Pete Usborne

Current

• Freelance Art Director at Skype
• Freelance digital designer at Pete Usborne

Past

• Senior Designer at Story Worldwide
• Midweight Designer at Large Design
• Designer at Popcorn Design

• Designer at Absolute Design
• Watersports Instructor at Sunsail
• Watersports Instructor at Mark Warner

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Education

• Falmouth College of Arts

Recommended

5 people have recommended Pete

Connections

57 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Pete Usborne’s Summary

Hi, I'm Pete. I'm a freelance digital designer based in Shoreditch, London. I'm also an ex-professional sailor, skier and extreme sports enthusiast.

In my most recent permanent role, I worked as the senior designer at a large digital advertising agency, working with clients such as Agent Provocateur, Duchy Originals and Johnson & Johnson. I've since gone freelance, and enjoy working both in-house and individually on anything challenging and/or creative.

Although primarily a designer, I'm also a competent developer - proficient in standard compliant code, PHP, MySQL and WordPress development. All of which comes in useful once in a while!

If you want to get in touch, best way is to send me an email (I'm rubbish with phones). I'm usually available in London to meet, buy me a pint and I'm all yours!

Pete Usborne’s Specialties:

Web design, iconography, information architecture, usability, compliant front-end development and basic back-end (WordPress, PHP, MySQL), good people, presentation and public speaking skills

Pete Usborne’s Experience

• Freelance Art Director

  Skype

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Website, interaction and interface design for the lovely people at Skype

• Freelance digital designer

  Pete Usborne

  (Graphic Design industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

  I am currently a freelance digital designer based in London, working both in-house and independently on a varied range of projects. Although primarily a web and information-designer, I also enjoy iconography, branding, HTML and WordPress development.... and the occasional beer.

• Senior Designer

  Story Worldwide

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 7 months)

  Lead designer working on all types of digital and offline media. Also working on information architecture, I was client-facing; liaising at all levels, both internally and internationally.

• Midweight Designer

  Large Design

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

  March 2007 — November 2007 (9 months)

• Designer

  Popcorn Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  April 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Middleweight designer role working in a small 'boutique' agency. Worked mainly within print and branding - with a latter emphasis on web and interactive.

• Designer

  Absolute Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  March 2005 — October 2005 (8 months)

  Worked as a junior designer at Absolute Design, a Cornish interior design and branding company.

• Watersports Instructor

  Sunsail

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  March 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  Worked as a watersports instructor, teaching sailing from basic to advanced and racing levels. Lived and worked over various dates in both Greece and Turkey.

• Watersports Instructor

  Mark Warner

  (Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

  Worked as a watersports instructor, teaching sailing from basic to advanced and racing levels. Lived and worked over various dates in both Greece and Turkey.

Pete Usborne’s Education

• Falmouth College of Arts

  BA(Hons) , Graphic Design , 2003 — 2006

Additional Information

Pete Usborne’s Interests:

Sailing, skiing, rugby, extreme sports, professional development, fitness, music and travel

Pete Usborne’s Groups:

United Kingdom Website Design Association (UKWDA) Certified

Pete Usborne’s Honors:

Frequent mentions for Agent Provocateur (www.agentprovocateur.com)
Best Designed Website (ASA Creative Awards, 2008) for Duchy Originals website
Prescription Santé Award (2007) for Johnson & Johnson website

Frequent appearances on WebCreme, WebDesignerWall, CSS Artillery and FaveUp

Pete Usborne’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch