I'm the art editor of music magazine Uncut and its regular special editions – commissioning photographers, researching archive images and designing the magazine's monthly free CDs. I've worked on one-off digital editions of Uncut's Ultimate Music Guides and Marie Claire's fashion spin-off Runway. I also take illustration commissions and have designed record sleeves, posters and other material for Sonic Cathedral, Third Man Records, UMG and V Festival. I worked for four and a half years as initially designer then art editor of music weekly NME. I've been a designer for over 20 years, mainly on magazines, working on a wide range of titles including teen-mag J17, fashion bible The Face, film title Hotdog and men's monthlies Jack and Later. In my spare time, I screenprint at Sonsoles Print Studio in Peckham, South London.
Work history
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Art directorSonic Cathedral
London, United KingdomFreelance
Designing and art direction of sleeves, posters, t-shirts and other promotional material
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Art EditorUncut Magazine
London, United KingdomFull Time
Overseeing the design and picture departments – which means
I’m responsible for laying out the magazine, designing our covers, retouching hi-res images for print, researching pictures, liaising
with photographers and photo libraries, and designing Uncut’s
monthly cover-mounted CDs. Additionally, I have a similar role
working on Uncut’s monthly special issues and one-shot titles.
My job is fast-paced and requires me to work creatively
and accurately, to a deadline and within budget.
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Skills
- Magazine Design
- Art Directing
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Music Design
- Artworking
- Retouching
- Adobe Illustrator
- Editoral Design
- Photoshoots
Education
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BA (Hons) Visual Communication (Graphic Design)Middlesex University
- London, United Kingdom