About me

I’m a Designer/Illustrator with a passion for bright colours and things that are a little odd. I previously spent a number of years working as a creative in advertising, a freelance illustrator and in between that as an assistant manager at WHSmiths. No joke. I have just graduated from the graphic design course at Shillington college where I merged all these skills into one discipline. I wish I had done this sooner, as I have never felt more passionate about anything before in my life.

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Projects

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  BrandingBrief: Create an identity for a startup shaving company. Demographic: People with a sensibility for interesting quirky things. Idea: Chin. Meet Arthur Blake, the man with a large chin, who creates the best quality, yet affordable razors on the market.
• Mobile Network IdentityMOBILE NETWORK BRIEF: Create an identity for a Sim only mobile phone network to rival modern network providers like Giff Gaff. DEMOGRAPHIC: Social media crazy teens and twenty somethings. IDEA: Cog. A Bold black, red and white universe where everything is connected like a machine and works like clockwork.
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  Venue IdentityBRIEF: Create an identity for a venue centre in Guangzhou China, that mirrors the ethos of the city and the organic design style of Heatherwick Architects. DEMOGRAPHIC: From twenty somethings to businessmen. IDEA: An ever evolving identity for an ever evolving city.
• Book Cover DesignBRIEF: Design a series of book covers for ‘Ham On Rye’ and ‘Post Office’ by Charles Bukowski using hand made elements for the main image. DEMOGRAPHIC: Book lovers. IDEA: Bukowski had a hard life. Society tried to beat him down but he did not let them. He was unbreakable. So, to show this, I decided to carve my images out of stone, well a breezeblock. Yes one of those grey bricks you find on most reputable building sites.
• Packaging ProjectBRIEF: Create a piece of packaging for a rolling pin. DEMOGRAPHIC: Essex Boy. IDEA: Essex boys love fashion, so I decided to create a line of designer kitchenware. Simples!
• Annual ReportBRIEF: Design an annual report for amusement park Luna land that encapsulates their drive to innovate in the thrill department. DEMOGRAPHIC: From CEO’s to paying customers. IDEA: Scream sound bars.

Work history

Illustrator
Jul 2013London, United KingdomFreelance
Have worked for a number of editorial clients including Lucky Peach Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Debrief, Portland Mercury and Asos. My illustration work has also been featured on It's Nice That twice, I have had my work exhibited at the Secret 7" exhibition and have also exhibited at Kessels Kramer.
Creative Writer
Oct 2011 - Jul 2013London, United KingdomFull Time
Created various advertising campaigns for brands such as: BMW, Barclays, Coke, Go Compare, Vision Express, Vodafone, plus many more.

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Skills

• Digital/ Print
• 5. Illustration
• Graphic Deaign
• UX
• UI
• Abobe Illustrator
• 11. Photoshop
• 10. Indesign
• Sketch
• Invision

Education

(hons) Graphic DesignShillington
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Hons: Creative: Advertising
Sep 2010 - Jul 2011Watford, United Kingdom