Experience
Senior Branding Designer
Working with existing branding as Senior Branding Designer for ongoing projects, designing primarily Business to Business advertising and printed content for this Internet giant. Day to day responsibilities included print branding, advertising campaigns, brand creation and event promotion.
Art direction and Design
Branding and identity and website creation for an emerging Solar panel installation company aimed at an older, richer (and wiser?) demographic. As an environmental company it seemed appropriate that all brochures, quotations, contracts and forms be paperless, and hence applications and interactive Eforms are being developed and designed by me to work with the ipad..ensuring that Eco Warriors live up to their name.
Art direction and Design
Senior designer with this international brokerage firm based in Savile Row. Day to day responsibilities included print & online branding, advertising campaigns, brand creation, website design and event promotion.
Art direction and Design
Creating debate on the Creative Review blog and appearing in Design Week Magazine, 'Smile for London' is a new moving image initiative showcasing the best of Londons artistic talent on the London Underground platform screens. This project entailed branding and identity creation for Websites, Idents and social media, aimed at the 'Pixel' generation.
Title Sequence director and Animator
Commissioned to direct and animate Title Sequences and inter-titles for 'Analogue Kingdom' directed by Esther Johnson.
Animator & Model Maker
Commissioned to animate a series of TV commercials for American Express. Production consisted of stop motion photography of animated Origami. I was also principle model maker on set, with the final models spawning a print campaign. Co-animated with Dele Nuga and directed by Pavel Ivanov.
Abel Partnership
Art direction and Design
Lead Designer for this architectural company, projects have included internal graphics, visualizations & exhibition design for various Government bodies.
Senior Branding Designer
Natoora is a luxury food delivery service, with whom I have worked with numerous times. Since 2007 I have been lead designer for much of their print advertising; working with existing branding towards a streamlined identity across different media. Projects have included brochures, packaging, advertising, vehicle graphics etc.
Umai Development
Art direction and Design
This software development & IT consultants initially asked me to design a logo that communicated the brand ethos as well as print and online branding. This subsequently led to me working for Umai on several projects, entailing brand creation, visual design of software interfaces & websites.
Senior Branding Designer
Nomas is a branding and design agency with clients in the financial, retail and commercial sector. By the time I left the agency I was senior designer on several long running projects for major clients. My day to day responsibilities included print & online branding, advertising campaigns, brand creation, exhibition design, creatives for TV, website design visuals and event promotion. During this time I learnt to work within strict branding guidelines creatively, juggle multiple projects & work to tight deadlines.
Strange Torpedo Records
Art direction and Design
Having been asked to create an identity for this boutique record label, I was then commissioned to design the logos and identity for two bands under their care. This included designing multiple record sleeves, motion graphics, and printed promotional material.
Title Sequence director and Animator
Commissioned to direct and animate Title Sequences and inter-titles for two films; directed by Esther Johnson. ‘Celestial’ was commissioned by The Bigger Picture as a public realm work for the BBC Big Screen Network. ‘Yalda’ was part of ‘The City Speaks’; a collaborative project commissioned by Film London and BBC Radio Drama. Screened in 2008 at the BFI Imax Theatre. Production consisted of stop motion animation and After effects.
Education
Degree: BA (Honours) Graphic Design: Design for Illustration and Moving Image (2:1)
Diploma: Foundation Studies in Art and Design (Merit)
