Alex Szabo-Haslam

Current

Freelance designer at Szabo-Haslam
Promoter and designer at Sulphate

Past

Designer at Opus Independents
Event Logistics Co-ordinator at Oxfam
Promoter at Headcharge

Designer at Keo Design
Designer at Aisle 25

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Education

International NLP Trainers Association
Sheffield Hallam University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Alex

Connections

66 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

My Website

Alex Szabo-Haslam’s Summary

Alex is a designer living and working in Sheffield. Alongside his design work Alex collaborates with a number of musicians and promoters in Sheffield, organising club events, gigs and festivals.

He has agency experience and varied freelance clients, and is always on the lookout for interesting groups and individuals from all industries for networking and collaborative purposes.

Previous works include brochures for record labels, art direction of magazines, branding music events and constructing websites.

Alex Szabo-Haslam’s Specialties:

• Graphic design
• Creative direction
• Ideas generation
• Design for print
• Web design

Alex Szabo-Haslam’s Experience

Freelance designer

Szabo-Haslam

(Graphic Design industry)

February 2009 — Present (11 months)

Alex Szabo-Haslam is an art director and graphic designer based in Sheffield.

Specialising in publication and print design, he also collaborates with a number of writers, musicians and coders on a variety of projects.
Promoter and designer

Sulphate

(Entertainment industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Sulphate is a showcase of electronic knob-twiddling, good honest techno, bleeps, bangs and twangs.

We have been fortunate to work with artists such as Jerome Hill, DJ Rephlex Records, Altern-8 and Surgeon. Along the way, we've forged links with lots of really inspiring local DJ's, artists, managers and promoters.

Alongside booking artists, my role is to provide art direction and organise promotion of each event.
Designer

Opus Independents

(Graphic Design industry)

May 2009 — October 2009 (6 months)

Accountable to the art director of Opus Independents, I worked on a freelance basis producing advertising for the local monthly publication, Now Then.
Event Logistics Co-ordinator

Oxfam

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 2009 — August 2009 (2 months)

The Oxjam Music Festival - Sheffield.

Oxjam is Oxfam’s month long music festival with a difference. Every year, hundreds of music events of all shapes and sizes are organised by volunteers across the country.
Promoter

Headcharge

(Entertainment industry)

October 2007 — May 2008 (8 months)

Headcharge was a Sheffield institution and atracted clubbers from all over the UK in its 10 year history.
Designer

Keo Design

(Graphic Design industry)

June 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Working on a variety of design, advertising, publishing and marketing projects for a studio based in Chester.
Designer

Aisle 25

(Graphic Design industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

Assisting on a freelance basis with a web design consultancy. My work with Aisle 25 was to provide support on a range of live website and intranet projects.

Alex Szabo-Haslam’s Education

International NLP Trainers Association

Diploma , Neuro-Linguistic Programming , 2009 — 2009
Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) 2:1 , Graphic Design , 2006 — 2009

1st year
- Placed in top 10 for a competition to re-brand Body Shop.
- Held placement at Aisle 25.

2nd year
- Co-ordinated editing, art direction and distribution of 10,000 copies of a magazine.
- Held placement at Keo Design.

3rd year
- Worked directly with a number of musicians and internationally renowned record labels.