Senior Freelance Designer at Freelance Designer (MonkeeMedia) Sky / BSKYB
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Senior Freelance Designer at Freelance Designer (MonkeeMedia) Sky / BSKYB
- Creative Art Director at Monkee Media LTD
- Freelance Photographer at Freelance
- Creative Lead Designer at Freelancer
- Past
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- Freelancer Designer (MonkeeMedia LTD) at Critical Mass
- Freelance Photographer at tilllate AG
- Creative Multimedia Designer at the OTHER media
- Web Designer at Amazon.co.uk
- Education
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- Kingston University
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Ari Pallaris’s Summary
Developing aspirational designs that inspire others to experiment with new techniques.
Ensuring my creative expression can be vocalised through design and photography
Clients: Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Lacoste, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Paul Smith, Luminar, ECB, Surrey Cricket, Myla, ZSL, Christina Aguilera, P&G
I have recently become a published photographer in DCMag.co.uk.
Ari Pallaris’s Specialties:
creative, influential, usability design, site & information architecture, cognitive walkthrough, hierarchy structures, instant grasping of company brands, understanding of brand development, development of user personas
Applications: Adobe Photoshop CS3, ImageReady, Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Lightroom, Alias Maya, Macromedia Flash & Basic Actionscript
Coding practices:
CSS, HTML & XHTML, PHP, Basic Actionscripting, MySQL
Ari Pallaris’s Experience
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Senior Freelance Designer
Freelance Designer (MonkeeMedia) Sky / BSKYB
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Creative Art Director
Monkee Media LTD
(Design industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
art direction, design consultation
usability and information architecture
brand development -
Freelance Photographer
Freelance
(Photography industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Freelancer photographer specialising in portraiture, commercial, stock photography, journalism, travel.
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Creative Lead Designer
Freelancer
(Design industry)
August 2004 — Present (5 years)
Freelance graphic and website designer. Worked on a variety of flash promotions, database driving websites utilising PHP, MySQL and CSS.
A variety of illustrative projects utilising different design, artistic concepts.
Applications used: Adobe Photoshop, Ilustrator, DreamWeaver, PHP, MySQL, Macromedia Flash, ImageReady, Alias Maya, Adobe Lightroom -
Freelancer Designer (MonkeeMedia LTD)
Critical Mass
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)
Creating brand rich web experiences
Providing technical, information architecture and usability advice
Supporting the creative team in daily challenges
Working with creative directors: Ed Carveth & Ian Kerrigan
Brands: Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Lacoste, Christina Aguilera -
Freelance Photographer
tilllate AG
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)
Freelance Photographer documenting events, gigs and nightclubs
Expressing personal artistic styles through the meduim of photography
Communicating and interacting with a wide range of individuals
Upholding and publising the brand image
Digital enhancement using Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
Photographer at events - OnAnon - Mystic Disco, Piccadilly Circus -
Creative Multimedia Designer
the OTHER media
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years)
Multimedia Graphic and Web Designer
- Designing client websites based upon client brands
- Implementing usability practices to existing and new sites
- Promoting the design aspect of the company
- Providing proffessional design input and critique
- Liasing with clients
- Developing new design concepts and interactive media
- Proffesional photographic services
- Providing creative inspiration
- Developing winning creative pitch solutions
- Developing new inhouse tools for inhouse and client benefits
- Generally overseeing/managing the design department
Clients I've worked with: BAFTA, ZSL, Paul Smith, Action For Blind People, Novas Scarman, Scalextric, Myla, St Dunstans, Surrey Cricket, ECB, Hornby, BAFTA ScreenDreams, Luminar, -
Web Designer
Amazon.co.uk
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Design industry)
September 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Creating graphics for online and offline promotions for UK, French and German locales
Developing graphics for in-house and co-op sponsored campaigns
Participating in regular international design meetings to discuss projects affecting the company on a global scale
Liaising with project and department managers to ascertain user requirements and market strategies
Providing design and usability expertise whenever required
Gained valuable experience in Photoshop CS, Dreamweaver, ImageReady and Macromedia Flash
Worked in an environment with demanding deadlines and goals whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism
Developed a variety of prototype solutions and site functionality to improve both the site and in-house tools
Involved in scoping the competitive market to assess the strengths and weakness of existing solutions and or ideas
Gained valuable insight into the business process, tools and methodologies deployed within multinational companies
Ari Pallaris’s Education
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Kingston University
Bsc Hons in Multimedia Information Systems , Multimedia Information Systems , 2002 — 2006
Development of design principles, menu heirachy structures, information overviews, information work flows, user personas, advanced usability design, multimedia broadband networks, Prince2 project management
- Activities and Societies:
- Multimedia
Additional Information
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Ari Pallaris’s Honors:
2.1 BSc Hons in Multimedia Informations Systems at Kingston University (Graduated 2006)
Published photographer
Ari Pallaris’s Contact Settings
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