Ian Stevens Email & Phone Number

Hollywood Ca

Clients include:• Apple TV+• Paramount Pictures• Universal Music Group• HBO• Warner Brothers• Decca Records• Netflix• Sony Pictures• Universal Pictures• Verve Label Group• Decca Classics • Island Records • Polydor• Lionsgate• Studio Canal• Abbey Road StudiosDesign consultant to• Universal Music Group• I / O• Globe• Ferrari• AtYourTable• Mimi + Bart• WWF

London

Recent clients include • Universal Pictures• NBC• COMCAST • Universal Music• Sony Pictures• Ferrari• WWF• Abbey Road Studios• Decca• Condé Nast• Soho House• Jeep• We Work• Nickelodeon/MTV• Polydor Records• Island Records• Man About Town• GQ Style & British GQ• Team Rock• Windfall Films • Hearst• AtYourTable • 15/40 Productions• Metro / DMG Media• Ford• Haymarket

London, United Kingdom

• Led all areas of the TopGear Art Desk. Including hiring and managing art team.• Conceived and launched a complete redesign of the magazine that set new and defined rules for photography styles, typographic use and colourway. The redesign was optimised for iPad use.• Once established, my redesign and new brand guidelines were successfully rolled out into 32 international editions.• Identified, successfully hired and mentored some of the best new design talent in the UK.• Commissioned, shoot directed and shoot edited some of the world’s most celebrated car photographers for both studio and location work.Typical duties included: To select and commission photographers, direct photo and video shoots, direct illustrators, 3D Artists and scamp artists, manage retouching and colour work at pre-press stage. Work closely with editor and section editors. Personally design covers, features and oversee all other design work. To manage Manage a team of 2 magazine designers, 2 iPad designers and an in-house reprographics executive.

London, United Kingdom

• Led all areas of the Q Art Desk. Including hiring and managing art team.• Conceived and launched a complete redesign of the magazine that set new and defined rules for photography styles, typographic use and colourway..• Commissioned and Art Directed some of the world’s leading photographers including David Bailey, Rankin, Bryan Adams, Gavin Bond Simon Emmett and Perou. Also working with my Picture Director, would try to identify and recruit who we considered the next wave of big names in photography.• Led Q to win several design awards. Including 4 cover of the year awards.• Appointed Creative Director across the Men’s Entertainment Portfolio.• Consultant on digital projects, including Q’s cross-platform projects and EMPIRE’s first iPad edition. Also consultant on Q Awards, across all Event Branding and The Awards Screens.Typical duties included: To select photographers, direct photo and occasional video shoots, commission and direct illustrators and 3D Artists, manage retouching and color work at pre-press stage. Work closely with editor and section editors. Personally design covers, features and oversee all other design work. Manage a team of 2 designers and 2 picture researchers, plus an out-sourced reprographics pre-press team.

London, United Kingdom

• Led all areas of the EMPIRE Art Desk. Including hiring and managing art team.• In my first year leading the creative at EMPIRE I designed the multi-award winning Breathing Vader Cover. This year the cover has been chosen as the greatest cover in 100 years by the PPA• Initiated two extensive redesigns for the brand during my tenure• After helping lead EMPIRE to its highest ever ABC results, making it the world’s leading movie title I was promoted to Creative Director by 4 time BSME Editor of The Year, Mark Dinning.• Led EMPIRE to win several design awards. Including 6 cover of the year awards.• The PPA and BSME award-winning lenticular Superman and plastic moulded Hulk - that I took from my original concept through every phase of production, set new industry benchmarks for print technology.• To this day 9 of the top 10 covers voted for by readers are my designs (including the top 3)• Consultant on all EMPIRE branded projects including books and The EMPIRE AwardsTypical duties included: To prepare and pitch concepts to movie studios to secure cover art, to choose exclusive artwork from studios , To select photographers, direct photo shoots, direct illustrators and 3D Artists, manage retouching and color work at pre-press stage. Work closely with editor and section editors. Design covers, features and oversee all other design work. Manage a team of 2 designers and 1 picture researcher, plus an out-sourced reprographics pre-press team

London, United Kingdom

Across accounts for Education titles, The British Council and new business work

London, United Kingdom

Across accounts including Guinness, Cable & Wireless and Conran

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Visual Communication, 2:1

Foundation Year, Graphic Design