graphic designer

I have a degree in design
I have worked for the BBC, assistant art director,
Graphic designer for a news paper
Head of graphics for a fashion company
Currently a Graphic design for a publishing company

Based in:

United Kingdom

Work experience

7 years in employment in full time jobs

Previous jobs

2002 - 2003	eternity clothing
Eternity Clothing, where I was producing corporate logos for a variety of stores, and designing page layouts, as well as designing work sheets for clients worldwide. Producing client presentation booklets for presentation to board members. Redeveloping labels for Texel, and Avenue etc. Frequently attending meetings to discuss development and production. Packages used : Illustrator, Photoshop, and Corel draw.
2002 - 2002
Worked for the Warrington Guardian, where I was designing ads for the newspaper, using Illustrator and Photoshop on Macintosh. Intense training in tabloid advertising development, and typography, and training in the production process. I used programmes such as Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark Express
2001 - 2002	dfes
Receiving and analyzing documents, and transferring data into government computer databases. Dealing with queries relating to payments, produced by other government bodies. I have furthered my knowledge by learning the internal intranet, which is broadcast throughout the DFES government sector, concentrating on layout, and limitation aspects of what can and can?t be published on the FAD (financial accounting division) intranet site.
2001 - 2001	BBC
(one series)BBC (assistant art director) (Two Pints Of Lager) Worked in Runcorn and in London. Work experience based, I learnt about production within television. My main role was to assist with the development of the scenes, and recreation. I was also involved with the creation of the title scenes, and the credits for the programme. This work lasted for one series (nine episodes approx).
1996 - 2001	asda
I worked freelance as a store designer. Using free hand and computer skills, I produced a series of colleague circle information points in the form of constructive images, as well as producing web page designs for the store. Involved with P.O.S, and advertising for the store. Design and build of all seasonal special in store features, e.g. Santa?s grotto, Easter bunnies warren etc.

Education

	B.A

Skills

Skill	Experience	Level	Last used
Illustrator (Adobe)	5 years professional	4 of 5	2007
CorelDraw	5 years professional	4 of 5	2007
Windows 95/98/ME/XP (Microsoft)		1 of 5	2007
Windows 2000 / XP Pro (Microsoft)		1 of 5	2007
QuarkXpress		1 of 5	2007
Premiere (Adobe)		1 of 5	2007
Photoshop (Adobe)		1 of 5	2007
ImageReady (Adobe)		1 of 5	2007
Excel (Microsoft)		1 of 5	2007

1 = Lowest level, 5 = Highest level

Language Skills

Language	Oral	Written
English	5 of 5	5 of 5
French	2 of 5	2 of 5

Job Type wishes

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Full time

Job Category wishes

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Usability

Job Location wishes

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Europe
- United Kingdom
  - North East
    - Yorkshire & Humberside
  - North West
    - Greater Manchester
    - Merseyside