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Kent, England, United Kingdom

Boxy is a sustainable exhibition design and build partner to companies wanting a creative, dependable and honest service. We can plan, design, manage and deliver innovative modular or interactive custom builds and shell scheme fit out enhancements. Also we can advise on the best verstaile, flexible and portable self-assembly systems to suit any budget and end-user need.

Maidstone, England, United Kingdom

Connected Creativity.We specialise in ensuring businesses have aligned branding and media that engages their clients correctly and honestly to build better sales and relationships. Creative ideas, graphic design for print, branding, multimedia and digital design.Experience in large format design i.e. office branding and interior fit outs, also connected multimedia, animation, graphic 2D and 3D design, illustration, digital templates for office and Xero accounting software.

Maidstone, United Kingdom

Senior client facing role, working closely with the company’s directors. Responsible for creating design for print, exhibition, marketing campaign strategies and pitch presentations for various sectors; medical, manufacturing, financial and education.Close client facing role at director level to gain a full understanding of their requirements and building good relationships to further the company's well established and respected profile.

Dartford

Leading a design team within the Work Winning department. To give tenders and proposals a creative, impactful edge whether they be printed in house, digitally, lithographically or in a physical multimedia format. I introduced and developed several new products to the company with much success.Heavily involved with the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid team, this projected me to new heights and places, meeting inspiring people from other countries I otherwise would not have met. This… Show more Leading a design team within the Work Winning department. To give tenders and proposals a creative, impactful edge whether they be printed in house, digitally, lithographically or in a physical multimedia format. I introduced and developed several new products to the company with much success.Heavily involved with the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid team, this projected me to new heights and places, meeting inspiring people from other countries I otherwise would not have met. This multi £billion bid package involved an impressive £1million+ tender including branded process maps of vast proportions, video, presentation and DVD media, bespoke packaging, graphical brand management from the start to include over 1200 individual charts and construction graphics - all whilst organising the creative team to provide all the necessary help and input the bid team required - around the clock team management for nearly 3 months.Lucky enough to be one of the few invited to Trafalgar Square to witness the IOC's announcement when London was chosen, a moment I’ll never forget!http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/4655555.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4198088.stmI was also responsible for developing the original interface concept of Core Process, the intranet 'map' by which the Global LOR Group operate and control the whole construction processes. Leading the graphical phase whilst building the actual digital platform phases with developers and designers within the team. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Senior architectural and retail signage designer.Graphic and 3d design of wayfinding to high level signage for such places as Chelsea Harbour Estates, The Old Brewery Quarter, Canon HQ, Countryside Properties and Shopping City, Wood Green's redeveloped retail centre.Many graphic design applications for large exhibitions and sponsored shows all over the UK for corporate retail clients.Corporate client liaison role with nearly all the above projects.

Rochester, United Kingdom

Innovation on processes and working with design agencies to ensure brand and colour consistency on the end product.Some memorable projects:Props for TV shows; Birds of a Feather, Channel 5 News and Art Attack.A parachute print! Canvas banners for the Discovery Channel, Large format Honda dealership window vinyls...From a screen print and stencil preparation role which later grew into the digital age during the early 90s with the advent of the Mac and large format… Show more Innovation on processes and working with design agencies to ensure brand and colour consistency on the end product.Some memorable projects:Props for TV shows; Birds of a Feather, Channel 5 News and Art Attack.A parachute print! Canvas banners for the Discovery Channel, Large format Honda dealership window vinyls...From a screen print and stencil preparation role which later grew into the digital age during the early 90s with the advent of the Mac and large format plotting machines to output various signage designs.Whilst here I learned traditional stencil hand cutting and darkroom skills, outputting film and monochrome artworks that would become layered screen printed work. Also this was my baptism into the world of exhibitions where I met and worked with some inspiring people and on some wonderful projects. Show less

Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom

Hand Bench Screen Printing. Responsible for 60x40" sheet poster printing (the giant billboards), bus and taxi livery, major sports event banners and signs, commercial estate agency signage and much more.

Aylesford, England, United Kingdom

Semi-automatic machine minder in a busy factory, shift work. Responsible for chemical stencil making and layered screen print process work onto delicate copper plate and etched circuit boards before the final tin-lead process happened. Worked on Siemens, BAE Systems and others.

A Level, Art, Art History, Music, English

Cse And Gce (O'Levels)

Activities and Societies: Infamously broke a leg on the very first day of the inaugural Wrotham school ski trip! Not put off, went.