About me

Experienced, adaptable and hard working designer/art director. Equally happy working to my own initiative, within a team, or leading a team. Examples of my work and CV with references can be viewed at stevefawcettdesign.com SPECIALITIES: Magazine design/page layout, typography, reader/user experience, project and team management KEY SKILLS: • Experienced in magazine design and key contributor to the success of many high profile, market-leading titles. Sales doubled on some during my tenure, while Nuts remains the biggest selling launch of a UK men’s magazine • Accomplished in creating house styles and overseeing the execution of design and redesigns for different markets • Design of over 600 newsstand front covers, both weekly and monthly titles • Capable of understanding reader and brand requirements and delivering creative work to the brief given by a senior publishing team • Strong belief in page accessibility and good user experience/reader engagement through use of clear typography and layout • Excellent at working collaboratively with colleagues at all levels in editorial teams and with outside contributors to produce the best possible results • Experienced in hiring, managing and overseeing the work of other designers • Extensive commissioning of illustrators, photographers and other external visual resources • Well versed in producing cross-platform creative brand work for marketing and promotional purposes • Proficient in using Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and experienced in using Censhare, Elvis, Desk-Net and Woodwing content management systems, Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, Wordpress, Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Emagine, major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr) and prior experience in Quark Express.

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Work history

Art DirectorTime Inc UK
May 2001 - Aug 2017London, United KingdomFull Time
Art Director: TV Times magazine Development & Launch Art Director: Nuts magazine Redesign/launch design work: Loaded, Chat, TV & Satellite Week, Uncut, TV Easy, Pick Me Up, Loaded Summer Special magazines PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Designer & Art Editor: Empire, Mojo magazines (Emap Metro) Managing Art Editor: Emap Digital Music Project (Websites) Redesign/launch design work: Empire, Kerrang, Mixmag & Smash Hits magazines (Emap Metro)

Skills

• Print Design
• Creative Art Direction
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Wordpress
• Designer