Jim Ladbury
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Jim Ladbury

Graphic DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Jim Ladbury
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Jim Ladbury

Graphic DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I’m a highly experienced, creative graphic designer working mainly in publishing across both print and digital. I also have experience in corporate communications, exhibition work, advertising and packaging. I work with a variety of clients from larger corporates to SMEs and meet wide ranging creative briefs.
Projects
  • Tate Galleries
    Tate Galleries
  • Ambition magazine
    Ambition magazine
  • The Art Newspaper
    The Art NewspaperRedesigns and special projects. Head of design for The Art Newspaper (an international art newspaper covering news and events.) In this time I have redesigned the ‘Review’ section of the paper and also helped to move on the overall look of the main sections. Any additional supplements and special TAN-branded jobs were designed when necessary in conjunction with the marketing team. This has included the art fair daily paper for The Armory Show 2019 in New York. Also The Year Ahead 2020 which was
  • National Geographic Traveller (UK)
    National Geographic Traveller (UK)I was hired as a Senior Designer (maternity cover) to work on the award-winning National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine. Part of a large team of designers working on a variety of different projects, my main role was to lead the monthly sponsored supplements. Alongside this I assisted the Art Director and Senior Designer with creative design solutions for the magazine, having my own dedicated sections to commission and layout. This would involve future commissioning and chasing up of travel p
  • Charity Finance magazine
    Charity Finance magazine
  • CAT fashion magazine
    CAT fashion magazine
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Work history
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    Head of designThe Art Newspaper
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    I lead the design of The Art Newspaper (an international art newspaper covering news and events.) contribute to the development of the monthly newspaper and am responsible for the design and management of any special projects. In this time I have redesigned the ‘Review’ section of the paper and also helped to move on the overall look of the main sections. Any additional supplements and special TAN-branded jobs are designed when necessary in conjunction with the marketing team. This has included the art fair paper for The Armory Show 2019 in New York, and The Year Ahead 2020 which was redesigned and distributed with the January paper, listing all the main global art events for 2020. Clients I have worked with in this time included Sotheby’s, Venice Biennale, Frieze and Art Basel.
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    Senior designerAPL Media
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Maternity cover for National Geographic Traveller (UK), lead designer on all supplements and co-designer on the magazine. Designed and published weekly HTML newsletters, commissioned travel photographers and illustrators. Created newspaper inserts for the Mail on Sunday and The Guardian. The magazine won a BSME award during this time.
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Skills
  • Print Design
  • Typography
  • Advanced Retouching
  • Publishing
  • Branding
  • Exhibition Design
  • Corporate Communications
  • Digital Publishing
  • Creative Artworking
  • Project Management
Education
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    2:2 BA Hons Fine ArtUniversity of Central Lancashire
     - Preston, United Kingdom
    Fine Art and Art History course. Painting / Video / Printmaking. Degree show was an art installation made from working with the local community. It was put together with video, photography, fashion design, sculpture, printmaking and graphic design. Objects were designed and branded using computers.