Mike Afford

Current

• Company Director at Mike Afford Media Ltd

Past

• Senior Graphic Designer at BBC News

Education

• Middlesex University
• Kingston University

Connections

17 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• Graphic Design
• TV Graphics
• Web Design

Mike Afford’s Summary

Former Senior Designer for the BBC in London, recently relocated to Ireland. Over 20 years experience in TV, mostly within BBC News at Television Centre. Many industry awards for Graphic Design.

Mike Afford’s Specialties:

Motion graphics design - animated information content.Title sequences. Design for real-time or data-driven graphics systems (weather, elections).

Web design - HTML & CSS (hand-coding and Dreamweaver), Flash

After Effects, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Cinema 4D, various Quantel systems. Design for VizRT, tOG, Brainstorm, Weatherscape XT

Music - title sequences, e.g. Fast Track (BBC travel show), Reporters (BBC), India Business Report (BBC).

Mike Afford’s Experience

• Company Director

  Mike Afford Media Ltd

  (Graphic Design industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

  Digital media company providing broadcast graphic design and music for TV and web.

• Senior Graphic Designer

  BBC News

  (Non-Profit; Broadcast Media industry)

  1986 — 2007 (21 years)

  Creative leadership, brand management, strategic planning. Design for real-time graphics systems, Election specials, Weather, news events. Working with senior editorial and production figures. Managing staff - placement, coordination, appraisal, mentoring, recruitment. Hands-on design, leading by example. Managing budgets. Representing the organisation internally and externally.
  
  Programmes: BBC News, BBC Weather, BBC Arabic, Newsnight, Election 97, Vote 2001, Broken News, Eurovision Song Contest, Celebdaq, US Elections and many others.
  
  Graphic Design Awards: BAFTA, Royal Television Society, Broadcast Designers Association

Mike Afford’s Education

• Middlesex University

  BA (Hons) , Graphic Design , 1983 — 1986

• Kingston University

  Foundation Course , Art & Design , 1982 — 1983

Additional Information

Mike Afford’s Websites:

• Graphic Design
• TV Graphics
• Web Design

Mike Afford’s Interests:

Graphic Design, Web Design, Music

Mike Afford’s Groups:

•    Leitrim Business Network

Mike Afford’s Honors:

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) :
Best Graphic Design - Election 97 (BBC)

Royal Television Society (RTS) :
Judges' Award - Vote 2001 (BBC)
Graphic Design (nomination) - Vote 2001 (BBC)
Graphic Design - Election 97 (BBC)
Graphic Design (nomination) - Newsnight (BBC)
Graphic Design (nomination) - Europe Decides (BBC)

BDA (Broadcast Designers' Association) :
World Gold Finals 2007 - Election Night, 'The Ascent of Tory Man' (2006)
World Gold Finals 2006 - 'Broken News'
World Gold Finals 2006 - BBC Weather (Information Graphics)
BDA International - Vote 2001
BDA International - Election 1997

Mike Afford’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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