Richardson, Sammi

Current

• Freelance Designer at Various

Past

• Designer at UKTV
• Designer at Pomegranate
• Designer at Freestyle Publications

• Designer at DV8 Publications

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Education

• Arts Institute at Bournemouth

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Website

Richardson, Sammi’s Summary

I am proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Quark and InDesign, as well as the standard office tools. I have experience in Fireworks, writing Flash Actionscript, XHTML code and CSS.

Richardson, Sammi’s Experience

• Freelance Designer

  Various

  (Graphic Design industry)

  February 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Undertaking Freelance projects to allow me to travel to
  Canada for 3 months. Primarily working with a
  Canadian company called Whistler Web Design, working
  on bespoke sites for clients such as Whistler Pocket
  Chocolate, or solving simple design problems for
  Whistler Web Designs existing sites. I also continue to
  have contact with clients whom I have designed and
  built websites for their businesses and still give advice
  on any creative or technical issues that arise.

• Designer

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 10 months)

  Employed as a web designer for UKTV, an independent commercial joint venture, between Virgin Media and BBC Worldwide and one of the most successful multi-channel providers in the UK. My role as a web designer involved controlling the ongoing refinement of production process and procedure and advising producers of creative alternatives as well as undertaking projects, both large and small from concept to completion. The projects ranged from program-support micro-sites within the existing CSS to a total site re-design.

• Designer

  Pomegranate

  (Design industry)

  March 2007 — April 2007 (2 months)

  Employed as a designer for Pomegranate, a design agency in central London, which produces both print and web. I undertook designs from concept to completion for both print and web, creating innovative and exciting solutions, including DM pieces, promotional material and designing corporate identities. I was also designing websites for new customers and updating existing customers websites using CMS.

• Designer

  Freestyle Publications

  (Publishing industry)

  March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year)

  Employed as a designer by Freestyle publications, I was the sole editorial designer for the titles Surrey Monocle, Scuba World, Tropical Fish and Paddles the last publication undergoing a complete re-design. I regularly contributed to the layout design on other titles, such as Boys Toys and Snowboard UK in order to ensure they met the deadline. I also designed promotional material for both print and screen.

• Designer

  DV8 Publications

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)

  Employed as a designer by DV8 publications, which produces lifestyle magazines and guides to various locations within the U.K. My duties were to deliver completed artwork on time with the approval of clients, as well as being responsible for the design and layout of double-page feature articles.

Richardson, Sammi’s Education

• Arts Institute at Bournemouth

  2001 — 2004

Additional Information

Richardson, Sammi’s Websites:

• My Website

Richardson, Sammi’s Groups:

•    The Swedish Henley Alumni Association (SHAA)
•    Bristol Media
•    UKTV

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