I'm a Senior Creative Artworker with over 30 years experience. During my career I've worked for many advertising agencies and production houses. I produce artwork varying from stationery up to national press ads and posters. The majority of my work is developing and producing above the line materials but I also have experience of below the line. I've worked on many brands and award winning campaigns over the years.

Managing the Craft Worldwide studio production facility in London.Responsibilities include: Taking initial briefs from Creatives / Account Handlers / Clients and managing projects through the various stages of design / retouching / artwork and supply to various markets and publications.Briefing our studio print and web designers, retouchers, 3D artists and artworkers and ensuring quality control at each stage.Booking in and tracking the progress of each job, supplying estimates and accumulating costs for invoicing.Resource management.Artwork and retouching.

Responsible for the smooth running of the above the line studio. Taking briefs, liaising with creatives, account handlers and project managers, supplying estimates, charging, general admin duties, quality control and signing off work. Briefing studio designers, artworkers, retouchers and ensuring all work is completed to our high standards on time and on budget. I'm also a creative artworker.

Setting up and running the newly formed studio within Landsdowne Conquest London agency. Produced above the line press ads, posters and other various outdoor media using Apple Macintosh platform using Quark Xpress and Illustrator.

Produced above the line press ads, posters and other various outdoor media using Apple Macintosh platform using Quark Xpress and Illustrator.

Responsible for all studio through the line advertising using Berhold typesetting systems and Apple Macintosh platform. Training of staff on Apple Macintosh systems using Quark Xpress and Illustrator.

Responsibe for all through the line advertising. Creative artworker using Berthold M series and workstation typesetting systems.

Creative artworker within busy studio, producing above the line press ads using Berthold typesetting systems. Then was partly trained and self trained on the Apple Macintosh platform using Quark Xpress, Freehand and Illustrator.

Started as a junior apprentice from school. Completed and passed a 4 year (1 day per week) City and Guilds pre-print disciplines course. I was taught the following skills - paste-up, typositor setting, camera enlargements, PMTs, Berthold ADS / M-series and workstation typesetting systems.