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After 15 years experience creating every kind of graphic for every kind of customer, I am proud of the fact that I can cope with nearly any type of design request.
I guess that makes me a 'Jack of all design trades' by doing anything from page layout, logo design, 3D design, product design, signage, events. You name it I can do it, or if I can't I can find someone who can, and then art direct or project manage.
I am currently retraining in a new career as a Forklift Truck Driving Instructor.
I am also available as a Freelance Designer for any project, please email or call 07809833509 with any enquiries you may have.
Address:
Derby, UK
Please contact by telephone or email for more details.
Mobile:
07809 833 509
Email:
talk@bigredj.com
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Date of Birth:
20th March 1972
Marital Status:
Engaged,
with a 10 year old son
Nationality:
British
General Health:
Excellent |
April 2010 -
Self Employed Trainee Forklift Truck Driving Instructor
Central Training - Derby
After a stint of unemployment I have had the opportunity for a tangent in my career. After securing funding to retrain, I am currently training to train people on fork lifts.
February 2008 - October 2009
Lead Designer
Scolmore International Ltd. - Tamworth
A large privately owned manufacturer of electrical fixtures fittings and accessories. Previously outsourcing to design agencies. I approached them to bring a design capability in house, saving time and money.
Duties: Designing everything from catalogues and advertising, to packaging and product displays. Sourcing and working with external suppliers, managing time and budgets to create cost effective POS materials and literature.
July 2007 - February 2008
Production Manager & Lead Designer
Primitive FX - Birmingham
At present Primitive are mainly a production house, with me onboard their production can grow and I can start to setup a design service.
Duties: Its a fluid role that gives me the freedom to create areas of design and production. Designing everything from Club Decor and Shop Displays to Vehicle Wraps, producing any type of graphic and signage.
March 2004 - July 2007
R & D Design Specialist
MIDBASS Distribution, Incorporating VIBE, FLI and Fuel, Birmingham
My work at onetoo was only using my web skills, My employer has another, larger company in the same building, they were looking for a designer, so I moved over to them. They could use more of my skills to their full potential.
A varied position dealing with all areas of design, everything from product creation and development, photography, show car designs and construction. I also run the company website's and tend to their upkeep.
Duties: Product development and design, Show Car design and development. Developing new company website's, event and exhibition stands. Event and promotional photography.
July 2003 - March 2004
Internet Graphic Design Specialist
OneToo Limited, Birmingham
Duties: Developing mobile technology under several brands. Involving the redesign of their existing site along with full development of a new more versatile site. Using Flash to view and preview items from database servers.
May 2001 - March 2003
Internet Graphic Design Specialist
Visual Gold Limited, Telford
Duties: Design of web sites for Visual Gold and its subsidiary companies. These include their main corporate site, Visual Gold, their game development company Extreme FX, but mainly work for their television production company 3D Films.
The 3D Films site is an interactive site with company details and information on 16 different children's television programmes, areas include information on characters, stories and games for children to play.
The Extreme FX site is for their development team, giving information on their latest game Apocalyptica, with onsite games to test your aim before the game was released.
January 2001 - May 2001
Internet Graphic Design Specialist
Creative Labs (UK) Limited, Ruscombe
Duties: Design of web pages for the European site, taking into account database driven information and languages. Set up an in-house digital photographic studio to produce a large range of photographic shots, from boxes and products, to models and lifestyle. Designing pages using new technology, including 3D and flash animations.
October 2000 - December 2000
Animator
Cubicspace Studios, London
Duties: Developers using Autodesk products, due to a confidentiality agreement this description is purposefully brief. Basically producing large-scale 3D environments.
Packages/equipment used include: High-end workstations and render drives, 3D Studio Max 3.1 and 4, Lightscape. Plus various paint and drawing packages.
May 2000 - October 2000
Senior Designer
Genesis Interactive, near Ludlow, Shropshire
Duties: Design of websites, literature and corporate ID.
Produce brochures, website graphics and speculative designs for projects.
June 1999 - May 2000
Senior Designer/Design Office Manager - 3D Visualization.
OPEX Exhibition Services, NEC, Birmingham.
Duties: Design of exhibition stands for the NEC, Earls Court & Olympia.
Using 3D Studio Max 3.1 to design stands and animate walkthroughs to help customers visualize my designs. Projects included a full 3D walkthrough of the NEC site, utilizing the latest digital photographic technology.
August 1996 -June 1999
Graphic Designer.
Scintilla, Birmingham.
Duties: 3D design and animation, web site design and creation, photographic direction and editing, multimedia presentations, exhibitions. At Waterloo Press I gained a reputation in three main areas; Photo editing and document design, CorelDRAW techniques and support, logo design and 3D.
During my first three months I took the additional roll of design office manager including hardware, software purchasing and support for the company. Due to the large amount of packages available, I focused on suites of software, these include Corel, Adobe and Kinetix. My efforts concentrated on highly visual imagery, created in multiple packages, for clients such as Birmingham Marketing Partnership, CentreSoft, Sony Interactive, Eidos, Ernst & Young and BAe Military Aircraft & Aerostructures.
April 1992 - August 1996
Graphic Designer.
The Waterloo Press (formerly ImageMakers) and Solith Printing, Birmingham.
Duties: Layout and design of all types of printed documentation for laser and litho colour production. Major clients included Birmingham City Council, National Express, W. H. Smith Do-It-All, Birmingham Health Authority, Fujitsu European Telecommunications and Remtox Chemicals. After a year at Solith Printing I moved to control the design and on-demand print from Waterloo Press. Involving liaison with many other print and design companies in Birmingham and around the country. After the move to Waterloo Press apart from Design, Photographic direction and major photographic editing, I took the roll of evaluating and purchasing all equipment and software for ourselves and clients. This included the installation of a full server based multi-platform network throughout the company and the training of all staff using it, with telephone support for most well known software packages and the general upkeep of computer hardware and software.
January 1989 - May 1991
Stores person.
Sealine International, Kidderminster.
Duties: General stores duties, including stock control.
October 1988 - January 1989
Stores person.
Wyvern Furniture, Hartlebury.
Duties: General stores duty.
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