Craig Sharp
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Craig Sharp

Graphic DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Craig Sharp

Graphic DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I’m a 28-year old graphic designer with just over six years’ professional experience in creating multidisciplinary formats for print and digital, working on both studio and personal projects. I began working as a graphic designer when I was 15 by creating a music website and record label. I then went on to study Graphic Design at Chelsea, University of the Arts London graduating with a First and have been working as a Graphic Designer ever since. I still write, record and release music with my friends on our independent record label, ‘Vibe/Anti-Vibe’. I have designed and coded responsive websites/ newsletters whilst working at both Hunter and View as well as in my spare time. I can code from scratch, with a knowledge of HTML, CSS, jQuery & WordPress CMS. I have good experience liaising with developers and creating pixel-perfect layout and typography guidelines as well as Keynote documents to show UX animation requests. I have a working experience using software such as Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Sketch and InVision.
Projects
  • Musicroom.com
    Musicroom.comDigital redesign of ecommerce website for Musicroom. Art direction for advertising campaign, with illustrations commissioned from Tim Lahan. Back to School campaign involving video direction, post production of stills, campaign minisite and in-store promotional materials.
  • Spoilers 'Anti Vibe' LP
    Spoilers 'Anti Vibe' LPArtwork concept for 12" LPs with Risograph-printed, hand numbered obi strips.
  • Hunter - AW15
    Hunter - AW15Following the Hunter Original AW15 collection’s inspiration, I researched natural rock structures which inspired a 'digital rock collage' I created. I adapted this collage to be used in the season's lookbook, campaign photoshoots and London Fashion Week live stream advertising, which was displayed on digital billboards across the country at major shopping centres and alongside motorways.
  • Hunter Handbook
    Hunter HandbookDesign of a cloth-bound handbook, detailing internal policies and brand beliefs for all employees of Hunter Boots.
  • Dancehall 7" Record
    Dancehall 7" RecordDesign for the London-based band's debut 7" record on Vibe/Anti-Vibe. Reverseboard sleeve with milkshake pink-colour vinyl record.
  • Town Magazine
    Town MagazineBranding, identity, website and editorial layout design for print and digital editions of quarterly London magazine 'Town'.
Work history
    Graphic Designer
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    As the company’s sole graphic designer I worked day-to-day on redesigning their Musicroom brand’s eCommerce responsive website from scratch, as well as creating their upcoming Christmas campaign, Back to School campaign video and assets for online, in-store and print adverts. Aside for this I created brand guidelines for Musicroom, regular content for their social feeds, created still life photography of products for promotions and comissioned work from illustrators such as Tim Lahan and Andi Concha. I also worked on an upcoming tuition app using Sketch and InVision for designing and prototyping.
    Hunter Boot Ltd logo
    Hunter Boot Ltd logo
    Graphic DesignerHunter Boot Ltd
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    At Hunter my role involved designing the brand’s only non-ecommerce part of their website, the ‘Discover’ area, which features lots of editorial content featuring art, photography, videos and music. This project involved approaching and commissioning the NME and It’s Nice That to provide white-label content. I’ve also prototyped a GeoLocation App for the brand, encouraging their audience to explore nearby locations to unlock exclusive content. I also designed digital hoarding adverts as part of Hunter’s AW15 LFW show which were displayed across the Ocean advert network in England, with sites across London, at West eld in Shepherds Bush, Birmingham’s Bull Ring and on motorways across the country.
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Skills
  • Print Design
  • Branding
  • Digital Design
  • Coding
Education
    Chelsea College of Arts (UAL) logo
    Chelsea College of Arts (UAL) logo
    BA(Hons) Graphic Design CommunicationChelsea College of Arts (UAL)
     - London, United Kingdom
    First Class Honours
    FdA Art and Design
     - Bedford, United Kingdom
Awards
    D&AD logo
    D&AD logo
    Inbook Award: Digital DesignD&AD
    Digital design proposal for a Taschen App.