PROFILE Eco-friendly creative all-rounder. Specific knowledge within broadcast multimedia & graphic design. Exceptional team player with superb organizational skills. Background includes 2D promotional materials and animated graphic content. Received “Best Independent Film” in the press for a feature film I wrote/ directed/ edited for my final year graduation project.


EDUCATION - 09/2001 - 07/2004 London Guildhall University - Fine Art BA Hons (2:1)
---------------------------------------Specialized in Oil on Canvas and Digital Animation.
-----------------09/1998 - 07/1999 Filton College Art Foundation (Pass), Computing A-level (C)
-----------------09/1991 - 07/1998 Cotham Grammar School 9 GCSE’s (A - C Grades)



EMPLOYMENT

09/2008 - 10/2008 Claw Films - Freelance Head Production Designer
----------------------Creating initial storyboards with the director, sourcing materials and leading three assistants to
----------------------build four distinctive sets for a SONY 'Rolly' Advert.

02/2008 - 09/2008 Flashback Television - Graphics Animator
----------------------Creating animations for programmes on the History Channel using Photoshop & After Effects.
----------------------Main projects: 50 Things you need to know about British History and Andy McNab’s Tour of Duty.
----------------------I also assisted with title straps on Unexplained presented by Tony Robinson.

08/2007 - 02/2008 Waterstones Bookshop - Fixed term bookseller
----------------------I love books. As an avid reader, I enjoyed spending my days recommending titles to customers.
----------------------This job has allowed me more free time to get my animation/ graphics portfolio together.

01/2007 - 08/2007 Greenpeace HQ - Web editor & IS Assistant
----------------------Assisting with IT hardware in the main office to ensure smooth operations. Moderating every
----------------------page of the website to check all links work, that the images are cleaned and will load correctly.
----------------------I was involved with many active campaigns promoting the awareness of environmental issues.

04/2006 - 01/2007 CSC Media Group Ltd - Freelance Junior Graphics Animator
----------------------Using Adobe Suite (Mostly After Effects) to animate program links on Sky channel 'POP Kids'.
----------------------Main duties included lip syncing voices to a cartoon presenter and creating TV games using
----------------------Flash. I also updated the Scuzz website using existing Mambo templates & created channel idents
----------------------for the Sky Channel FLAUNT.

01/2006 - 04/2006 Channel 4 - Freelance Junior Graphics Operator
----------------------Working within a small team, my role was to use Clarity 7 and upload video clips from films
----------------------and TV shows in preparation for animating graphics for C4, More 4 & E4 program links.

11/2005 - 01/2006 Chaplins Panto (Theatre in Education) - Stage Technician
----------------------Setting up audio/ visual equiptment for every performance, making sure it’s all ready to go.

09/2005 - 10/2005 BBC - Technician
----------------------Camera assistant on a documentary shoot in Lancashire, written & directed by Pip Clothier.

08/2004 - 08/2005 Threshers Wine Shop - Assistant Manager
----------------------Delegating work between staff members, keeping shop tidy, restocking & cashing up the till.
----------------------Sneakiiy using the back office to organise the premiere of 'Astronauts & Babies'. Later on, I'd
----------------------be planning the production of 'Stickmen', then editing it on a G4 laptop when noone was around.

09/2000 - 07/2003 ITV West - Freelance Productions Publicity Art/ Design
----------------------Working with the director of ITV Television workshop to produce promotional materials,
----------------------such as flyers and posters, for various productions. Once the designs were completed, I liased
----------------------with a printing company to ensure the correct tones were used before mass print.



WORK EXPERIENCE -- 03/2007 - 03/2007 Greenwich Royal Planetarium 2D promotional materials assistant
---------------------------06/2006 - 06/2006 Playstation PSP 2D promotional materials assistant
---------------------------07/2003 - 08/2005 Plan B Productions Director / Producer
---------------------------06/2001 - 06/2001 Action Time Ltd 'Catchphrase' auditions assistant
---------------------------01/2001 - 02/2001 Chris Rydlewski Photographers assistant
---------------------------08/2000 - 10/2000 Sugarshack Records CD Sleeve Design
---------------------------06/2000 - 07/2000 VENUE Publishing Graphic Design Department



IT SKILLS PC, MAC, Microsoft Office, Clarity 7, Adobe Suite CS3, Final Cut Pro, GoLive, Mambo & CMSMS.
-------------Specialist Area: After Effects CS3, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator & HTML.


REFEREES Available on request.



HOBBIES
Art is and always will be my first passion. I adore art exhibitions, I’m especially fond of the old masters work at the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.
I was highly commended by the Reverend Robert Grimley in an exhibition I took part in at the Bristol Cathedral for my paintings in 1998.
I was invited to do my first exhibition of my artwork at the Strand Palace Hotel and the Hops bar in Covent Garden (Pictured right), London in 2003.