Traveller magazine. Coordinating with the art director, sub editors and production staff throughout the magazine production.
James Tenniswood’s Education
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Newcastle College of Art & Design
HND News Design & Information Graphics 1996 — 1998
A course designed to develop layout, art direction and production skills, advanced application training, high percentage of graduates currently work on national newspaper production.
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Northbrook College of Art & Design
ND Media Studies 1994 — 1996
General media course specialising in typography and editorial layout.
