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Personal Statement

Enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated. Very able to work to tight deadlines with enthusiasm. Always willing to learn new things. Appreciates constructive criticism.
I have a good sense of humour. I work well in a team or individually. I'm always ready to hear and accept others ideas.
Only satisfied unless a project has been done well, professionally. I strive to come up with innovative and functional solutions.

Summary of skills

Design for print, web design/building (following w3c guidelines), and programming in html, css, php, basic asp and JavaScript. Good communication with others

Websites

Work Experience

Perspective Publishing. 2006 – present
Two and a half years in design, production and web.
This job has involved designing magazines, brochures, logos (including the CSI International logo) and producing websites
This has provided the experiences such as:

  • Designing magazine pages
  • Designing and maintaining websites
  • Creating banners and other online marketing
  • Designing business cards, brochures and invites
  • Re-designed CSI - Cable and Satellite International logo and website
  • Learning PHP and MySQL
  • Checking supplied artwork of adverts for magazines
  • Email marketing – creating and sending Newsletters
    and eblasts


Burnbank. 2000 – 2006.
Six years as Graphic Designer. Four as the senior designer.

This has provided the experiences such as:

  • Design for print - Magazine layouts, adverts, mouse mats, Christmas cards, business cards and letter heads.
  • Web design - small to large e-commerce web sites for small to large companies.
  • Coding - HTML, CSS and ASP.
  • Logo design.
  • Teaching Studio MX 2004 to clients to enable them to edit their web sites.
  • Liaising with clients - Dealing directly with clients, communicating by telephone, getting feedback for projects.
  • Presentations of design solutions.
  • Project management - Writing quotes, planning and managing projects.
  • Search optimization – working and maintaining websites to achieve high listings

Radius Designs
. 2000.
In Sudbury, Suffolk. Designing web sites.

NetXtra. 2000.
In Melford near Sudbury, Suffolk. Helped input data for their web sites.

Mercury Press.
1998
In Sussex. For two weeks as work experience.
Designed a hospital brochure proposal.

Personal Interests

My interests include drawing, abstract painting, listening to music, gardening and reading science fiction.

Qualifications

Eclasses online courses:

  • Introduction to PHP – Eclasses 2006
  • Introduction to JavaScript – Eclasses 2006
  • Introduction to Designing Accessible Websites - Eclasses 2006

Suffolk College (1998 - 2000):

  • BA (Hons) Degree. 2000
  • BTEC HND in Graphic Design Communication. 1998

West Suffolk College (1992 - 1996):

  • BTEC National Diploma. 1996
  • BTEC First Diploma. 1993

Computer Experience

  • PCs: 10 years
  • Mac: 4 years
  • XP, Vista, Windows 2000

Programs:

  • QuarkXpress
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe DreamWeaver
  • Adobe Flash
  • Adobe Fireworks
  • Adobe Director
  • Adobe Freehand
  • SQL Server Express 2005
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Coding:

  • (X)HTML
  • CSS
  • Basic ASP
  • Basic PHP
  • Basic MySQL
  • Basic JavaScript

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